The following list of ads would never make it in today’s world.
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20 sexist vintage ads
The following list of ads would never make it in today’s world.
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Isn’t making these ads OK for today’s world part of what all the people who voted for Trump want? You know, making sure of all the people who are uppity as far as straight white males are concerned get back to the their places? Or at least the places they had in 1947? Better make that 1940. Some of them started to get uppity during the war. Actually, make that 1928. Some people began to get funny ideas about using the government to help the public during the Great Depression, with stuff like Social Security. That’s socialism, it’s right there in the name!
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