I Thought I Saw Offensive Ads From The Past Before... But These Ones – OMG. So Wrong.
By
maks in
Bizarre
On 27th September 2015
In every country, society’s views on social issues change over the years. In the United States, a woman’s role in the community has evolved over the past century.
At one point, women were treated as objects. They weren’t given proper rights, they were the butt of jokes and they were outright disrespected. It’s hard to believe, but the ads you see below were actually used in publications. Most people didn’t have an issue with them.
#2 I know this is wordplay, but beating your wife is fun?
#3 There you go, ladies. Decide on the furniture.
#5 Priorities? Not so much.
#7 Because women totally do that.
#8 Women: getting promoted for getting good coffee.
#10 This was almost funny, for a second.
#11 So this was okay to print?
#13 For a second, I thought this was going to be inspirational.
#14 I don't get the connection.
#15 We get it, women are objects to you.