In today’s advertising landscape, there is no denying that certain contemporary advertisements have been criticized for objectifying women. However, when we cast our gaze back to the advertising of the…
Even though women were advocating for an equal share of the workforce, societal norms still dictated that women be dutiful housewives. The sixties and seventies were filled with cultural references sharing the belief that women should stay at home, keeping house and raising the children, and advertising played into this old-fashioned notion with ads like this one that states that women are supposed to cook for their husbands.
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Even though women were advocating for an equal share of the workforce, societal norms still dictated that women be dutiful housewives. The sixties and seventies were filled with cultural references sharing the belief that women should stay at home, keeping house and raising the children, and advertising played into this old-fashioned notion with ads like this one that states that women are supposed to cook for their husbands.
You won’t believe these ads from the past! The series of images show actual ads from the 1960s and 1970s that prove we’ve come a long way, baby!
We take a look at some of the most outrageous vintage ads from the past century.
Even though women were advocating for an equal share of the workforce, societal norms still dictated that women be dutiful housewives. The sixties and seventies were filled with cultural references sharing the belief that women should stay at home, keeping house and raising the children, and advertising played into this old-fashioned notion with ads like this one that states that women are supposed to cook for their husbands.
“Nico-Time brand cigarettes! Rapture's choice, your choice.” ― Advertisement[src] Nico-Time (or Nico Time) is a brand of cigarettes in Rapture. It was a fairly popular brand while Rapture was still a functioning society, before the Civil War broke up. Nico-Time was affordable, making it the perfect choice for Albert Milonakis, a proud smoker of the brand. The cigarettes were rumored to be made out of sea shells and fish eggs,[1] as real tobacco was not easy to produce under the sea,[2] making it
It seems like advertisements try to sell products by any means necessary. Many advertisements think about their target consumers as actual people, but this is what happens when an ad tries to target a stereotype.
It's no secret that the world has come a long way. In the past couple of decades, things have taken a completely different turn and have managed to progress to an unthinkable point.
Vintage Ads That Range From Weird To Offensive - Funny memes that "GET IT" and want you to too. Get the latest funniest memes and keep up what is going on in the meme-o-sphere.
In decades past, several celebrities endorsed products including Lux soap, cereal, beer, alcohol and cigarette ads. We features with stars like Joan Crawford, Kirk Douglas, Sammy Davis Jr, Rita Hayworth and countless others endorsing products! Let's take a look down memory lane and explore these great ads!
Vintage Ads That Range From Weird To Offensive - Funny memes that "GET IT" and want you to too. Get the latest funniest memes and keep up what is going on in the meme-o-sphere.
Even though women were advocating for an equal share of the workforce, societal norms still dictated that women be dutiful housewives. The sixties and seventies were filled with cultural references sharing the belief that women should stay at home, keeping house and raising the children, and advertising played into this old-fashioned notion with ads like this one that states that women are supposed to cook for their husbands.
Vintage diet sodas became all the rage in the '80s when Nutrasweet (aspartame) was a new sugar-free replacement for saccharine.
Time changes many things and one of the biggest changes has been how the beauty industry capitalises on our insecurities...
From Terry Tate to Betty White, relive the best Super Bowl commercial each year this century.
A lot has changed.
These politically incorrect adverts from yesteryear show the sexist marketing strategies once used by advertising executives to sell everyday products to women, which would be unlikely to wash today.
This was somehow OK back in the day.
If you think sexist advertising is a thing of the past, where have you been? Though sexism in marketing and advertising was prevalent in the 40s, 50s, 60s,
