25 Horribly Sexist Vintage Ads

The Best Article Every Day ^ | May 27, 2010 | Oral Adams

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25 Horribly Sexist Vintage Ads

by Oral Adams

Since the 50’s, a lot has changed in way of women’s rights and their duties in and out of the house. I highly doubt any company could get away with phrases like “The Chef [mixer] does everything but cook – that’s what wives are for!” nowadays. Or how about an ad agency pitching a company an idea of a wife bent over her husband’s knee as he prepares to spank her.

[Cvengr]

Yes, these are just horrible,...must look at just a few more to see how really bad they are...

[Richard Kimball]

[grey_whiskers]

I think the Chase & Sanborn is my favorite, followed closely by

I mean, srsly.

Cheers!

[donna]

I don’t think anyone wants to see women be degraded and suppressed in our culture as they once were

The thing is, it's worse now. Women were treated with respect in public pre-Roe. I remember! Men everywhere were kind and paid attention to any woman. All men would open doors, put air in her tires, carry packages, etc. It was a lot of fun.

[donna]

That’s right.

[MaxMax]

/Bump

/LMAO

[MaxMax]

All my ex wanted a gold plated straw.

[CaliforniaCon]

Hmmm....................Lysol???? Really?????

[Yaelle]

Her husband was locking her out of the bedroom because she did not douche with LYSOL????? Omgosh!!!

Any of your grandmothers died of cervical or uterine cancer, think about what they were DOIN’!!!!

[Tax-chick]

Ok.

[fredhead]

Being the owner of and obsessed with VW's, I really like this one....



Too bad parts for them aren't that cheap anymore.

[mmanager]

bookmark

[who knows what evil?]

Any guy who gets his wife a vacuum cleaner for Christmas is freakin crazy.

...but it is perfectly fine for a woman to buy her husband a power drill. Please.

Does anyone remember when Walter Williams would talk about buying his late wife a new snow shovel one Christmas to make cleaning the driveway easier on her. Then the following year he bought her ice crampons so she wouldn't slip. That proved ironic.

[VastRWCon]

LOL (barbie math)

[stevio]

What ever happened to douches? Oh that’s right, they’re running the country right now.

[aruanan]

Too bad parts for them aren't that cheap anymore.

If that was from 1960, the car cost around $1565. $24.95 was about 2% of the new car cost.

National average wage in 1960 was about $4000. So $24.95 was about 0.75% of a year's wage.

The average yearly wage in 2008 was about $41,000. 0.75% of this is about $307.

The price of a replacement driver's side fender in 2005 (the latest year for this particular site) is $188.00 discounted to $68.

The used retail price of a 2008 VW Beetle hatchback is around $17,000. 2% of that is $340.

Since the difference between yearly wages 1960 versus 2008 is about 1:10, the discounted 2005 VW Beetle replacement fender is about $6.80 in 1960 dollars (with respect to average yearly wages), or less than 1/4 the 1960 price. So, the replace price of the more modern VW Beetle fender is way, WAY cheaper than it was back in 1960. This is true of almost everything except for certain types of furniture.

[fredhead]

My statement about the parts cost comes from the point of view of someone who is restoring a clasic air-cooled VW (69 beetle convertible).

[stylecouncilor]

My favorites:

[Nea Wood]

Consider me another one. I’m sick of seeing men bashed all the time.

Me, too. It's beyond me why advertisers think that women will rush to buy a product after seeing a commercial that bashes their husbands, fathers, brothers, and male friends.

[SoftballMominVA]

GMTA

that and practical women :)