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Title: 26 Shockingly Offensive Vintage Ads That Would Never Fly
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URL Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/vintage-sexist-and-racist-ads-2011-6
Published: Jun 15, 2011
Author: Business Insider
Post Date: 2011-06-15 11:21:41 by christine
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Views: 462
Comments: 15
It's true that modern-day ads objectify women, but there's no way companies could get away with what they just did a half-century ago. In the Pre-Civil Rights era, major brands like Kellogg's featured sexist slogans, like "The Harder A Wife Works, The Cuter She Looks." Other companies promoted pseudoscience that we now know to be utter bunk. 7-Up told moms to add the soda to their babies' milk. Camel cigarettes was marketed as "the doctor's favorite brand." It makes you wonder how many of today's ads will shock our grandkids' generation. Click here to see the ads > Read more: www.businessinsider.com/v...-ads-2011-6#ixzz1PMGavvyh 
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#1. To: christine (#0)
This one would cut Viagra addiction by 99% ..
LOL!!! Lysol for feminine hygiene won't damage delicate tissue???
Oh the humanity! I guess the same folks who wrote that would tell you what great fun it would be to slide down a rusty razor blade into a tub full of alcohol.
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