0; There are times when I feel pretty good about living in today’s society, and this is one of them. While doing research on racist ads last week, I found just as many vintage advertisements that were shockingly sexist, in a way it would be a lot harder to get away with today.
Image: In the 1930s, Lysol was marketed to women as a douche. One vintage ad warns women, “Don’t let them call you SKINNY!” while another promises that smoking cigarettes will keep one slender.
Besides being sexist ads, they were also full of lies promoting unhealthy habits. Interesting fact – the first vintage ad to use a sexual sell was created by a woman for soap as early as 1911. The campaign was so successful, that the slogan “A Skin You Love To Touch” was used until the 1940s.
17 Ridiculously Sexist Vintage Ads. I guess in the 1950s the best way to advertise to women was through misogyny!
Retro magazine and newspaper advertisements for "weight gain" supplements for women from the 1930’s, 1940’s, 1950’s, and 1960’s. Weight gain products like WATE-ON ironized yeast promised to make women gain weight to get the attention of men. Woo hoo!
One vintage ad warns women, “Don’t let them call you SKINNY!” while another promises that smoking cigarettes will keep one slender. If the task of morphing their bodies into the current
Enter The Strange World Of Vintage Lingerie Ads. Women playing giant chess in bras, tulip women, a woman dragged by her hair by a caveman — 20 ads from the pre-Mad Men 1940s-1950s.
Tickle Deodorant Ad I couldn’t wait to grow up so I could use Tickle! Find this Pin and more on Vintage Women’s Ads by Gabrielle JD. Oh yeah, I remember this stuff. I used the pink one when I was in grade.
Retro magazine and newspaper advertisements for "weight gain" supplements for women from the 1930’s, 1940’s, 1950’s, and 1960’s. Weight gain products like WATE-ON ironized yeast promised to make women gain weight to get the attention of men. Woo hoo!
It’s true that modern-day ads objectify women, but there’s no way companies could get away with what they just did a half-century ago. In the Pre-Civil Rights era, major brands like Kellogg’s
