Vintage Ads Which Were Highly Offensive Towards Women

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Nov 24, 2021 12:00 PM EST

Full gender equality might still not be where it needs to be, but we've certainly come a long way over the past half a century. Travel back just 50 or-so-years-ago, and the world was not an easy place to be a woman. Where assisting men to become great achievers was their highest accolade, women didn't have much hope for being taken seriously. With companies insulting and belittling women as marketing strategies to sell their products, it was indeed a man's world. These vintage ads give us an idea of just how little empowerment, rights, or power women had back in the day. Check out the horrors below.

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    Vintage advertisement - If your husband ever finds out you're not "store-testing" for fresher coffe... ...if he discovers you're still taking chances on getting flat, stale coffee ... woe be unto you! For today there's a sure and certain way to test for freshness before you buy IGULAR GRIND RESSURE PACKD Chase & Sanborn COFFEE
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    Vintage advertisement - Don't worry darling, You didn't burn SO THE HARDER A WIFE WORKS, THE CUTER SHE LOOKS! the beer! GOSH, HONEY, YOU SEEM TO THRIVE ON COOKING, CLEAN NG AND DUSTING AND M ALL TUCKERED OUT BY CLOSING TIME. WHAT'S THE ANSWER? VITAMINS, DARLING! I ALWAYS GET MY VITAMINS "Anyway, you did bure he Sehl Sehlity PEP Kellgg's The Beer that made Milwaukee Famous Vitamins for pep! PEP for vitamins!*
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    Land vehicle - Sooner or later, your wife will drive home one of the best reasons for owning a Volkswagen. It may make you furious, but it won't Women are soft and gentle, but they hit things. If your wife hits something in a Volks. kind he has. wogen, it doesn't hurt you very much. vw ports are easy to replace. And cheop. A fender comes off without dis- montling half the cor. A new one goes on with just ten bolts. For $24.95, plus labor. And a VW dealer always has the kind of fender you need. B
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    Vintage advertisement - You mean a woman can open it ? Easily-without a knife blade, a bottle opener, after it is on the bottle. By vacuum sealing both top or even a husband! Allit takes is a dainty grasp, and sides, the HyTop gives purity a double guard. an casy, two-finger twist-and the catsup is ready to pour. We call this safe-sealing bottle cap the Alcoa whité, it's grooved-and it's on the most famous You'll recognize the attractive, tractable HyTop when you see it on your grocer's shelf. I
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    Stock photography - men are better than women ! Indoors, women are useful-even pleasant- On a mountain they are something of a drag. So don't go hauling them up a cliff just to show off your Drummond climbing sweaters. No need to. These pullovers look great anywhere. On the level! Entirely hand fashioned of the purest, warmest worsted in a bold, clear shaker stitch. Genuine bone buttons. Sizes: S-M-L-XL. Left, Joring. Low button pullover with harness shawl collar that closes up to neck. Set-in p
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    Vintage advertisement - "PLEASE, DAVE..PLEASE DON'T LET ME BE LOCKED OUT FROM YOU!" DOUBT INHJGITIONS show her it's a man's world IGNORANCE Often a wife fails to realize that doubts due to one intimate neglect shut her out from happy married love A man marries a woman because he like soap, salt or soda never can, loves her. So instead of blaming him if married love begins to cool, she should question herself. Is she truly odors is eliminated. trying to keep her husband and herself eager, happy m
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    Text - Keep her where she belongs.. O Weyenberg Massagic Footwear
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    Text - DO YOU STILL BEAT YOUR WIFE? Maybe you should never have stopped. Read why in the rollicking, provocative, yet educa- tional booklet entitled, "Why You Should Beat Your Wife", written by an eminent practitioner of this manly art. Send 15c in stamps or coin to CO-LE SALES COMPANY 538 W. Deming Place, Chicago 14, Illinois
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    Leg - Keep up with the house while you keep down your weight. It's nice to have a girl around the house. Dant lose wity whe g your w Ue rg atr G etan andiron rom TOTAL N TOTAL has moe vamin than ther ceral totai bewh givee yyou 10% of he minimun daly at v min ed heee rtne ut p e . Le Mend of Though she nchy e "TOTAĽ watches your vitamins while you watch your weight Ing"D wekle iat N S2plcarpeteds Dacron - "Leggs
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    Facial expression - ION "He said my teeth are so good Ican be his receptionist whenIgrowup? 99 Macleans White Fluoride for stronger, whiter teeth. all Macleans toothpaste makes teeth whiter. ou're sitting there, in the g-room worrying, when As your dentist will tell you, regular brushing with Macleans
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    Retro style - BEAUTIFUL BUT DUMB MEN WOULDNT LOOK AT ME WHEN I WAS SKINNY but... Since I Gained 10 Pounds This New, Easy Way I Have All the Dates I Want SHE HAS NEVER LEARNED THE FIRST RULE OF NOw there's no need to be "skinny" and friend- less, even if you never could gain an ounco before. Here's a new, easy treatment that is giving thouaands attraetive teah-in just a few weeka! Doctors for years have preseribed yeast to bulld up health. But now, with this new yeast discovery in little tablets,
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    Advertising - 'I cant tell which they'ne whistling at .. me or my new Chevrolet!" Bless your heart, honey, they're whistling at both of you! All you ladies might as well be warned right now: You're going to be the target for admiring eyes-and perhaps a few whistles, too-in your slick new Chevrolet.
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    Illustration - No Halloween mask scares off a man AS MUCH AS "MORNING MOUTH" We'll confes-if you will. menurably better thananyother You know when you wake up leading toothpaste formula. your breath in not as frenh an it might taste is a sure sign of bad breath. And sce knose simply using Chlorodent, our chloroplyll-plus toothpaste, won't get you mar- ried within a week.. or make This we guarantee-or Lever Beothers Co, will return your money. Ien't that reson enough for buying Chlorodent fodayt
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    Vintage advertisement - Is it always illegal TO KILL A WOMAN ? FOR SIX MONTIS I bend the ears of the home office to get a postage meter. I win... Then the only good, fast, dependable, honest-to-Gregg stenographer I got, this redhead Morissey-balks at a postage meter! "I have no mechanical aptitude. Machines mix me up, kind of," she says. As if we asked her to fly a P-80. I almost blow my top. This postage meter, I explain, is modern, more efficient, a time saver. No more adhiesive stamps. No sta
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    Advertising - NOW SHE CAN COOK BREAKFAST AGAIN Blow in her façe and she'll follow you anywhere. ... WHEN YOU PRESCRIBE NEW HR her with tangy Tipalet Cherry. Or rich, grapay Tipalot Burgundy. Or lustious Tipalet Blueberry. It's Wad Tipalet. Ir's new. Diffarant. Delicious in taste and in aroma. Aputfin ber direction and the fellow you, enyahare. Ch yes.you ent smoking satisfaction without ishaling smeke. MORNIDINE (ORAND OF AMAIN) Smokers ef America, A sew drgwih specic effeetives in nn to eghe he
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    Photo caption - The Chef does everything but cook - that's what wives are for! I'm giving my wife a enwood Chef
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