[3] It was commissioned by the International Cello-Cotton Company (now Kimberly-Clark)[4] and was shown in a non-theatrical release to approximately 105 million American students in health education classes.

[6] The film's narrator, who is not identified in the credits, informs the viewer that "there is nothing strange or mysterious about menstruation", and it shows women engaged in activities such as bathing, riding a horse, and dancing during their menstrual cycles.

The film's narration by actress Gloria Blondell also provides advice to avoid constipation and depression, and to always keep up a fine outward appearance.

[3] The second half of the video has been perceived as condensending, with remarks about posture, wearing makeup, and for girls to be nice regardless of their pain.

[3] Sexuality is not mentioned in the film, and an emphasis on sanitation makes it, as Disney historian Jim Korkis has suggested, "a hygienic crisis rather than a maturational event".