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?