Comments on: “Frigidine” is New Beauty Treatment for Women (Jan, 1929)

By: A Woman

A Woman — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:48:19 +0000

The vicious pack mentality of some men can be found amongst women as well as adolescent children. Perhaps it is an insecurity that these people have not grown out of from their school days of traveling around in packs picking on the weak.

By: Charlene

Charlene — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:37:01 +0000

Perhaps women are so concerned with their appearances because they know they’ll be judged so very harshly by some men? Because these guys will go out of their way to cause pain to women they don’t approve of, and the only thing they think is worth judging is exterior appearance.

I’m not trying to turn this into a “men bad, women good” polemic: far from it, because the majority of men are nothing like this. But there are a few men, not many but they do exist, that have this mindset that if a woman’s not extremely physically attractive she’s absolutely good for nothing *and* that it is their God-given mission to express that as loudly as possible. She’s not even human, really, and somehow insulting her makes him feel more like a Real Man. For some reason these guys never judge themselves in the same way, or think of other men as less than human. It even carries on to photos of women who have been dead for fifty years or longer – really, what does it matter to anyone whether this woman is attractive by 2009 standards?

So I ask again: why do men feel this absolute need to announce that random women they don’t even know don’t meet their exacting standards? Why do they have to be so loud and so fast to bleat about their judgment? Why do they think anyone else cares? I’m not trying to be sarcastic – I’d really like to know. What is it in them that they absolutely have to announce that random women aren’t good enough for them?

By: Tracy B

Tracy B — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:49:22 +0000

The object’s creators could have done a better job of naming it, perhaps after a waterfall, Ha Ha.

So if a man used this machine would that make him impotent?

Think of the Woody Allen movie “Sleeper” they had a pretty amusing machine in it.

By: Don

Don — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:05:18 +0000

I, in turn, wonder why so many women are so worried about their appearance . . . . I once asked my sister, “Why do women obsess about their hair?” She looked at my bald pate and replied, “Because we can!” I guess I had that coming . . . . ;^)

By: Firebrand38

Firebrand38 — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:09:21 +0000

Yeah, even if the most critical aren’t blogging from their parent’s basement I doubt that many of them would be confused with Brad Pitt.

By: JMyint

JMyint — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:16:35 +0000

Charlene I agree. Though I find men like that usually spend most of their time in their own company than in the company of women.

By: Charlene

Charlene — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:24:55 +0000

I’ve always wondered why some men have this need to a) immediately judge any woman they see solely by their appearance, and b) loudly announce that she’s not attractive enough for them, usually in the most obnoxious way possible.

Do they think the world revolves around them and that everyone (or anyone) cares what they think about women? Do they think that declaring that a woman is ugly makes them more of a man? Is it some male bonding BS? Or are they terrified that people will think they’re gay if they don’t immediately start insulting any woman who isn’t “perfect” in every way?

It comes across as terribly controlling and cruel, and I’ve noticed that the kindest guys, the ones who are really decent people, never stoop to it.

By: Firebrand38

Firebrand38 — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:48:11 +0000

Leo Laporte: Some men too

By: carlm

carlm — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:46:41 +0000

Looks to me that the blue light contains a lot of UV from the mercury lamps. These look like standard “Black Light” bulbs. Of course your skin will peel off.

By: Leo Laporte

Leo Laporte — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:04:33 +0000

For some women..an ordinary grocery bag works too

By: Firebrand38

Firebrand38 — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:27:21 +0000

Why you gotta hate?

By: JeffK

JeffK — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:59:22 +0000

Not an effective beauty treatment, judging from the photo.

By: Rick Auricchio

Rick Auricchio — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:08:48 +0000

“Frigidine” is a terrible name for any product involving women. If the process involved some type of cold effect, perhaps the name would make some sense. But as it stands, “Frigidine” just sounds like some cheap attempt at an aphrodisiac.