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8. |
During the late 1800s, physician-induced
orgasm was considered to be a valid treatment for
hysteria. In fact, many doctors found themselves
devoting more than three-quarters of their practice to
treating this particular "disorder." |
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9. |
In 1938, Chatelaine offered its
readers some tips on seduction Canadian style:
"Every date have something new as a surprise for
him… Curl your eyelashes, wear your sweater backwards—anything!" |
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10. |
The Canadian government advised 1940s
moms to start toilet-training their babies at one month
of age. |
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11. |
Prominent Canadian physician Ernest
Couture advised World War II era mothers-to-be to avoid
hockey arenas. His concern? The chill and the thrill. He
was worried that expectant mothers might become too cold
or too excited. |
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12. |
The Canadian National Exhibition decided
to modernize some of its competitions in 1950, dropping
the chair-painting, egg-cooking, and sock-mending
competitions in favour of contests designed to determine
which Canuck Chick could apply her makeup the fastest,
cook and serve the juiciest hamburger, and bake the best
wedding cake. (Fortunately, the contestants were not
required to demonstrate all three skills
simultaneously.) |
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13. |
Two CBC employees working on a script
for the 1954 musical version of Anne of Green Gables
inadvertently triggered a cross-border communist scare.
The FBI became alarmed by the number of "red"
references in the telexes that were going back and forth
between the Toronto and New York (the cities where the
two writers happened to be living at the time). |
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14. |
In 1956, Women’s College Hospital
chief of obstetrics and gynecology Marion Hilliard
advised Canadian women that—like snowflakes—no two
orgasms are alike: "A sneeze is an orgasm of the
nose…. Some sneezes are kitten-soft and others can be
heard for two blocks."
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