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'Mad Men' premiere: Sexist ads from the era of Don Draper
New York Daily News ^
| April 5, 2013
Posted on 04/07/2013 3:25:12 PM PDT by SMGFan
'Mad Men' premiere: Mr. Leggs: 'It's nice to have a girl around the house.'
A picture says 1,000 words, right? Well, these ads tell us everything we need to know about "Mad Men"-era sexism. In this ad for Mr. Leggs dress pants, a woman's head is attached to a tiger-skin rug. (Tiger lady, get it?) A man, dressed as though he works for Don Draper himself, triumphantly places his shoe on the woman's head. The headline? "It's nice to have a girl around the house." Oh, and the copy? Oh my: "Though she was a tiger lady, our hero didn’t have to fire a shot to floor her. After one look at his Mr. Leggs slacks, she was ready to have him walk all over her. That noble styling sure soothes the savage heart!"
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History; Society
KEYWORDS: advertising; culturewar; madmen; savethemales
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Are there any video on youtube of this type of TV ads?
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posted on
04/07/2013 3:25:12 PM PDT
by
SMGFan
To: SMGFan
It was considered sexist for a boss to have sex with his secretary. Until Bill Clinton had sex with his college intern and then the Feminazis came out to defend it and attacked women who stepped forward with allegations of rape, sexual harassment, intimidation (slashed tires, dead animals, police powertrips).
Now all of the advertising has been queered up.
To: SMGFan
Doubtful. This is just more left wing re-writing of history.
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posted on
04/07/2013 3:28:10 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
To: SMGFan
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posted on
04/07/2013 3:37:25 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: cripplecreek
From the WWI era...
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posted on
04/07/2013 3:44:17 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: SMGFan; Revolting cat!; Slings and Arrows; Lazamataz; JoeProBono
She blinded ME! With SCIENCE!
To: Joe 6-pack
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posted on
04/07/2013 3:55:59 PM PDT
by
P.O.E.
(Pray for America)
To: a fool in paradise
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posted on
04/07/2013 4:06:48 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
04/07/2013 4:09:45 PM PDT
by
South40
(I Love The "New & Improved" Free Republic!)
To: BenLurkin
Very doubtful. Many of us were around in the mid 60s and sure don’t remember anything like that.
To: SMGFan
To: Joe 6-pack
“Hi, ‘Little Folks’ magazine? I’d like a Big Dick.”
To: SMGFan
My Lord, this stuff is awful. I always thought the feminists were crazy and that the women of the 1950s didn’t really suffer any significant discrimination, but maybe I was wrong.
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posted on
04/07/2013 5:24:35 PM PDT
by
ottbmare
(The OTTB Mare)
To: a fool in paradise; JoeProBono
Or this ad.
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posted on
04/07/2013 5:26:35 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
To: SMGFan
When America was normal.
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posted on
04/07/2013 5:30:09 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
To: Joe 6-pack
This one's only slightly sexist...
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posted on
04/07/2013 5:34:21 PM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
To: SMGFan
There is nothing wrong with this ad...
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posted on
04/07/2013 5:36:47 PM PDT
by
Vision
(Obama is king of the "Takers." Don't be a "Taker.")
Please help Finish This
FReepathon THIS Month!!
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posted on
04/07/2013 5:38:19 PM PDT
by
RedMDer
(May we always be happy and may our enemies always know it. - Sarah Palin, 10-18-2010)
To: Fresh Wind
Ridge Tool (now part of Emerson) was located near Cleveland.
Back in the 60s and 70s they put out a calendar that was highly prized.
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posted on
04/07/2013 5:38:20 PM PDT
by
nascarnation
(Baraq's economic policy: trickle up poverty)
To: SMGFan; a fool in paradise
Get yer biscuits in the oven
And yer buns in the bed,
That's what I to my baby said!
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posted on
04/07/2013 5:41:28 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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