Sexist Vintage Advertisements

[Scott]

Having perused this website, 101 Shockingly Sexist Vintage Ads (http://thevine.com.au/life/thoughts/sexist-vintage-ads/), I've selected a few of my favourites:

I chose poorly:
http://www.woodworkforums.com/members/56431-scott/albums/scott-s-grot/252968-ss6.jpg

Round' here, Mum is ALWAYS on the warpath:
http://www.woodworkforums.com/members/56431-scott/albums/scott-s-grot/252967-ss5.jpg

I'm going to take up smoking :D:
http://www.woodworkforums.com/members/56431-scott/albums/scott-s-grot/252966-ss4.jpg

You can't tell me that this wasn't intended?:
http://www.woodworkforums.com/members/56431-scott/albums/scott-s-grot/252965-ss3.jpg

These days, if you buy it, you wear it!:
http://www.woodworkforums.com/members/56431-scott/albums/scott-s-grot/252963-ss1.jpg

My Favourite. Sabrina has an inflated sense of self worth!:
http://www.woodworkforums.com/members/56431-scott/albums/scott-s-grot/252964-ss2.jpg

[Avery]

The pictures don't seem to be there Scott.

[Scott]

Sorry, should be okay now :)

[nrb]

Got them,but not the first one:no:

[rrich]

Got them,but not the first one:no:

"PEP was Kellogg's answer to "Wheaties". In those days they were allowed to say anything to sell cereal.

[Avery]

all I getis a tiny white dot in the middle of a black screen, except for the lipstick one - that's OK

[Handyjack]

How times have changed.

I agree with the appliances, if you buy any of them, you would wear it.

I can imagine some of the younger forum members asking "what is a (bell & howell) projector?"

[Chief Tiff]

Having checked out the website I must say I especially liked the adds for boot polish; possibly the least sexy item being advertised. Except possibly for the plethora of, erm,products designed for feminine cleansing.

[Bushmiller]

"PEP was Kellogg's answer to "Wheaties". In those days they were allowed to say anything to sell cereal.

I suspect that if you had only eaten cornflakes hundreds would have died from malnutrition. Thus the product would have become a cereal killer. :rolleyes:

Regards
Paul

[Bushmiller]

Scott

I can see why newspapers of that era were broadsheet format. They would never have got Sebrina onto a tabloid unless they went for a double page spread.:rolleyes:

Regards
Paul

[Scott]

I suspect that if you had only eaten cornflakes hundreds would have died from malnutrition. Thus the product would have become a cereal killer. :rolleyes:

Oh dear, I'm not even going to 'like' that one :)

[Bushmiller]

Oh dear, I'm not even going to 'like' that one :)

I can understand that :- . (Could we ask the administrators for a 'dislike' button?)

Of all those advertisements the only one that has endured and survived political correctness is the lipstick. Perhaps the association of lips and an undeniably phallic lipstick holder is inescapable, although lip gloss is more likely applied with a brush, but not lipstick.

Why is lipstick still the same? I think possibly because it is appropriate and practical and is not demeaning.

Regards
Paul

[RETIRED]

Keep it nice kiddies.

[Wongo]

But how can we Robbie how can we? :D

[damian]

The triumph car company built a prototype double over head cam engine in the 60's that was nicknamed Sabrina. Possibly the lady featured above.

The covers at the front of the cams were...bulbous...

[Wongo]

Boys boys boys :D

[rrich]

I can imagine some of the younger forum members asking "what is a (bell & howell) projector?"

Actually, probably one of the more convenient slide projectors ever made. Five minutes from opening the box of slides to the slide show. At the end of the show the slides were in the cube and ready for storage. You could store 480 slides in the space of one carrousel from Kodak.

[Master Splinter]

...I didn't see any sexist ads in that bunch...

[Bushmiller]

...I didn't see any sexist ads in that bunch...

Oh dear :no: ! :D .

Regards
Paul