{"id":1122411,"date":"2025-03-03T01:00:31","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T09:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/?p=1122411"},"modified":"2025-03-02T21:12:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T05:12:47","slug":"the-story-of-menstruation-1946","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2025\/03\/the-story-of-menstruation-1946.html","title":{"rendered":"<i>The Story Of Menstruation<\/i>: Watch Walt Disney\u2019s Sex Ed Film from 1946"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"oc-video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"oc-video-container\">\n\t<span class=\"youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"505\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vG9o9m0LsbI?wmode=transparent&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en&amp;showsearch=0&amp;rel=0&amp;theme=dark\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>\t<!-- \/oc-video-embed -->\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/oc-video-wrapper --><\/p>\n<p>From&nbsp;1945 to 1951, Dis\u00adney pro\u00adduced a series of edu\u00adca\u00adtion\u00adal films to be shown in Amer\u00adi\u00adcan schools. How to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=81s5pwEL9l4\">bathe an infant<\/a>. How not to catch a cold. Why you shouldn\u2019t dri\u00adve fast. Dis\u00adney cov\u00adered these sub\u00adjects in its edu\u00adca\u00adtion\u00adal shorts, and then even\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly got to the touchy sub\u00adject of biol\u00ado\u00adgy and sex\u00adu\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty. If there was ever a com\u00adpa\u00adny suit\u00aded to talk about \u201cvagi\u00adnas\u201d in the 1940s in a fam\u00adi\u00adly-friend\u00adly way, it was Dis\u00adney. Hence <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vG9o9m0LsbI\">The Sto\u00adry of Men\u00adstru\u00ada\u00adtion<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"oc-center-da\">\n<div data-fuse=\"22871471544\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The film runs 10 min\u00adutes, com\u00adbin\u00ading sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic facts with hygiene tips, and it was actu\u00adal\u00adly com\u00admis\u00adsioned by the Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Cel\u00adlo-Cot\u00adton Com\u00adpa\u00adny, the fore\u00adrun\u00adner of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kimberly-clark.com\">Kim\u00adber\u00adly-Clark<\/a>, the mak\u00ader of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ubykotex.com\/en-us\/\">Kotex<\/a> prod\u00aducts. An esti\u00admat\u00aded 105 mil\u00adlion stu\u00addents watched the film in sex-ed class\u00ades across the US. And, accord\u00ading to <em><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/IrwVSH\">Tin\u00adker Belles and Evil Queens: The Walt Dis\u00adney Com\u00adpa\u00adny from the Inside Out<\/a><\/em>, the film remained a main\u00adstay in schools until the 1960s. It\u2019s now in the pub\u00adlic domain. When you\u2019re done, you\u2019ll also want to watch <a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2013\/08\/family-planning-walt-disneys-1967-sex-ed-production.html\"><em>Fam\u00adi\u00adly Plan\u00adning<\/em>, Walt Disney\u2019s 1967 Sex Ed Pro\u00adduc\u00adtion, Star\u00adring Don\u00adald Duck<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you would like to sup\u00adport the mis\u00adsion of Open Cul\u00adture, con\u00adsid\u00ader <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3EBHjtX\">mak\u00ading&nbsp;a dona\u00adtion to our site<\/a>. It\u2019s hard to rely 100% on ads, and your <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3EBHjtX\">con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtions<\/a> will help us con\u00adtin\u00adue pro\u00advid\u00ading the best free cul\u00adtur\u00adal and edu\u00adca\u00adtion\u00adal mate\u00adri\u00adals to learn\u00aders every\u00adwhere. You can con\u00adtribute through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/help-fund-open-culture\">Pay\u00adPal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3eB2GRB\">Patre\u00adon<\/a>, and Ven\u00admo (@openculture). Thanks!<\/span><\/i><i><\/i><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Relat\u00aded Con\u00adtent:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Permanent Link to Watch <i>Family Planning<\/i>, Walt Disney\u2019s 1967 Sex Ed Production, Starring Donald Duck\" href=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2013\/08\/family-planning-walt-disneys-1967-sex-ed-production.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Watch&nbsp;<em>Fam\u00adi\u00adly Plan\u00adning<\/em>, Walt Disney\u2019s 1967 Sex Ed Pro\u00adduc\u00adtion, Star\u00adring Don\u00adald Duck<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2013\/04\/no_women_need_apply_a_disheartening_1938_rejection_letter_from_disney_animation.html\">No Women Need Apply: A Dis\u00adheart\u00aden\u00ading 1938 Rejec\u00adtion Let\u00adter from Dis\u00adney Ani\u00adma\u00adtion<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Permanent Link to <i>Your Body During Adolescence<\/i>: A Nakedly Unashamed Sex Ed Film from 1955\" href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2014\/04\/your-body-during-adolescence.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Your Body Dur\u00ading Ado\u00adles\u00adcence: A Naked\u00adly Unashamed Sex Ed Film from 1955<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Permanent Link to Watch <i>Dating Dos and Don\u2019ts<\/i>: An Old-School Instructional Guide to Teenage Romance (1949)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2013\/09\/dating-dos-and-donts.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Watch Dat\u00ading Dos and Don\u2019ts: An Old-School Instruc\u00adtion\u00adal Guide to Teenage Romance (1949)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding: 10px 0\">\n<div class=\"oc-video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"oc-video-container\">\n\t<span class=\"youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vG9o9m0LsbI?wmode=transparent&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en&amp;showsearch=0&amp;rel=0&amp;theme=dark\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>\t<!-- \/oc-video-embed -->\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/oc-video-wrapper --><\/p><\/div>\n<p>From&nbsp;1945 to 1951, Dis\u00adney pro\u00adduced a series of edu\u00adca\u00adtion\u00adal films to be shown in Amer\u00adi\u00adcan schools. How to bathe an infant. How not to catch a cold. Why you shouldn\u2019t dri\u00adve fast. Dis\u00adney cov\u00adered these sub\u00adjects in its edu\u00adca\u00adtion\u00adal shorts, and then even\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly got to the touchy sub\u00adject of biol\u00ado\u00adgy and sex\u00adu\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty. If there was [\u2026]<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1122413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[331,119],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1122411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-animation-2","category-education"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Story Of Menstruation: Watch Walt Disney\u2019s Sex Ed Film from 1946<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/?p=1122411\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"OC\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/?p=1122411#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/?p=1122411\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"OC\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/71c1adfe08013e889667d78db0b41392\"},\"headline\":\"The Story Of Menstruation: Watch Walt Disney\u2019s Sex Ed Film from 1946\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-03T09:00:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/?p=1122411\"},\"wordCount\":253,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/?p=1122411#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cdn8.openculture.com\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/02210315\\\/the-story-of-menstruation.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Animation\",\"Education\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/?p=1122411#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/?p=1122411\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/?p=1122411\",\"name\":\"The Story Of Menstruation: Watch Walt Disney\u2019s Sex Ed Film from 1946\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/?p=1122411#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/?p=1122411#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cdn8.openculture.com\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/02210315\\\/the-story-of-menstruation.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-03T09:00:31+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/?p=1122411#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/?p=1122411\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/?p=1122411#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cdn8.openculture.com\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/02210315\\\/the-story-of-menstruation.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cdn8.openculture.com\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/02210315\\\/the-story-of-menstruation.jpg\",\"width\":477,\"height\":359},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/?p=1122411#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Story Of Menstruation: Watch Walt Disney\u2019s Sex Ed Film from 1946\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Open Culture\",\"description\":\"The best free cultural &amp; 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