Here’s a little but very interesting collection of retro ads.
I know that a lot has changed compared to the 50’s and that our society was quite sexist but I didn’t know that it was sexist to that extent.
But despite all the sexism in the ads they are also funny. Don’t get me wrong, I mean, it’s a good thing that we evolve and can laugh at our stupidities made in the past. I am pretty sure, our descendants will laugh at our today’s stupidities in the future.
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Bring it back!
but also what is happening these days is also unacceptable.
Feminism is dead... we're still foisted the same sexist stereotypes. The next post should be a compilation of Target Women by Sarah Haskins.
'Sexist' does not mean 'sex' or 'intercourse'. Seriously, you must have an IQ around 20% I think!
Also IQ isn't measured in percentiles it is measured in points
wrong on both counts.
debt runs the world, which is what virtually everyone, everywhere is increasingly discovering. although those in the US and europe certainly have a head start!
Yes, it shouldn't be completely how it was, we need the vote, we need the right to be independent, but if we were brought up with the same teachings that women were back then, then there wouldn't be so many unwanted children, so many STD's, and so many whores.
Sorry sweetie but men are just as responsible as women. Maybe men should stop being whores and there would be unwanted pregnancy and STDS.
So funny how women tend to be the biggest perpetuators of sexism.
there are no woman on the internet
Yes, it shouldn't be completely how it was, we need the vote, we need the right to be independent, but if we were brought up with the same teachings that women were back then, then there wouldn't be so many unwanted children, so many STD's, and so many whores.
Wow Holly, I think you might actually be more oppressive than these ads! You've a very warped concept on life if you think that having the same upbringing as the women of the 1950s will solve problems such as "whores", "unwanted children" and "STDs".
Firstly, there have been whores since the dawning of time. They just weren't as open about it or swanning around in the public like the Jodie Marsh's of today.
Secondly - unwanted children. Have you ever heard of the Magdalene Asylums of the 1700s?! Don't carry on that unwanted pregnancies have only occurred since women got the right to vote and be treated equally. Pregnancy out of wedlock has been happening for years and I refuse to believe that because women stopped cleaning and cooking for a living, they suddenly went "Hooray! Now I can go out and have unprotected sex!"
And your final point - STDs. Well Holly, I hate to inform you but you can't blame that one on the "whores" of post 1950s feminism. STIs (they have been relabelled infections instead of diseases, funny how things become more correct with time eh?), have been around far longer than our parents or our parents' parents. But with medical advancements of the last century we can now diagnose and treat more of them.
So really Holly, if you want to put a stop to the problems you say stem from a liberal upbringing, I think you're going to have to do more than buy a woman a hoover.
We still lead the developed world in teen pregnancy rates thanks to the Bible Belt, but don't think for a minute that rates have been rising just because you're hearing about the problem more. We're just finally paying attention to it as a problem.
Hell, it's only in the last 100 years that we raised ages of consent around the country over 13.
Screw the past. It sucked tremendously.
And I don't understand why you're so quick to attribute having ‘sex plastered everywhere’ with problems like teen pregnancy. The US is the most conservative about sexual imagery of all the developed world. No other major country views sex as so dirty and taboo as ours, and yet our Bible Belt tops the charts for teen pregnancy. Meanwhile, in highly sex-exposed societies like Japan, the sex industry capital of Asia, birth rates are so low that the population is shrinking. I recommend rethinking your conclusions.
I'm 17 and I don't want children until I'm past 25 with a career a house and a loyal husband! If I get an STI on the way does that make me a whore or a dissapointment to others?! No, it's just another person who made a mistake, how many of you havent made a single mistake?!
Back Off!
P.S. I Like Apples
2) Many of these aren't sexist. "Most men ask 'is she pretty' not 'is she clever'" is not sexist, but more of a fact
3) These really aren't any more audacious than the ads of today