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72 Ads From The Past That Would Be Banned Today

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“Show her it’s a man’s world.” – Van Heusen

Huffington Post

This ad reeks of male dominance, with the woman presenting her husband breakfast in bed, submissively on her knees. The man has his hands behind his head, demonstrating another sign of superiority. It’s unlikely he’s going to invite his wife to join him for breakfast since she’s relegated to the role of servant.
The people who made this ad should sit and listen till the end of James Brown’s song, but the sexist admen were most likely racist, too, and would pay no heed to the brilliant African American musician.
If you zoom in to the fine print, it says the ties are for men only and the power-packed patterns tell the woman it’s a man’s world and it makes her so happy that it is. Seriously? First, women wear ties—and fashionably so. Second, today’s modern woman won’t be happy if you tell her it’s a man’s world. And third, if this ad were out today, that man is going to end up strangled by the very tie he’s wearing.

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