Sexist Vintage Ads: A History Lesson
New York Times Magazine, 1944: Clariol
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Saturday 11 October
By Mike
My best friend is going gray....... I'll sure miss him.
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Monday 13 October
By CC in the 21st Century
Her hair could be natural jet black and she still looks like she would turn you in to the cops. BOY IS SHE PISSED OFF. Yeah, a little hair color will make her the life of the party.
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Monday 13 October
By T
The recent ad's for Joe's Crab Trap regarding the sexually transmitted disease of the same name is repulsive at best but when used in an eating establishment must be bad for business. Our family will never return to the restaurant.
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Monday 13 October
By mc
If they were really your friends they wouldn't give a hoot about ur hair color. color your hair if it make u feel good when you look in the mirror.
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Tuesday 14 October
By Christine
I find nothing offensive about these ads at all. In fact, the Ladies' Home Journal ads are gorgeous period pieces of art. What I *do* find offensive is the inability of our current society to be able to see or hear something without screaming "offense". Today's advertising, both the overt and the subliminal, is not only gauche and tacky, but seriously damaging to our youngsters' self-esteem to the point that they will starve themselves or engage in other damaging behaviors in order to fit into a category they are being shown and told is "acceptable". Anti-aging, hair care/color, make-up, and feminine hygeine products are ever-increasing, lucrative, and highly competitive industries. What HAS changed is the way in which the very same products shown above are marketed, because instead of women being considered feminine, N.O.W. and other gender-subversive groups have turned our biggest asset as women-- pride in ourselves, our families, our appearance, and, yes, our femininity -- into an offense which shall-not-be-named - or else. What a shame. Perhaps if this column's author, as well as a plethora of other "writers" whose work I have seen in print and on the internet, put as much energy into proper spelling, grammar, and proofreading skills as they do at being offended, there would be less time with which to think about being offended, and more opportunity for productivity sans the sniveling drivel.
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Tuesday 14 October
By Roger
Gray, I thought it was silvery blond!
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Tuesday 14 October
By arahana
Which part are you referring to? I didn't see any spelling errors in that ad.
Tuesday 14 October
By shashan
There's a funny ad for "vagina Soap" @ vagina soap.com. Check it out.
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Tuesday 18 November
By SKW
Actually this same technique is being applied to men's hair color now. You see a lot of commercials where a man isn't doing well in his job and can't get a girl because he has grey hair, then is suddenly successful and attractive when he dyes it.
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Saturday 13 December
By dios
How come no one is running away from George Clooney hes got grey hair
how sexist the world was and still is!
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