Tonight& #39;s #VintageMagTweets are from a 1982 magazine called Options. It& #39;s not a title I knew.
A reminder that people did drink and drive, and initially found the new legislation an infringement of their social lives.
(How flimsy does that look?)
But back then, being able to clean your seat covers was more important than the robustness and safety of the vehicle.
Women& #39;s lives worth less.
I love this image of a girl just having splashy fun. Would we see anything so gender-free in advertising today?
Ok, I& #39;ll pause it there because this the next section is about a survey the magazine did on women& #39;s attitudes and it needs to be tweeted in a block. More next week. X
Right, a bit more from Options in #VintageMagRweets. Here the magazine decided to ask its readers about the state of play for UK females.
Two more. The standard inequality of insurance back then, together with the famous remark by a judge claiming a young woman was & #39;partly responsible& #39; for being raped.
That& #39;s a shocking figure, and almost certainly the portrayal of feminism in the popular press will have been a huge factor.
Many women of the early 80s not giving credit to the feminists who had fought so hard for their rights.
Pesky rights. Who needs & #39;em, galz?
At which point I shall pause and once again quote this brilliant paragraph from @BoozeAndFagz which is blu-tacked to the wall above my desk.
At which point I shall pause and once again quote this brilliant paragraph from @BoozeAndFagz which is blu-tacked to the wall above my desk.
A quarter of women married to men who didn& #39;t like them going out on their own.
"What is femininity?" I hope you& #39;re taking notes.
Right, a few more #VintageMagTweets from a 1982 edition of Options.
Firstly, this is what happens when you only have men planning a TV programme on healthcare. #MaleDefault #InvisibleWomen
Firstly, this is what happens when you only have men planning a TV programme on healthcare. #MaleDefault #InvisibleWomen
When Channel 4 first appeared, it did seem to want to advance sex equality. These production houses were ground-breaking and important.
I& #39;d love to know the stats on women in TV production now, @Channel4. Perhaps you stayed ahead of the game? Let us know.
Basically that wife erases every trace of her working day before her husband gets home to his sherry. It& #39;s as if she can only justify having her job if it& #39;s invisible to him.
I& #39;d take issue with the verb "assumed" here. Many women were just told flatly to get out of the jobs they& #39;d been doing. It didn& #39;t matter if they protested or not.
Imagine the courage you& #39;d need to enter that environment.
I& #39;ve read before how girls and women were kept out of jobs because & #39;there were no female toilets& #39; or & #39;we don& #39;t make uniforms in small sizes& #39;.
I did a first aid course in the 80s, and one of the commonest injuries (they said) was a stove-in chest where drivers hadn& #39;t worn seat belts then been in a bad collision.
Ah, look, @CCriadoPerez ! Even as far back as 1982, car designers were being told their safety features were not ok for women. And still it& #39;s an issue! #InvisibleWomen
And what the Sex Discrimination Act was supposed to do (it didn& #39;t).
That& #39;s the end of this thread. X