As I was researching for my piece on watching Super Bowl ads before Sunday’s game, I came across a few vintage ads that’ll bring back memories for a lot of you (if you’re old enough). They’re funny (and disturbing to some) and show how times have changed.
Ads were extremely sexist years ago. I thought I’d try a few of them on my wife. Then I thought I’d like to live a little longer. Here they are. Remember, it was a long time ago, so please don’t get mad at me. 50 years from now they’ll be laughing at today’s ads.
Here are a few more vintage sexist ads (including the ones above):
Oh boy, you are a brave man! But really, it does appeal to the “Mad Men” in all of us of a certain generation, right? I am keeping my fingers crossed that a Ben Stein version of the Matthew Broderick commercial will be aired on Superbowl Sunday!