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50: Let’s Talk About Tampax

50: Let’s Talk About Tampax

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50: Let’s Talk About Tampax

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Length:
38 minutes
Released:
Jul 8, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

How do you advertise a product that's taboo? When Tampax became the first commercially-produced tampon in 1933, no one wanted to talk about menstruation. So the company embraced education as advertising. It’s a strategy that grew from door-to-door sales campaigns to middle school sex ed classes across the country today. But what does it mean when corporations lead the conversation about menstruation?And for more information about menstruators: https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/health-and-wellness/menstruation
Released:
Jul 8, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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