![]() While we're still a long way away from effective, cheap, side-effect-free contraceptives for everyone (get on that male birth control, scientists), this is a nice reminder that we've, thankfully, come a long way. Editions for Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners: 031635791X (Hardcover published in 2016), (Kindle Edition published. These birth control methods (if you can even call them that) were-as you might guess-not exactly effective or safe, and hundreds died of Lysol exposure during the Victorian era. ![]() For their part, Sears sold “Ladies Antiseptic Suppositories."Īnother Quora user, Zoe Bremer, chimed in and mentioned that the cervical cap emerged in the 19th century, but before they could get their hands on it, women would sometimes put half a lemon in their vaginas. Lysol sold a douche that promised to wash out germs and other foreign substances, and marketed its disinfectant for use in the vagina with an ad that read, "Lysol has amazing, proved power to kill germ-life on contact." Women would also douche with vinegar, ammonia, and paprika, wrote Oneill. ![]() To kill sperm or wash it out of the body, women commonly turned to suppositories and douches, which were also marketed as hygiene products. ![]()
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