Blow in Her Face and She’ll Follow You Anywhere
Does this not sound like the least wholesome, most (more than vaguely) pornographic thing you’ve ever heard of?
And then you realize it’s not porn. It’s just the byline of a politically insensitive ad from who knows when (that I hope is simply a photoshop).
tipalet flavored cigarettes
This isn’t all, however. It seems that the 1950s/60s/70s was great at naturally coming up with sexually insensitive advertisements. Let’s check out this 1949 Dormeyer appliances ad.
Dormeyer Appliances
This one was most interesting to me…it reminded me of Main Street Plaza’s post about Helen Andelin, the machiavellian twisted anti-feminist speaker, writer and counselor. Indeed, this second ad reads a lot like Andelin’s advice in Fascinating Womanhood. As Holly quotes:
The key to child-like anger is this: YOUR ANGER, YOUR SAUCINESS, OR SPUNK MUST BE MOSTLY PRETENSE. By pretense, I mean that your fiery display of emotions are mostly on the surface; they are shallow; you do not appear to be really angry; it is only a little act…. You can exaggerate both his treatment of you and your threats. For example, say “You are the most thoughtless man in town!” or “Well, so this is how you treat your poor little wife who works and slaves for you all day.” Your threats also should be exaggerated as are those of little children who say, “I’ll never speak to you again,” or “I won’t do anything for you anymore,” or “I’ll tell my mother on you.”
Yikes.
But then again, with ads like this 1961 ad, who can blame them.
Because cooking is what wives do
The worst thing is…that this isn’t the last of it. This ad…is from 2007 (ok, it’s a redox of a 2000 ad)
Can you even say that in these days?
lol
Thank you for adding a little bit of humor into my day.
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That last one was awesome.
Actually, I just saw a new one the other day that’s similar to the last one on your list: here…
yeah, chanson, I had heard about that. Burger King is always so edgy.
As long as they keep the ‘King FAR AWAY from ads of those types, I’m fine. He’s creepier than Ronald McDonald (even the original) could ever hope to be.
Yeesh. Maybe I’m just being a crotchety, prudish evangelical, but I think it’s pretty sad seeing sex used to sell a greasy, nasty fast food burger.
In fact, I’m not just being a crotchety, prudish evangelical; I think sex is WAY too awesome to be used to sell something so cheap and nasty.
Strangely enough though, I’m still okay with the server advertisement. So maybe I’m just being arbitrary because I hate Burger King.
no, not just a crotchety prudish evangelical (or rather, if you are, it’s not just because of this). Burger King really *does* have tasteless ads.
Kinda like when you see an M. Night Shyamalan plot twist. You know it’s going to be bad, but each one is bad in its own special way.
Hey now. I liked The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable and Signs—and you lurking haters with your rants about the stupidity of water=acid and super-technologically-advanced aliens being unable to navigate their way out of a pantry can just shut the hell up and let me continue suspending my disbelief, TYVM.
The Village was silly, but at least featured some stirring performances and a beautiful soundtrack. Lady In The Water and The Happening were just as terribad as everyone said they were.
M. Night Shyamalan, you are a one-trick pony and we’ve seen your one trick.
Oh come on now. Reverse the roles and women think it’s all jolly good fun. But when they’re the one on all fours in these ads it’s a whole different story. I’m a musician. Trust me. Women are every bit as nasty, dirty and filthy as men can be. Ever seen the inside of a woman’s restroom? I rest my case. Now we have ads the emasculate men. I’m not even going to dignify them here. Suffice to say that these old ads didn’t bother the women of that day, but you don’t hear a peep out men today when the men are the one’s getting the bar of soap shoved in their mouth or pushed out of the car. Doncha just love the double standards?