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I'm doing #VintageMagTweets early today as I have some vole business this evening.
I thought I'd look at the strange world of cigarette adverts from the late 70s/early 80s.
Here's a claim: if your cigarettes are slim, you'll be slim too.
Here's a claim: if your cigarettes are slim, you'll be slim too.
And again. It's hard to believe they got away with this.
I don't really need to say anything about this, do I?
"She's programmed. She's ready."
Women as recipients.
Women as recipients.
Dirty old pervs smoke our cigarettes.
I suppose we should be grateful they're acknowledging women can be scientists.
A bit like the naff trouser ads: buy our product and one of these women will be yours.
"No woman ever says no." Not rapey at all.
Lead Women Around by the Nose. As slogans go, it's a belter.
Vom.
This one's off-the-scale horrible. Can it be real? I can't remember where I found it.
Women reduced to legs, man receiving a crown. Could it be any more sexist?
Oh bog off.
Including this because I like Marc Bolan.
This is obviously how most professional violinists dress.
This one's a dentist.
'Hey, lads, here's a great ad campaign. Let's present high-earning, highly-qualified professional women as just a bit of skin. That way we can be sexist but look as if we're being feminists.'
'Hey, lads, here's a great ad campaign. Let's present high-earning, highly-qualified professional women as just a bit of skin. That way we can be sexist but look as if we're being feminists.'
And lastly - controversial.
