The Story Of Menstruation (1946)

The Story of Menstruation a Walt Disney production through the courtesy of Kotex Products
Through animated drawings and diagrams explains the physiology of menstruation, suggests methods of care and hygiene, and encourages a healthy attitude toward the process.
Demonstrates the preparation of a study schedule, allocating the best study hours for the hardest subjects, and discusses the techniques of reading and the importance of developing reading skill.

[@bw4008]

“No matter how you feel, you have to live with people” Well done Disney, explains my life

[@liz8180]

Nah I’ll skip that and live on 😂😂

[@Starbie233]

😂

[@user-vn7ce5ig1z]

Females have that problem a few days per month, for a few decades, but cheer up, it could be worse; people with social-anxiety disorder (or even autism) have that problem every day, forever.

[@Edible_Kittens]

That part was slightly existential and fucked me up.

[@eleanor8684]

- lord forbid you’re a woman that HAVES social anxiety, so you’re basically fucked.

[@SunshineCatwoman]

The narrator was Gloria Blondell, sister of Joan Blondell. She was 31 when she narrated this movie. She was also the voice of Daisy Duck.

[@lauranolastnamegiven3385]

that did not sound like a 31 year old, she sounded like a kindly old grandmother!

[@BenziitOfemme]

Thank you!

[@lucpraslan]

@@lauranolastnamegiven3385 She may have been a smoker. They all smoked like chimneys back then!

[@myliminalelement7835]

😂

[@ngawadszulu]

Was she also the narrator from Cinderella?

[@moonbeamchaos]

THIS is the movie my fifth grade classmates got to see (all-girls school) in the fall of 1957. The school sent a letter home asking if our parents wanted us to see it. My mother said no. She never told me a damned thing - good thing I had friends who did! Now I finally get to see it 66 years later.

[@cellgrrl]

Times have really changed. These days you can get your sex changed without parental consent.

[@fullbodiedangel]

@@cellgrrlwhere are you getting this info 😭

[@cellgrrl]

@@fullbodiedangel "Washington bill to allow medical transgender interventions on minors without parental consent "_NY Post April 17, 2023. I read that it has recently passed. California has it on their books as well. Internet search it.

[@silvertarot25]

@@cellgrrl Continue that statement tho instead of misleading ppl. The bill is for kids in special circumstances who are currently not living with their parents and cover a lot of medical treatments these minors can now get w/o their parents being able to interfer like mental health services. The bill is directed at "mature minors" as well, with many areas having a minimum age of 13 or 14. Also you ignorant twit, sex change operations are the LAST part of transistioning. You know what the 1st part is? Consulting with a Dr and a therapist. Then if the patient and the Dr think it would be in the patient's best interest to start medical interventions like puberty blockers - something used for DECADES to stop precocious puberty w/o any permanent side effects - then they take meds for as long as they feel they need to. There is a whole process trans ppl have to go thru to get to the surgery stage and not all trans ppl choose to have surgeries, or they pick and choose which ones they want for their stage of like. No doctor is approving instant mastectomies and hysterectomies and vaginal and penile reconstruction surgeries to 10 yr olds who walk in and say they don't like their bodies. Freaking educate yourself before acting like an ignorant reactionary fool online.

[@pmc2999]

Haha! My mother is 97 now and I'm still waiting for any kind of birds and the bees talk from her. At least she did let me go to the class. Not this one but similar in 1972.

[@kurooaisu]

"Why is nature always called mother nature? Perhaps it's because like any mother, she quietly manages so much of our living without our ever realizing there's a woman at work" THIS LINE IS SO BEAUTIFUL I'M CRYING 😭😭

[@AwayFromSirens]

I find it very sad…women were expected to do so much work for others and suffer in silence

[@HadrianGuardiola]

@@AwayFromSirens if you live under a belief that people see you as less it will manifest in your life. You think good men are noticed and cared for? Men and women are a team. And decent people, the hardworkers, are always taken for granted.

[@Trash-Castle]

@@HadrianGuardiola so true, my wife works hard, I work hard we both have different tasks but I don’t see her tasks any less then my own. We are a team. I feel sad for people that never saw the hard work their parents put in. I could speculate that they expect it or look down on certain work needing to be done and this is a projection. Finding an equal partner is necessary.

[@KEMough]

Probably because earth was always known as mother like the goddess Gaia etc

[@gsweets]

No such thing... only the one true God of this world rules with Jesus at his right hand. Come Lord Jesus 🙏

[@LauraSomeNumber]

That baby had some serious lipstick and eyeliner game

[@SamLun]

I was thinking the same. :')

[@x13Batsx]

On fleek

[@vanillaicecream9026]

Lol

[@holothewisewolf2579]

It's a cartoon duh

[@serenatwilite4005]

Yes, you wouldn't expect Disney to create such a sexy baby.

[@AaliyahLawww]

fun fact! this was the first animation to say the word vagaina

[@Vinniegret]

vagainia?

[@kristenhamblin2325]

vegene

[@kassidy3727]

Aaliyah lawrence YUP

[@izziebellakitten9123]

Aaliyah lawerence yep

[@ariellabear106]

Aaliyah lawrence ~correction first MOVIE...

[@KellySzymanski]

I remember seeing this in school as a young girl and afterward, each girl (we were separated from the boys to view the movie) was given a little "personal Product kit" that looked like a little gift that included this pamphlet and an assortment of napkins (pads) and tampons. All the boys were jealous because we got "gifts" and they got to watch a football reel. The girls were so excited that we couldn't wait to use our little kits! Little did we know once that little "gift" from Mother Nature arrived it was a life of Hell for 30 years! Great memory now all that hell is over. Where is the Disney film for Menopause?

[@ownpetard8379]

"... life of Hell for 30 years......" 30 years? more like 40, and perhaps more. Better nutrition and greater body weight for women means longer time until menopause.

[@DestructoDoll06]

The boys at my school got men's deodorant... Then stole and played with our tampons

[@kristinabliss]

And what a stupid waste to live this and never have children. I must have sinned terribly in a past life.

[@leec2724]

@@SerendipityNJ would have thought 10 year olds was too young... mayb more 12 for early bloomers

[@MissLinas]

@@kristinabliss I couldn't agree more and I know how you feel. My 32 years was Pure Hell! And I was never able to have a child either. But in hindsight it's okay. Because with all the abuse I suffered as a child by my father. I wouldn't have wanted him/her to turn out like me.

[@TheSmegPod]

"Don't let it get you down. After all, no matter how you feel, you have to live with people. You have to live with yourself, too."

[@jesscline9661]

These quotes are too real

[@fidgeting_firefly]

But if the depression, anxiety, and horrible feelings continue, please look up what PMDD is and talk to a doctor or gynecologist about treatment if you think you have it. This is a vital piece of information that unfortunately was unavailable in 1946, but realizing I had PMDD (pre-mentrual dysphoric disorder) has greatly decreased the amount of emotional agony you are in. It is one thing to struggle with mood swings and live with it, but a whole other thing to live with chronic depression and/or anxiety every time you're about to get your period. If something causes you too much pain, seeing a good doctor who listens and helps is worth it.

[@stacypartney]

😂

[@kagyihe]

@@fidgeting_fireflyI have PMDD and it was so bad I couldn’t function with my daily activities

[@cassandraconnell2513]

That one felt personal 😂

[@teiaaxyz9669]

Am i the only one who thinks that the voices of women from 30's,40's,50's are so calmingg

[@jayjaydubful]

And men. I really like how accents were then

[@bigburritolover]

@@jayjaydubful i saw somewhere that actually people didn't talk with that accent irl, just on tv and radio

[@ShonaMcCarthy]

I think it was deliberate. In the olden days people were more collectivistic in their thinking, so they thought more about how they would sound to others.

[@amazinggrace5692]

They were trained that way. Believe me, no mother ever had that calm voice with all the baby boomer kids from the 40’s and on. And any parent on your block could yell at you too. Most of us learned about pads and tampons at summer camp lol.

[@maja4953]

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[@hollytaylor6202]

“No matter how you feel, you have to deal with people.”

[@sophiadavenport3959]

Sad but true. 🤦🏼

[@angelinasutton4011]

that's a whole goddamn mood

[@applepen7727]

Holly Taylor Damn

[@HelloKitty-wm7gr]

They called me out so damn bad

[@crazytalkal]

Otherwise known as "suck it up, Buttercup." I hate this attitude. Don't invalidate how crappy I feel, unless you want a stabbin'.

[@sissysovereign1294]

How is a disney film from more than half a century ago more informative and helpful about periods, than the ones we have now in modern times? Straight and to the point! Why can't they show more things like these in school?

[@MrSophire]

Because the blue hair harpies, men who think they’re women and women of think they’re men would cry and whine about it being exclusive. How dare we believe in a binary and biology 😩

[@cherylmartell6625]

Because they are pushing other things than normal body functions

[@YouT00ber]

@@cherylmartell6625those kids ain’t gonna indoctrinate themselves into turning into a trans

[@Flipdrivel]

Because straightforward and informative is now considered a turnoff. The starting point today would be a celebrity presenter desperate to make it "fun", with a constant thudding music track behind it.

[@cherylmartell6625]

@@Mk101T as a woman I'd like to show this to a man that's being a jerk instead of a human being, but that sounds usual for you doesn't it... you deserve not the back of a hand but a fist.,...piss off

[@francoiselafferty-hancock5112]

I'm pleased they said to get bad cramps checked out with a doctor. Even back then they knew bad cramps are not 'normal'. So im kind of gobsmacked how even now endometriosis is under diagnosed. At least Disney was onto it all those years ago.

[@SamuelBlack84]

A pity Lizzie Bordern never had that advice

[@Bela.r.20]

Right? It's insane. I was diagnosed 10 YEARS after I first got my period. 10 years with overwhelming pain, and a period that lasted 15 days. Being forced to do PE, when I had cramps that felt like birth. Oh boy does it suck!

[@francoiselafferty-hancock5112]

​@@Bela.r.20wow. 10 years! That's far too long to have been dealing with that pain and excessive bleeding😥

[@softnoobgirl73]

Honestly Disney based for not normalizing incredibly bad period cramps

[@slamanthaaa]

The narrator lady has the most welcoming voice I’ve ever heard

[@rblursedcomments9362]

Yea. I love narrators with that smooth voice, whether it’s man or woman. It’s just so satisfying 🙂

[@aliyahthegoat2633]

Not if you're black. This gives me ptsd.

[@aliyahthegoat2633]

@@clarelabellerose Was a very racist era, still racist now but still.

[@ellieee3105]

She seems like the type that when you were at girls camp and got your first period she would introduce you to it like this:

[@wendyjones6077]

@@aliyahthegoat2633 A beautiful voice is racist. HAHAHAHAHA!!!

[@dianariverjackson5123]

How in the hell are videos from 1949 more educational than the crap we learned at school in 2000? Damn, like this is LITERALLY the BEST video I have ever seen about menstruation!

[@cashwalk7253]

Right?? I feel more educated in 10 minutes than I was during my whole 9th grade health class.

[@dogmom8668]

Bc we aren't allowed to talk about it in school, bc anything to do with sex is now labeled pornographic instead of natural, bc students don't have the maturity to handle this info bc it's been made taboo and we have been told it's disgusting, inappropriate and told to keep it hush hush. In other words...we have devolved when it comes to education.

[@youjustgotburned3980]

Something is seriously wrong with educational systems of today. They're more interesting in money than child development That's why we have so many young adults who can't even multiply without thinking of using a calculator, despite having graduated Thanks for nothing school! Luckily, I took the initiative to learn all the basics I missed out on during my school days and I get it now

[@BritBllt]

The 1980s and the "Moral Majority" conservative backlash happened. It's amazing to read books from the 1960s and '70s and realize how far backwards we've gone. Judy Blume's "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret" is a lot more controversial now than when it was published in 1970.

[@sierralovat5498]

Because its cruella deville telling us

[@LittleLillypad]

Is it sad this gave me more information than my sex ed class ever did?

[@myignorantopiniondoesntcou2343]

I know right....Like wtf😔😒😒😒...

[@meme_lover.69]

because of cucks

[@gillyoung2149]

I use to faint, when we had sex Ed, omg I was so shocked, as was told nothing,

[@valerieflores3165]

Gill Young you fainted?!

[@Sinklair8]

same

[@dutchmcclane5580]

I used this video to help my special needs daughter understand what was happening. When she responded with a 'you gotta be freakin kiddin me' I knew she got it. 😂

[@katherinehope3060]

This honestly aged well. This film explained things thoroughly and more concisely than my health classes in public school. I like how it also dispelled common myths surrounding menstruation.

[@ionabab7274]

Why is everyone saying this was an informative video? It doesn’t even mention what might be the single most important thing to prepare them for - the fact that they will bleed. If I saw this before I got my first period without other information, I’d be terrified when I started seeing blood. Pads, tampons or any other sanitary product aren’t brought up at all (though tampons were pretty controversial in the 1940s, so that’s not surprising). Sure, this has scientific information, but that’s not what kids need to know before they’ve had a period - they need to know how to deal with it, and they need to know they aren’t about to die. I’m not saying it’s completely useless, but it definitely doesn’t do nearly a good enough job at explaining menstruation, so I don’t know why people are acting like it is. It’s dated at best.

[@s3kir3i98]

@@ionabab7274 People were not R-tarded back in the day like the "modern" western stupid sheep who need LABELS and INSTRUCTIONS on every product. You had a mother to tell you the details what you need to know , people like you behave like everybody is born alone and is raised in a orphanage.

[@tqtechmentor]

@@ionabab7274Agree. Besides, nowadays it looks derogatory towards women, all this sugary image of a happy smiling girls with destiny to deliver a child.

[@tomaccino]

They explained exactly the same things in school, if not even in more detail... You just didn't listen 😂

[@tomaccino]

@@tqtechmentor Derogatory.... what are you, a feminist snowflake? This is real life as it was in the 40s and it still applies to most of the world where liberal snowflakes haven't ruined everything.

[@elainejsta]

I love how not only this short tells you how periods are natural, but also tells you right from the get that it's natural for women to come in all shapes and sizes.

[@Ja2808R]

I liked that too. This was well put together like most everything was during that period. (Pun not intended lol)

[@spiralpython1989]

But although some girls are different physically (albeit all white…) , they all graduate from blocks to dolls….

[@Lolirock971]

Please repent and find YHWH Elohim and keep the commandments in Exodus 20 and Leviticus 11 Please read Exodus 20 and pray for forgiveness 2nd Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!” [37] Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. [38] This is the first and great commandment. [39] And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. [40] On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. Matthew 22:37-40 Please read the book of Jonah, Matthew, Exodus you'll have the information you need.😊😂💐🌈🎉😅

[@RJT80]

Everyone has always known that. The issue is now people want to normalize obesity while also suggesting we pay for their bad habits.

[@herrforehead]

​@@Lolirock971I am gay

[@astrogirl7167]

This is literally the nicest way I've ever seen the menstruation cycle depicted. It's so beautiful and actually makes me feel good about being a woman!

[@Eckertainment]

This I believe was banned for a long time or at least that's what I heard. Which is ridiculous because it's handled very well and is very informative. Sure it's a tad dated with the subtle tones that suggest every girl is going to become a mother but it's overall still very progressive and promotes healthy self-esteem.

[@fenrir-art4742]

WHAT?! This did no such thing. It made you target of abuse and to make you feel like a stereotype. You are strong and able to gain aid without falling for this shit. Ugh! Seen this and was grossed. This was designed to make you look gross to men instead of cared for.

[@sadhbhwhite88]

FENRIR-ART you're telling her how to feel let her feel happy for being a woman 💁

[@rosannam.m6037]

FENRIR-ART I’m actually it was a better way to explain it. These itching disgusting about this and if you think about it if your mother didn’t have a period you want to been born

[@ariacheatham]

That is so funny and so true

[@StLProgressive]

I’m kinda surprised at how straightforward and informative this was, stressing the normality of menstruation.

[@twentysecondcenturywoman]

We use to be a mature society. This wasn’t considered an oddity, it was part of nature. Disney use to be a wonderful company that was able to make subject serious and professional but still beautiful and creative

[@BeautyIsMyLife]

I was impressed too with how informative it was, just very well done.

[@jenb.8724]

I learned a lot lol

[@unvanquishedtruth]

I think they should show this film to boys too. It's so straightforward and matter-of-fact, and it removes the haze of mystery without being titillating.

[@zerotodona1495]

Boys are too immature at that age and will normally harass girls. Especially with the cross dressing freaks mocking women and girls now.

[@eugeniosabater8449]

Menstruation is not titilating at all it is very wonderful and interesting!

[@ProGamer-gq1ox]

@@eugeniosabater8449 "Wonderful" 🤦‍♀

[@bryanspindle4455]

I agree. I am 66 and l remember in elementary school they had all the girls leave class and go to the auditorium for some mysterious reason. I asked a friend what it was all about and she said it was a talk about menstruation. Until seeing this video l wasn't aware of exactly how it all worked.

[@Imperfect21stCenturyPioneer]

I am a 36 year old male and and I agree too! Such a beautiful film about an otherwise touchy but important subject that the precious, sensitive, important, beloved, beautiful female body goes through. ❤

[@ALWTunes]

Don't let 2019 Disney see this. They'll do a live action version with Will Smith and Hugh Jackman.

[@theyoutubesuperfan3716]

No no, let them. I want to see that.

[@harmonyibarra9406]

Hire James Charles for that baby with all the makeup

[@vivi-qd1gs]

What will Will Smith be the blood! 🤣

[@julsiegamermove4115]

Harmony Ibarra 😂

[@julsiegamermove4115]

Vivi Gacha 😂

[@laurabbb1506]

I like it. It's actually sweet and wholesome how they tell you to take good care of yourself.

[@oliverpony]

Something you can't find on Disney +

[@revinhatol]

Just yet... They only have to ask Kimberly-Clark.

[@catst9927]

Yeah, I can see why. This has great information in it, but also as severely outdated information too. Don't want to be spreading misinformation even if there is some good here.

[@CanadianMonarchist]

@@catst9927I don’t know that anything is seriously outdated.

[@dandansoysauce8762]

I don't get why some ppl hate this film. My mom showed me this during puberty and it was charming and lovely! Even though actual puberty isn't, the video has such a lovely motherly vibe that it tells me "it will be alright dear"

[@dollynina8992]

I haven't seen anyone hating on it in the comments

[@lizzychrome7630]

At any rate, it's better than that weird one from the 80s, with the period club!

[@wil.d_sage]

Yeah I love it! Calm and gentle, like a mother figure. Great advice for women and girls, and overall informative and reassuring

[@kathy07002]

In the sixties Kimberly Clark sold books and supplies to prepare a young girl for this experience. The Mother would buy it for her daughter.

[@HumanOddity69]

Probably dudes that think that anal bleeding is menstruation. Fyi, don't buy Always brand tampons, they have been advertising to guys who want to shove them in the other place where the sun don't shine. This video promotes good health and is an invaluable tool for presenting this education without the embarrassment and stigmas that society attaches to it. The only people that I can imagine being offended are those that honestly, despite all evidence to the contrary, believe that there is no difference between a man and a woman. Nothing makes radical ideologues more angry than than reason, logic and common sense.

[@shilohsums3061]

This is WAY more straightforward then the one I watched when I was a kid but I think it’s better because it really touched base on most thing you need to know

[@rachelk5720]

and it is cartoon too! I remember one for the boys via VHS in the early 90s . it was funny. Kid was embarrassed by his wet dream so he put ketchup and mustard on his bed. I stopped paying attention to the video after that lol.

[@liver-failure]

Rachel K why didn’t the kid just wash his sheets, that just seems unnecessary.

[@luxuscarnage4828]

I watched one in 6th grade that kept focusing on not being able to dance. It was really bizarre. Thank goodness I also took sex ed before that in a different school district.

[@launacyko4523]

Only thing missing: information about menstrual products

[@sallygaddis8829]

Launa Cyko, that info was covered in the booklet that was mentioned.

[@3Beans3]

Ironically, I'm watching this while on my period. I don't know why I cried from this either!

[@evelynchua9495]

Its weird that armys including me are crazy

[@twentyonepilotskilljoyyy8517]

Jimin Park Samee I think I finish mine in 4 days 😂

[@czxjin_5874]

I CRY FROM JIMIN

[@shaibaelikemay]

Hey army

[@Renjitookmyheart]

Jimin Park shii im on mine right now

[@dreemurrreborn9782]

I love the fact that some people who are old seniors are here and can remember watching this video. It just feels nice for some reason.

[@Kunaigirl]

As humorous as it might be to watch this now in 2018, it's important to remember that it was absolutely groundbreaking in 1946. There was still a lot of negative stigma and misinformation about periods that at the time (and previous decades) were very mainstream and common. Women's health wasn't talked about and a lot of this information was kept quiet until the "day of" which wouldn't help anybody. My grandmother told me about how all of this information was considered taboo, gross, or inherently inappropriate when she was growing up. Hell, even TODAY there's still people who think that way. Still though, historically speaking, this is a great piece of history regarding health education! You've got to appreciate it for that at least!

[@mlp-violet-star]

My grandma still thinks tampons are only for married women

[@PraiseTheFSMonster]

What kind of misinformation did she tell you about

[@mlp-violet-star]

@@PraiseTheFSMonster She didn't believe me when I told her about diva cups and sponges

[@PraiseTheFSMonster]

@@mlp-violet-star does she believe you can stop your pms if you try hard enough

[@mlp-violet-star]

@@PraiseTheFSMonster I've never asked her but Mother Natures gonna come any day now so I'll just ask once she's here

[@oreo3740]

When something released 75 years ago is more informative than most science textbooks

[@ruth7603]

Yeah, except the menstrual blood was white like Elmer's Glueall.

[@Yep6803]

@@ruth7603 so? Human's skin is greyish?

[@Bleeeh_]

@@Yep6803igga do you not know the color of blood 💀

[@AtheneHolder]

Right

[@Miyko33]

Sim, muito real

[@moifikea8288]

"No matter how you feel, you have to live with people" Tru dat

[@magnusagatha]

For real

[@serenatwilite4005]

But God, how I wish it weren't so.

[@yairmoreno9091]

Im.not a girl but damn that sentence sucks so bad!!! 😥

[@MrsYasha1984]

Mer Boy why? it's true. I may feel like I want to rip out everybodies throat because the hormones go crazy, but that is not the fault of the people around me. It would be completely unfair to let that out on my coworkers, or even my husband or even my children. They are not responsible for the cramps.

[@serenatwilite4005]

Manuela Glavas I feel like that almost every day, and sometimes it is the fault of the people around me, but that doesn't entitle me, either. According to the law, it would still be unfair for me to let that out on them. But I think these people might be responsible for the cramps. They're worse some times, than others. I decided at one point in my 30's to just take Midol all year round, and I did for several years.

[@melikeymalarky4460]

I’m a 40 year old man with 4 kids who has been married for 18 years. I finally understand. Thank you, 1940s! P.S. women are amazing.

[@demigough7934]

Truest bit: " no matter how you feel you have to live with people"

[@mikyah142]

Demi Gough “and you have to live with yourself”

[@isabellalawrence7452]

*most true

[@EmoPrincxss666]

Same

[@maryc.dalton1284]

Straight-forward common sense, with no unnecessary drama. This encourages women to see their bodies in a normal and positive light, while acknowledging that some cases may need extra care.

[@avalonjustin]

Yeah it's a great video, taught me quite a bit about how women are built. The presentation is informative and enjoyable to watch!

[@2ndRodeo_Keziah]

Nothing in this movie is 'dated.' All of it is still great advice. Nothing has been proven wrong, since 1946, by 'modern science.' Amazing. Even the part about not feeling sorry for oneself, and still taking care of one's appearance, which "gives one new poise and lifts morale"-great advice in general for anyone! I wish I'd had this vid to show my daughter when she was a pre-teen. It's so well presented and told in a way that's kind, gentle, and just matter-of-fact, without being at all embarrassing. And I would have felt much more comfortable introducing it to her in a home setting, with me, rather than first learn about it in a school classroom. An excellent film, made during the days when Disney was a good and trusted company. 🥰

[@zimriel]

yeah, Disney was good on driver's ed too. Absolutely saved lives. As to this one, it did handwave over how the fallopians catch the eggs (that's a fascinating topic in of itself) but overall I came here to smile at 1940s irony but stayed for the honesty. 9/10 would recommend for niece (or daughter if that happens).

[@halleyorion]

There is one thing that has changed: This video says it's normal for periods to be irregular for just the first year. However, now they say that they are often irregular for the first several years. My periods were irregular for the first 10 years (until my early 20s), but none of my doctors were concerned about it; they said it was normal for young women.

[@dianeespinoza8647]

@@halleyorion There is tons of research on this topic. It seems your Dr used the word “normal” interchangeably for not a medical problem. It’s not common to be irregular for 10 years without a hormone, weight change , or long term illness to be at the root. I am sure they do not want girls to assume and go 10 years without checking with a Dr. I am sure it is possible to be irregular without health issues however 2 to 3 years is the average time before it regulates.

[@dianeespinoza8647]

@@halleyorion I am sorry your dr didn’t take it serious since irregular or abnormal ovulation accounts for 30% to 40% of all cases of infertility.

[@angelrae3660]

“Just be careful to avoid either very hot water or very cold water” Me: (shower turned to boiling) what was that?

[@TiffanyRay]

yo i literally turn the bath water super hot to make my body numb luke warm water aint gonna cut it

[@slayermoon666]

Same

[@katlynnrobinson415]

😂😂😂

[@vickikay54]

Way back in the 50s and 60s, we were not allowed to wash our hair during periods. I notice that in the video, she is wearing a bathing cap when showering.

[@crystalsnow5046]

I’m not a masochist I just put the water to freezing cold to see how much my body can take

[@aaronlandry3934]

This has aged almost flawlessly. I wish more things like this were this direct about it, and emphasized common sense like this one does

[@mischellyann]

Yes, it's very straightforward, with simple, clear language that a younger girl wouldn't find confusing.

[@scrampledegg-nj1bj]

people need to start teaching children things, no more counting games for 4 yr olds! they should be way past that.

[@kisimegacha5218]

It belongs in r/agedlikewine

[@Kino_Cartoon]

Yes almost. They forgot to mention the medicine called chocolate. It helps wonders during periods.

[@julianakleijn2487]

EXCUSE ME?!

[@Liesel925]

My friend's daughter got her first period, and her Mom showed her where the feminine products were. The girl said "how nice of you to be prepared for this day". The Mom said, oh these are mine. The girl looked confused and said "from when you were 12?" The Mom said, no it's what I use each month. The girl started sobbing, she thought it was a one time thing! When she realized she would get this every 28 days for 35 to 40 years she was so upset!

[@kit_with_goodwibes]

I had something similar when I got my first period at the age of 11! I thought that periods are not a few days every month, I thought periods will take place every day during all my life until I die. I felt myself so so badly :(

[@Liesel925]

@@kit_with_goodwibes oh no!

[@Ray-ks4bb]

ahh good times! when I was younger I thought getting your period meant you bled it all out once a day for a week and you could time it to the time where you went to the bathroom once you got "experienced" enough. You can imagine my shock when I was wiping and the blood kept coming 😭😭

[@digimonalvatrax2738]

OK this story is low key funny 😂

[@Dreamr4life1]

​@@kit_with_goodwibessame here! 😂 they didn't explain it thoroughly in health class like this video. I was never even told about tracking my periods! When I stopped bleeding and my mom said I was done, I was like is it over and she's like no it will happen again next month 😂.

[@filmsage007]

We need a sequel from Disney called The Story of Menopause!

[@revinhatol]

And/or a prequel called "The Story of Menarche"!

[@JellySLCB]

I’m 16 and this gave me more info than any class ever has.

[@shauntelbray8190]

Im 16 to lol

[@nostalgeek2872]

The affairs of the month !

[@stacase]

I'm a 76 year old grandfather, and this little film filled in a lot of stuff I really didn't know.

[@T-Ko0]

Same

[@ladydriver0_0]

@@stacase , I'm glad this helped you understand. Most males of your generation thru the 1970's were done a grave diservice by not being allowed to learn this. I had to educate my husband as a young wife what it was all about. I taught my kids in age appropriate terms by the time they were 5 yrs old; and the birds and the bees talk too. Then checked as they got older to make sure they still understood.

[@fundiysandmore7307]

Uterus wants baby Uterus doesn't get baby Uterus wants revenge Period explanation made simple😂😂

[@jenpitre9444]

Fun DIYs And more this is how I explained it to my 5yo son. Every time I get my period, he says "are you bleeding again?" "If you just have a baby you don't have to bleed..." 😁😍

[@raisa_cherry35]

Jen Pitre haha

[@raisa_cherry35]

Fun DIYs And more lol yea

[@armageddon_girl184]

Hyberbole and a half

[@quaking1402]

Fun DIYs And more lmao

[@HeyyyEverybody]

🤣 Wow, our health class got a lecture from a grumpy old lady who scared the hell out of us when I was a kid. And all this time there was a DISNEY CARTOON? I got RIPPED OFF.

[@madmadammeag5141]

I know right? We got a really poorrly done short film that taught absolutely nothing, and then in junior high we got the same basic stuff.

[@hithere7495]

Welp we got absolutely nothing literally the only sex Ed we get is abstinence only

[@madmadammeag5141]

Squiggles The Trashcan That was our curriculum too.

[@laykantheealien5722]

Seriously!

[@brendamarcial4269]

TheErinnF SAME

[@lukefriesen9922]

for those who care this became part of the National Film Registry in 2015

[@mjacobsable]

"You can do practically everything you normally do." Just don't swing dance. LOL

[@niblet0]

Or sneeze, or cough really hard, or squat down on a heavy flow day....

[@josephclark4999]

You all are killing me. Lol

[@moggycampbell06]

Except sleep, speak calmly, eat anything that doesn't contain sugar, chocolate or ice cream, leave your room or walk upright!! Just from my observations you understand 😁

[@itrthho]

Jane can’t awim

[@snapoutofit548]

You can use tampons

[@luadmo4117]

This is about the entirety of everything I've learned in 4 years about menstruation. Good job Disney

[@madelainewinger7014]

I saw this when I was in 6th grade (1972). The boys were in a different classroom watching a film geared toward male development. I think it has stood the test of time, it should be shown today.

[@sweatygaft]

May i have the link to the male one? Asking for a friend

[@madelainewinger7014]

@@sweatygaft kzbin.info/www/bejne/haS3gHuvf7erqKs

[@sweatygaft]

@@madelainewinger7014 thanks

[@pennypay1]

I quite agree! I don't remember which film we 6th-grade girls were shown in 1983, but this one does stand the test of time. It's all just good, sensible, and reassuring advice narrated by a soothing and wise-sounding lady. I suppose it ought to be shown a year or two sooner now, since the average age of first menstruation is now around eleven.

[@bangitybangbabang]

Great, it hasn't

[@youtubecommentergal4346]

Ain't nothing she said here that's old it's still relevant. I love the narrator's voice it's so soothing and very down to earth.

[@MadameTeresa]

I really appreciated her pep talk about not getting down and living my best life.

[@atleast6jims852]

That baby has better lips than me

[@killbotkane8587]

“Don’t allow yourself to get cranky at the people you live with; you have to live with yourself” 😂😂 true though..

[@jennifer7648]

Oh my goodness!!! As the mom of a 9 year old daughter who will be turning 10 soon, I can not tell you how incredibly grateful I am for this video!!!! I'm not sure when the right time is to show it to her (I most likely will some time this school year or next), but this will for sure be how she learns. I absolutely love how it is explained as being completely normal and natural in such an even tone.

[@henriettahenson]

Tell her, ASAP👍.. I started my periods at 10... So. You want her prepared just in case .. 🌈

[@jennifer7648]

@@henriettahenson Oh my goodness, wow!! I started mine around 12 or 13 don't remember exactly. I will soon then.

[@rattus7881]

​@@henriettahenson9 for me

[@jennifer7648]

Doesn't it usually depend on when the mother started? Or is that old outdated information?

[@rattus7881]

@angelandannie5640 it keeps getting lower in this comment section 😆 for me it was 9

[@preciousthing101]

Here I am a 36 year old woman with 3 children in the year 2021. And yet this is the best video explaining menstruation I have ever watched.

[@DogDogGodFog]

As a Gen Z, I loved this video.

[@redraiderrider3289]

Ease up on the kiddos....sheesh.

[@midogei]

@@redraiderrider3289 3 kids at 36 is not that bad

[@Lolirock971]

Please repent and find YHWH Elohim and keep the commandments in Exodus 20 and Leviticus 11 Please read Exodus 20 and pray for forgiveness 2nd Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!” [37] Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. [38] This is the first and great commandment. [39] And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. [40] On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. Matthew 22:37-40 Please read the book of Jonah, Matthew, Exodus you'll have the information you need.😅😂💐🌈🎉😊

[@medaizeh2401]

​@@redraiderrider3289you will be alone

[@janeosborne165]

This film, which was shown in 6th grade in our school district, was the extent of our sex ed in 1961. At 3:55 the narrator states "If the egg is impregnated, which happens when a woman is going to have a child..." We were never told how the egg got impregnated, so several of us thought we might be pregnant if our period was late, even though we had never so much as kissed a boy. What needless anxiety we suffered.

[@ayo.2645]

Jane Osborne OMG! same I was scared for my life

[@gemstoneprincess2890]

Jane Osborne ewwww

[@rustyanneyakel]

Jane Osborne You too? Hooray good ol 6th grade. They never told us how the egg got fertilized either. The first guy I kissed was my husband. ..rotflmbo

[@MelodyNellao22]

... 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂

[@IceePhoenix]

I never saw this before the internet

[@CurtisCT]

As a man I applaud such honest, straightforward and no-frills educational content. Back when my grandmother was alive (born 1928), she used to tell me during her time NO ONE talked about sex or periods. She was absolutely clueless as to how girls got pregnant, which led to her getting pregnant with her first boyfriend at the age of 18. She had no idea what was going on and was shocked to find herself pregnant a few weeks later. That event literally ruined her life and preventer from getting an education, good jobs, etc., since no one would hire a single woman at that time. While all her girlfriends were going to vocational schools, getting good jobs, getting married, traveling the world, etc., she was ostracized by society and ended up babysitting all her friends' kids while they would go on vacation to Europe, etc. According to her, even though she loves her children, getting pregnant at an early age out of wedlock in the 1940's completely ruined her life, and all because she was completely ignorant about sex. So kudos to the makers of this film, however hokey it might look to us today.

[@deathmetalpotato]

As a man you don’t get an opinion, shut the fvck up

[@autumnthomas3923]

A child is a blessing

[@CurtisCT]

@@autumnthomas3923 Maybe today, but not back then in 1946 out of wedlock.

[@RallyTheTally]

Sex education didn't make women get pregant from ruleless sex less, if anything it seems to have done no good. I highly douht your grandmother didn't know what sex was at least a little, I think she's a liar.

[@jaydaksy4094]

@@RallyTheTallyWay to sound like a fool and a mannerless, condescending one at that. Not everyone knows what happens after sex.

[@imabigfan5271]

For those saying that animation studios would never put something like this out today: you're right. The backlash they'd get would be atrocious. The recent movie 'Turning Red' was ripped to shreds for briefly mentioning pads and showing a hormonal teenager having an embarrassing crush. They were accused of grooming and sexualising kids. Absolutely ridiculous

[@so047]

Because animation back then and the target audience both had class. Nowadays its internet zoomers and tiktok braindead parents and hoes. And Disney of today is full of pedos.

[@PastelHime]

THIS!!!!

[@zimriel]

no, it was ripped to shreds for being bad. "Are You There God It's Me Margaret" came out around the same time and nobody ripped that one.

[@teetimewisdom90]

I think people hated it for the way the mother was portrayed, she was psycho 😅

[@RallyTheTally]

The movie was pretty creepy man. It wasn't what they did, it was how they did it. Really kids aroun 13 to 15 shouldn't be shown in media being sexual even if it happens in real life.

[@BadLactose]

Awesome, I've always been curious about Cinderella's menstruation story.

[@Classof-wf5jw]

BadLactose did sleeping beauty get her period? If she did, did she just bleed out? and did the blood just stay there and got stucked?

[@Elizabeth-ts4om]

I have no clue why this made me laugh so hard

[@carolinebogle9554]

Lls

[@SamLun]

Hahahaha!!!

[@emmabug9953]

BadLactose right!😂😂

[@vfred]

That baby is prettier than me

[@myignorantopiniondoesntcou2343]

lol☺️☺️☺️

[@veronicasolorzano889]

Its depressing lol

[@DiamondSG]

That baby is prettier than a real baby, and its wearing makeup so...

[@marylight9700]

Victoria Freddie Baby doesn’t know the horrors of the world yet. Let baby be happy & pretty not knowing before Reality crushes her lil innocent heart. 😭💔

[@ddaisymartinn]

Victoria Freddie I was just about to comment that😂😂😂😂😂

[@shiomicchi7247]

As someone who suffers from endometriosis, I'm surprised that a film as old as this made a point to tell their viewers to go to the doctor if they suffer from severe discomfort or migraines. I was never told about those kinds of conditions and had to suffer for 10+ years before I even found out that I was genetically prone to endometriosis and that the amount that I bleed and how badly I hurt and how wildly my emotions swing every which way every month wasn't normal. Good job Disney!

[@Seashellsbytheseashore21]

Why didn’t you mention it to your doctor during a yearly physical?

[@shiomicchi7247]

@@Seashellsbytheseashore21 I was always told that it's normal for women to feel pain during their period and that some women just have heavier periods than others and that its completely normal for things to suck for that week of the month, so I would just suffer in silence because I was told that its what everyone feels and figured I should just put up with it. I wasn't told that there's a limit to how painful/heavy things should be until I was in my early 20s when I was crying to my mum about how the painkillers don't work and she told me how I'm genetically prone to uterine problems from at least 3 different lineages from my immediate family, which lead me to getting an appointment with a great doctor who actually listened to what I had to say and got me on hormone pills and an examination at the hospital. Idk if its because talking about periods and women's health is still a little bit taboo socially speaking or something, but a lot of girls don't get warned about these things in their regular sex ed classes and don't find out until later in life that there's a limit to how much pain/bleeding you should be dealing with.

[@dsch0]

@@Seashellsbytheseashore21 The repression has softened to some degree now, but you have to understand that until recently, menstruation was so taboo that mothers barely talked about it to their daughters, let alone physicians openly giving guidance to the community. Therefore, many girls had no idea what degree of pain during a period is "normal" (the actual answer is "virtually none"), so they silently endured levels of pain that should have merited a gynecological appointment or a hospital stay. (Endometriosis is a common culprit in period pain.)

[@sweetsnejinka9411]

@@dsch0 "virtually none" makes me so sad. I got up the courage to talk but all they can do is recommend yoga, acupuncture, "have you tried herbs?" I get that there's no cure for endometriosis and pain medication is bad for the body, but...help. I just wanted to throw my voice in this discussion too. Been in extreme pain for 20 hours, just a couple days to go. Then I can plan for the next pain. And next.

[@MrSneaksful]

things werent political then, so much easier to talk about things and be open.

[@DaARK_Chocolategang]

I can see the inspiration brought over to White Diamond. The facade of perfection, the lie that everything is fine.

[@DaxSchaffer]

I looked up this cartoon for the same reason, finding out that it was the basis for her character. The tone of voice and diction are VERY similar. I can imagine this narrator saying, "Hello Starlight," and it would sound almost the same as White Diamond. I was expecting the whole short to be really oppressive about maintaining positivity despite discomfort, but it's really just that ending stretch where the VO gets weirdly judgemental about "feeling sorry for yourself." Most of the beginning of the video just seems like sound biological information 🤷‍♂️ An interesting and of its time piece of animation history. I can definitely see why Rebecca Sugar saw it as a unique starting point for building an overbearing antagonist.

[@DaARK_Chocolategang]

@@DaxSchaffer You said it best.

[@Pridegriffin]

I'm 64 and I remember our grade school showing all of the females this same type of movie to explain our body changes and menstruation. They brought us all together in the cafeteria and let us sit at the tables and for at least 30 to 45 minutes we watched and listened. By the time it was over, we all discussed how we couldn't wait to become a full fledged woman! The guys got their own personal male version too. When the first girl in our grade started her period at school, we all(boys and girls) all took a vote for the teacher to let her go home for the rest of the day. We were all so proud of her! She became a full fledged woman that day. Too bad they didn't include a birth control prevention post....cause 5 yrs later, she became the first in our class to get pregnant too. Such is life. She loved babies!

[@catherinebirch2399]

In the school I went to the kids made unpleasant jokes about periods and I was devastated when my first one arrived. I was bullied because of it.

[@Nerdpainter]

really? i was devastated! made worse by when all the boys made fun of us after they had health class. they would squirt ketchup on our pants and point red lasers at us and yell YOU GOT YOUR PERIOD! i wanted to die, i really did. i thought my life was over.

[@catherinebirch2399]

@@Nerdpainter You could have paid them back by making fun of their anatomy and those disgusting erections and wet dreams.

[@helixxia9320]

@P4brains and the teachers did nothing?? damn i dont miss elementary/middle school

[@ashelynnscott]

Back then honey, everyone was more mature than they are now. I heard my niece getting bullied because she started her period. She's 11 by the way. Sad how both females and males make fun of periods, but back then we were so happy we were finally becoming true women 🥺. I miss those days 😭

[@jesusslushies2192]

I saw this when I was in private school. I was in 5th grade. Even got the same little handbook! They even gave us a box of pads and 2 menstrual belts. The boys were in another room watching a movie about what happens with their development. I remember when we all came out after the presentation, boys couldn't look at us and we couldn't look at the boys. Our lives were forever changed in that moment.

[@raynaharris]

When did this happen?

[@tiph3802]

What's a menstrual belt?!

[@nicolerising3449]

​@tiph3802 It was a garter type of belt used to keep your Menstrual Pads in place. They quickly went out of style when the Glue backed Pads were invented.

[@urgae9125]

@@tiph3802jumping onto what the other person said: they were very prone to leaks, and were uncomfortable to wear. One wrong shift? The furniture is ruined.

[@slugluv1313]

@@tiph3802 omg! they came in my "starter kit" -- 1970? but a thin fabric belt that goes around your waist, with two "garters" that would attach to and hold up pads, which had extra material at each end -- iirc, "Stayfree" was the first pad that had adhesive, instead of requiring a belt -- early 1970s? -- there were also these hideous panties, with elastic bands at each end of the crotch; you would insert the pad there

[@wyvernnymph5757]

The way they explained things like comparing the size of an ovary to an almond and depicted the uterine lining shedding were really great ways to put it into perspective. I think if this is what was played in my elementary health class it would have clicked for sure

[@jenn4593]

I’ve been so confused for so long, and those descriptions helped clear up things.

[@reggieandfayegrassfield6861]

I started my periods at 9 & finally went into menopause at 46. I have never hated anything like I hated my periods.

[@MaleOrderBride]

What was so bad about them?? 😧

[@MsCassieCrowe]

46 huh? I also started at 9 yrs old. My grandmothers are passed away and my mother had a hysterectomy so I have nobody to compare with as to when I can expect menopause. I was sort of hoping since I started early I might also end early 😂 If I'm anything like you I have another 6 years to go

[@corwhaffl]

@@MaleOrderBridebruh

[@TheJillianRussell]

Dang...I was a month before I turned 14...how many more years I got to suffer?!?! I'm 47 now 😢

[@burninglessons]

I wish I'd seen this back in 4th grade before I started my period. Five years later I'm finally seeing this, and it's much more educational than the vague "your body is going to start changing" talk from the school nurse. You go, 1946 Disney.

[@dawnthedoggo504]

Excuse me? 4th grade?!

[@ainbraybaker207]

gothic_voltrash I started mine in 3rd grade ;-;

[@kerrybunny]

gothic_voltrash e

[@ezziemay1931]

+The way of Aang and Korra 😦I started mines in the summer before 8th grade

[@jellyfish_3166]

Lol i started mines in 5th i only get a lil bit of pain tho so its not that bad

[@sophiatalksmusic3588]

"No severe discomfort" Oh, sweetie.

[@Sebadoh1994]

Ocareening right!? Omg the narrator probably never had terrible cramps!

[@baileymadison9019]

@@Sebadoh1994 I think it's to make sure that the girls that are watching this aren't scared of there period Because I remember my older cousins would tell me about how bad the cramps were and it made me absolutely terrified which I do get pretty bad cramps but it's nothing like they were saying I do get the occasional headache and nauseous feeling but I thought I was going to be dead or in a hospital by the way they were explaining it so I like how she keeps it simple so that she didn't terrify anybody that was watching the video who hadn't yet experienced a period

[@Sebadoh1994]

Sunny Days I see what you mean. You definitely made a good point ☝🏻

[@liz8180]

A-hahaha sighhh R.I.P.

[@jayleannquinones7307]

I feel you 😂😂

[@aliierxx1644]

"11-17 is normal" Wow. Now it's between the ages of 9 and 15(?) I'm amazed.

[@pinkmaniac5075]

2100: between 5-10

[@sarahcb1986]

Better diet...

[@annettemorrison7737]

shes_sarah_shaped: Better diet today than when this was made? I am doubtful of that. There are tons of additives to our food. Plastic also mimics estrogen I think. We are more obese, and fat affects our hormone levels.

[@mechadoggy]

More likely because chemicals such as flame retardants have caused young girls to hit puberty earlier due to their estrogen-like effects

[@rimasalrajeh2757]

2900: between 3-7

[@PsyChoAnaLize]

I remember the day I got my first period. I cried and cried. My mom took me out for ice cream. And so it began ice cream and future cycles were mandatory! 😂🎉❤❤❤

[@ayame316]

As someone who had PMDD and even mild endometriosis, I would say this is a great video for children to watch because it says right there that if you think you are having to much pain you probably are and should see a doctor!! If only all doctors would take us seriously. Mild pain or cramping once in a while is normal. Vomiting, diarrhea, and knife stabbing pain even if it’s not every time is not normal!!!

[@OzmaOfOzz]

I'm so sorry 😢 I don't get pmdd per say but I have wild mood swings when I'm ovulating. Deep deep dark depression. Like how am I supposed to procreate when I can't stop crying and having anxiety?😂

[@zerotodona1495]

You mean for girls to watch. Boys do not need to see this cause this is not or will never be what their body does.

[@rainpeach6502]

@@OzmaOfOzz that might actually be PMDD you should track your cycle and if you are having symptoms of PMDD about 2 weeks before your period you should keep that in mind and definitely consider going to the doctor to get checked out just to be safe

[@Jesus____]

​@@zerotodona1495Boys should definitely watch this. It'll be more harmful if males didn't know about what's going on in the female body and vice versa

[@Amy-ky5wr]

I used to get vomiting, diarrhoea, and terrible crippling pain that made me want to die to escape it, on first day of probably most of my periods during my 20s. Actually I just thought that was normal! Maybe it was? Anyway then I got an Implanon contraceptive implant (for its intended purpose to stop pregnancy) and about the same time all those symptoms settled down (coincidence?). I've had an Implanon ever since (replaced at intervals) for about 15 years. Wonder whether it was something abnormal, and whether it would come back without an Implanon? Hmm, this is probably why we need better health education for girls and boys.

[@nicolaheekin1915]

I like how this cartoon not only explains what menstruation is, but how to stay healthy during your Period.

[@ayame316]

I like that part too. I was told that you can do anything during your period that you normally do except for swim in a pool. OMG were they wrong! You absolutely have to eat right and drink a lot and sleep…a LOT

[@eolhinforest7736]

Given when this was made, it is surprisingly reasonable, practical, and soothingly presented. Bravo.

[@thinkingallowed7042]

It's not really dated at all.

[@bentheturntableguy182]

@@thinkingallowed7042For real

[@someguy2744]

Got the right people for the job.

[@enlosluceros7236]

Most of what people say about the past century is fake to make today's era look more progressive.

[@Lolirock971]

Please repent and find YHWH Elohim and keep the commandments in Exodus 20 and Leviticus 11 Please read Exodus 20 and pray for forgiveness 2nd Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!” [37] Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. [38] This is the first and great commandment. [39] And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. [40] On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. Matthew 22:37-40 Please read the book of Jonah, Matthew, Exodus you'll have the information you need.😅😂💐🌈🎉😊

[@mahamkhan7365]

I am 26 years old and even in that time I learnt many things from this short video.

[@alexandria1791]

I always come back to this on my cycle. Somehow, it really does help me even at 28 years old. "You have to live with people; you have to live with yourself, too" is like the best thing to hear because her voice is not condescending, it's very maternal. And right now, EVERYBODY IS IRRITATING ME. 😂

[@kitten_582]

O my fucking god your preaching to the choir girl

[@catherinebirch2399]

Some girls think that life revolves around their periods, and never stop moaning about PMS and cramps. I've lived with girls like that and they're nightmare. They use their monthly cycle as an excuse to be mean to everyone.

[@Yep6803]

@@catherinebirch2399 you know the worst? I heared 'feminists' called it 'disability'! This video is 100% right(the 'stereotyped' part was simple refered to the ones with pain...you don't want do swing with menstruation's 'feelings' but not everybody got it! She said that if they hurts visit a doctor...many women don't and there's still a stigma about this pain. Well done.

[@AtheneHolder]

Ditto. Like, right now i don't like these humans lol

[@proudtobeanerd5340]

⁠@@catherinebirch2399Imagine being those girls, having to deal with that stuff. That’s a real nightmare. And in what ways are they being that they then excuse because of their cycles?

[@katiesdeletednewoneiskatie6125]

“After all, no matter how you feel, you have to live with people.” unfortunately.

[@JolajnaLoja]

It is the only moment that I don't like

[@MissLinas]

Yeah live with people. 🙄 I was 11 when my so called gift arrived. She should've tried living with 5 brothers, 1 sister and my parents in a 4 bedroom house. And my father was an abusive alcoholic. 😥

[@ifrahjama2215]

Yupppp

[@dollynina8992]

@@JolajnaLoja It's true though, I think it's better advice than most other stuff.

[@CanadianMonarchist]

@@MissLinasI’m sorry to hear your father treated you that way.

[@janayamber9706]

Love that they put emphasis that it is very normal and natural to menstruate considering the time.

[@FierceGinger]

This should be showed to every girl growing up. It's factual, simple, and doesn't try to beat around the bush. Walt Disney did well. It's a very helpful and healthy way of explaining it. It's weird I'm watching this on my period and didn't realize it until after I started watching it.

[@farhkittyanimations]

But honestly not online public to every guy and creep and per3ert like in KZbin damn they can make app for women only and for men

[@bardnightingale]

If only you'd had that handy little calender book. 😊

[@snazarix1055]

I remember when I wanted my period to come so I can become a “woman” but now... you know the rest lol

[@TiffanyRay]

yeah i had to face that reality the hard way.

[@alanahmchone2709]

Litterly same....I felt left out then it happened and you know the rest

[@rileydorsey2852]

So true tho

[@olaa6161]

Yeah, like a month before my first period came I was like: how does period feel, but nah I'll have it at 14 or 15 probably (my mom and sister had their first period at that age, pfffft, how wrong I was) and then it came- gladly it was a saturday and I didn't mess my bed or anything, I consider myself lucky tho because it was the weekend and not a school day.

[@A_Strawberry]

I was always scared of getting my period, and being a crazy hormonal bitch for the better part of the month lol

[@CaitCher]

When all the animated women almost look like Cinderella, I feel very strange watching that XD

[@bl1298]

Cait Cher i thought it was Wendy from Peter Pan 😂

[@JSHester16]

I was like "Cinderella, you didn't come in the picture until 1950... wassup.... "...

[@luciamarcos2366]

She also looked like snow white

[@asnsaule]

Cait Cher the baby looks like snowwhite

[@alistersvenschoff1885]

Maybe women are getting uglier

[@quinn8988]

Crazy how now, in 2023, this wouldn't even be allowed to be played in some schools.

[@toosense]

Not unless they allow boys who think they’re girls to watch as if they will ever have periods.

[@teehee4096]

Yes. Abstinence-only has done so much damage to sex education.

[@tremorsfan]

When my mother had her first period my grandmother drove her to the drug store and shouted at the top of her lungs “this girl needs a Kotex over here”

[@Amy-si8gq]

"CODE RED!"

[@denicesanders4586]

My mother had to make a public service announcement to my entire extended family. Her reasoning was in case something happened to her everyone would know. An advertisement in the newspaper would have worked too.

[@trinaharrison526]

😆😆😆😆😆

[@aarongranda7825]

Good ol Gramma.

[@pamelabacker2420]

Omg! How embarrassing! Lol!

[@allisonguzman346]

That baby has better than makeup than most girls today...

[@thebisexualjeffthekillerfa378]

That baby is my makeup goals

[@laylahawkings7204]

K. That's Cool don't get rude

[@wllow2362]

my first thaught 2

[@haileyturner8219]

K. That's Cool HAGA RIGHT

[@ionknow2415]

K. That's Cool Thats A Lie😂

[@sugarcrystals5649]

I love how they mentioned different body types. DATS RELATABLE!

[@ultravioletpisces3666]

This was a common thing to be taught all the way into the 80s.

[@ccshrimp]

I love how common sense this advice is, especially the parts about not feeling sorry for yourself, I kind of laughed at that

[@kitsunefire1]

Funny story: I'm a guy, so when they announced in 4th grade that the boys and girls are going to have to attend a specific meeting to discuss puberty, the girls went off to watch this movie. We had no idea since the male teacher took us outside to play kickball. I never did know what they were watching until now -w-

[@PoppinRandomBubbles]

Ayden Wolfe I wish schools would teach both the boys and the girls about puberty changes for both genders.

[@sksksk8631]

PoppinBubbles they did that at my school

[@elenabenavides4146]

GalaxyCat Films yeah mine too

[@giannacaravella2662]

My school did the guys and girls watch vids that were actualy very simular

[@blueovni764]

they watching how to use the blue liquid indeed!!

[@GalinaUlavana]

The cartoonography is beautiful and the explanation is sorely needed. I can remember that the boys would be asked to leave the room when stories like this were shown in health class. Menstruation should be taught to both genders. This film was made in 1946 and my mother gave me this same information in 1966. In high school in the 1970s my cramps were disabling. It hurt so much the first two days my thighs ached. I spent my days on the couch with a heating pad. My mother would put a blanket over me if I felt so poorly I didn't want to move. Fortunately in adulthood I hardly had a cramp.

[@zerotodona1495]

Both do not need to know all these details. They can learn about it later down the road after girls become comfortable in their bodies.

[@rebeccahicks2392]

@@zerotodona1495 Maybe boys don't need to learn it as early, but they should learn it before adulthood.

[@31michelle64]

I knew what was happening, but I don't think Dr's really had a good understanding in the 70s why cramps happened. I had a Dr tell me I was lying! But my mom, who never ever had a cramp, was kind & understanding. Thank God for Ibuprofen (which is an anti-prostaglandin (sp) that blocks most period cramp pain

[@Haberdashery22]

I was the same with the cramps! Couldn't function. Early 1970s docs weren't too bothered and my mum didn't believe in painkillers. At school spent a lot of time in the medical room, was given, I think, paracetamol which I managed to grab handfuls in order to get through my A Level papers. Remember sitting exams as high as a kite on them, my head spinning. Somehow passed 😂😂😂 Nowadays it's known as endometriosis.

[@lav-kitty]

​@@zerotodona1495it's just blood, blood exists, get over it

[@hannahmango1143]

Why isn't this shown in health class? It'd be way more effective.

[@ChildovGhad]

It originally was. That's what it was produced for. They should still use it.

[@gamingwithyobro8003]

Well except for the part that doesn’t mention that you bleed 🩸

[@jd9351]

I watched it in 6th grade in 1967.

[@MG-ud6ci]

I remember watching this film in junior high school.

[@tweetiebirdism]

Please no, it’s so outdated.

[@mikaylahedwards4230]

Apparently babies (according to the beginning): 1. Have no noses 2. Wear bright red lipstick 3. Have vampire fangs

[@mjrcox76]

Mikaylah Edwards and is bald like a billiard ball lol

[@slrxmas]

Jean Cox And eyelashes as thick as caterpillars XD.

[@Emily-vc4xo]

Mikaylah Edwards Its probably the style but the baby looks better than me

[@heyimmary1876]

10:02 pause directly at this time then u will see the nose

[@heyimmary1876]

@The Name Thing Is Not Happening KZbin ikr haters lmao JKJK!!! 😄

[@jeanrock3047]

Nicest, most polite, most delicate, and most friendly way of putting it.

[@youreyesarebleeding1368]

This is actually really impressive for 1946 wtf? The visuals look like something you might see in the 80s or 90s (specifically when it's going over the science of periods, not the animation or whatever). I'm sure it was colorized and it's graphics were cleared up though.

[@sandyposs2693]

True, this was very ahead of its time. Just so you know though, colour in motion pictures happened for animation far, far earlier than it did for live action, so this would already have been in colour. This was because cameras could not yet capture colour, but animation didn't use that process.

[@MintPro47]

Not only that but people in my country are so behind. I didn't know people teached about periods in the 40s . While nobody told my mother about periods until she got them. Same with my grandma

[@000Responses]

That's Disney for ya ;)

[@jesuschrist1935]

And she is very respectful about the “short, tall, heavy or slim.” In the mid 19 hundreds everything but being tall and slim was seen as unattractive. Its nice seeing someone who understands us in a respectful manner

[@seafoambeachcomb]

We got this booklet in Texas in 5th grade in 1981!

[@miahunt1572]

This was made in 1946… its 2023 and I’m over here going “ohhhhh so that’s why it feels like that” understanding things I’ve should’ve known.

[@jannicasolarem4353]

I just really like how she emphasizes "common sense"

[@alysiacharles8893]

Disney made this?!? Disney needs to remake this.

[@mariehalsey8892]

Disney is Dirty....check out Disney and the Illuminati

[@witchbitchgirl]

God no. No more remakes.

[@k_n_c_y]

@@witchbitchgirl Live action remake coming to you in 3d. In theaters everywhere 2020

[@linguisiclion26lion70]

Haha yea

[@ЛанаДимић]

You should respect this!This was made in 1946

[@msxlxsv2472]

If I ever have a daughter, when it’s time I’m going to show her this video. Cause even sex Ed at school didn’t explain it this well

[@rainwater.1493]

Msxlxs V I was shown this video in the 2000s

[@660-q4f]

rainwater. -woah i’m 11 only finding ab this out now

[@rachelwolf1731]

@@660-q4f what?! I knew what a period and sex and stuff was at like age 7. The world today doesn't teach young girls about this stuff and most are confused and in total shocked when they get there's. I was 12 and knew exactly what it was and how to deal with it.

[@gemstoneprincess2890]

Ewww

[@rachelwolf1731]

@@gemstoneprincess2890 what the fuck are you saying eww about

[@PunkedOut]

I want to draw in this artstyle for some reason . Old 2D animation has a charm to it that I wish was drawn as much as it was now days

[@zombeedoll1]

Anyone else come here from the Boldly true/false video?

[@manaraa4591]

Anna Nowak I did🙋

[@rebekahstewart123]

me

[@muluncamypula2115]

Anna Nowak I did😂😂

[@mikaylacherry5239]

I am

[@charlottefrelin3253]

Anna Nowak yes

[@oxonomine]

8:39 I like how they didn’t make her stomach completely flat in the diagram

[@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072]

I?k?

[@PrincessPetch24]

“After all, no matter how you feel, you have to live with people.” That’s what I keep telling myself. That’s what I keep telling myself.

[@theturdcurd2382]

I am 47, but now identify as a teenage girl. Thank you for this informative movie as my mother has passed and I have no one to give me womanly advise.

[@sarahamaro181]

I love old movies. The voices in it are so soothing

[@itsbritneybyotch7471]

;-;

[@beyondviolet]

tbh that’s the reason I find it hard to pay attention, might be good to fall asleep to tho

[@TheKwachner227]

I was lucky enough to have an understanding and helpful Mother. When I first got it, I was excited because all my classmates were getting it but not me. But my mom reminded me : This isn't a competition. This means you're a woman now, and as a woman you're going to go through many things. But as your Mother, I'm here to educate you the best way I can, but if you need to, we can schedule an appointment with the doctor. Omg I love my mom so much

[@TheKwachner227]

@@Battle_testedPupa She was 💔

[@Brenda45167]

You are so lucky. When I sat on the toilet and saw blood, I thought I was dying!

[@dianaicnaiad]

aw

[@maio0077]

When I got mine I had woken up in the morning, just gone to the bathroom to take a piss and saw the bloodstain, I calmly grabbed a pad and changed my panties, I didn't think I was going to die, I just noticed that my mom did that sometimes so I thought it was normal

[@Ellana_Galkin]

Wish my mom was that kind

[@marthabet]

Anyone here from boldly? (Thought I had like 20 likes just checked it lmao thanks guys for the 500. I feel special 😂)

[@coolbeans1673]

Martha B ✋me

[@bethanyb1893]

mee

[@themasterofthewicket4746]

Me

[@colatte378]

Me

[@camillehoughton6931]

Me