Vintage Ads

[JorgeAmely]

http://www.foxnews.com/slideshow/entertainment/2010/06/10/vintage-ads-thinking/?test=faces#slide=1

Can you find the phone ads?

[Russ Kirk]

A few of those ads were recently on The Jay Leno show last Monday.

Some of them are sooo wrong!
But funny!

Russ....

[Kenny C]

its amazing they only foucused on men alot back then "thats what wifes are for" lets see someone say that today without a riot

[bwanna]

i buy alot of vintage magazines & read them. the ads & articles are unbelievable by today's standards.

i am here to tell you, tho, sexism is still alive & well. a perfect example is was today at work. another tech & i were working together on a large job. i was the lead tech, he was the helper. i had called the customer prior to arrival. when we got to her office i made the introductions & began to discuss the work to done. she looked at me when i was talking, then would turn & address her comments to my male co-worker. he, in turn, looked at me for the answer. very, very annoying.

[Dennis Markham]

Donna, that is still very common in police work too.  Often (especially in my later years sporting gray hair) I would show up on a call in progress with a female officer.  Even though that officer had things under control and handling whatever the problem---and we had even rank, attention would focus to the old guy and questions/answers would be directed towards me.  I would just tell them to direct their comments to officer X who was in charge of the incident.

There might have been an occasion or two when the female officer would be referred to as the Lieutenant.  My fellow officers and I would tell the people (usually the problem person begging not to be arrested) that they'd have to speak with the Lieutenant and point to said female officer.

[Russ Kirk]

i buy alot of vintage magazines & read them. the ads & articles are unbelievable by today's standards.

i am here to tell you, tho, sexism is still alive & well. a perfect example is was today at work. another tech & i were working together on a large job. i was the lead tech, he was the helper. i had called the customer prior to arrival. when we got to her office i made the introductions & began to discuss the work to done. she looked at me when i was talking, then would turn & address her comments to my male co-worker. he, in turn, looked at me for the answer. very, very annoying.

Gosh Bwanna,

That would burn my hide.  I bet that hurt.

Hope you let it roll off.  Not everyone - nor all males - are like that.

When I went into Cable Maintenance,  the female techs were the hardest working bunch.  Guess they kindda had to prove it and keep proving it. I gave them greatest respect.  In fact they took offense to me opening doors for them.  I was not a chauvinist,  just that was the way I was raised.  It was a very fine line between treating like like a female and treating them like an equal. not always easy for some men.  Like I said,  they were the best - they had to be to survive and still be respected.  

Russ....