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Talking about Sexism

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DerGolgo
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Talking about Sexism

Post by DerGolgo » Wed Aug 12, 2009 12:24 pm

Only about a generation or so ago, THIS SHIT WAS ACCEPTABLE!
It beggars belief, the stuff they printed back then.

http://oddee.com/item_96774.aspx

http://oddee.com/item_96674.aspx

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I mean seriously, WTF? It boggles the mind - even the "funny" ones are playing to seriously sexist mindsets. Some of that stuff could actually be considered ironic and edgy today, but it was serious back then! As serious as any modern ad!


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Post by SomeMook » Wed Aug 12, 2009 1:29 pm

And you just found this out now?
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Post by DerGolgo » Wed Aug 12, 2009 1:48 pm

SomeMook wrote:And you just found this out now?
There's a difference between "knowing" there's a turd in the bowl and actually seeing the turd. Also, the magazines these have appeared in don't seem to be the same kind of old magazines I occasionally browse through on Google books.
If there were absolutely anything to be afraid of, don't you think I would have worn pants?

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Post by Ames » Wed Aug 12, 2009 1:50 pm

Is that Goldie Hawn in the mini-driving ad? Yep, at least a few things have changed. :wink:
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Post by piccini9 » Wed Aug 12, 2009 3:13 pm

14 fingernails? How does that make any sense?
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Post by SomeMook » Wed Aug 12, 2009 3:37 pm

piccini9 wrote:14 fingernails? How does that make any sense?
Maybe she's a reincarnation of Shiva.
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Post by Procrustes » Wed Aug 12, 2009 6:36 pm

SomeMook wrote:
piccini9 wrote:14 fingernails? How does that make any sense?
Maybe she's a reincarnation of Shiva.

It means she spent so much time cleaning it "once," that some of her already broken nails grew back enough to break again before the deed was done.
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Post by roadmissile » Wed Aug 12, 2009 7:05 pm

RevCBL wrote:Does anybody understand the "Keep her where she belongs" ad? I'm not even sure where that's coming from.
I'm not real sure on the original context, but I can tell you where I'm going with it, pretty much the same place as that coffee ad...

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Post by Procrustes » Wed Aug 12, 2009 7:27 pm

roadmissile wrote:
RevCBL wrote:Does anybody understand the "Keep her where she belongs" ad? I'm not even sure where that's coming from.
I'm not real sure on the original context, but I can tell you where I'm going with it, pretty much the same place as that coffee ad...

/RM
Doh, it's "naked on the floor next to your shoe."
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Post by Caliann » Wed Aug 12, 2009 8:22 pm

The first one is entirely wrong. We would have never called them "douches" back then. We called them "hot water bottles".

And no one with an ounce of tact would have called them anything else.
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Post by Flatline » Thu Aug 13, 2009 1:05 am

Procrustes wrote:
roadmissile wrote:
RevCBL wrote:Does anybody understand the "Keep her where she belongs" ad? I'm not even sure where that's coming from.
I'm not real sure on the original context, but I can tell you where I'm going with it, pretty much the same place as that coffee ad...

/RM
Doh, it's "naked on the floor next to your shoe."
I didn't think women were allowed to wear shoes in the house or is that just the kitchen?
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Post by MoraleHazard » Thu Aug 13, 2009 4:34 am

I remember browsing through my parents' National Geographics and seeing an airline ad (Pan Am or TWA, I think) with "We have the prettiest stewardesses of any airline" and going wow.
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Post by Priest » Thu Aug 13, 2009 4:41 am

I am thinking that quality prints of these would look fantastic framed in our house. We're doing a buck-naked 1920's women motif in the stairway (I found scads of framed b&w vintage photos of nude women from that period at an antique store). I think 1950's sexism would be a good theme for our kitchen or upstairs hallway.
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Post by Shhted » Thu Aug 13, 2009 7:08 am

Priest wrote:I am thinking that quality prints of these would look fantastic framed in our house. We're doing a buck-naked 1920's women motif in the stairway (I found scads of framed b&w vintage photos of nude women from that period at an antique store). I think 1950's sexism would be a good theme for our kitchen or upstairs hallway.
My Norwegian relative has his two-holer outhouse decorated with 20's era burlesque postcards. I like the 50's ideer.
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Post by Rock » Thu Aug 13, 2009 8:25 am

I thought this was about sexism? I have yet to see a sexist ad......
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Post by srg » Mon Aug 17, 2009 1:33 pm

Rock wrote:I thought this was about sexism? I have yet to see a sexist ad......
*breaks desk in half from head-desking so hard* no comment . _ .

now for some Advil....
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Post by Davros » Mon Aug 17, 2009 2:09 pm

"What's wrong with being sexy...."
If you set up a fictional universe then you can argue that certain things are, or are not, logical and consistent within that universe. Of course the fact you might be able to show something is indeed logical and consistent in a fictional world says nothing about reality.

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Post by karl package » Tue Aug 18, 2009 12:09 am

MoraleHazard wrote:I remember browsing through my parents' National Geographics and seeing an airline ad (Pan Am or TWA, I think) with "We have the prettiest stewardesses of any airline" and going wow.
My mother attempted to attend airline stewardess school. She was declined due to the gap between her two front teeth. I'm not sure of the time frame. It was probably in the late 50s/early 60s.
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Re: Talking about Sexism

Post by tucko » Tue Aug 18, 2009 4:55 pm

DerGolgo wrote:Only about a generation or so ago, THIS SHIT WAS ACCEPTABLE!
It beggars belief, the stuff they printed back then.

http://oddee.com/item_96774.aspx

http://oddee.com/item_96674.aspx

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

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I mean seriously, WTF? It boggles the mind - even the "funny" ones are playing to seriously sexist mindsets. Some of that stuff could actually be considered ironic and edgy today, but it was serious back then! As serious as any modern ad!
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