12/10/09

Ladies, HE CAN'T BE COMPLETELY BLAMED


Ladies, and I speak to you as a woman, don't be angry if this year under the tree is a toaster from your husband. It's not completely his fault. Oh wait...ummm...yes it is! However if it were 1957 he should have been given a partial pass. What was a poor guy to do? He hadn't been taught to buy things for women that didn't have to do with the bedroom or kitchen. Those were the options and advertisers simply reinforced the stereotype.

Example A: Toastmaster ad from the 1957 Better Homes & Gardens Christmas Ideas magazine.

Toastmaster Christmas ad_1957_tatteredandlost
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So guys, this is a warning. Do not, I repeat DO NOT put a thong inside the toaster box and think you're going to get a  jolly Christmas. Just a warning as you head out shopping.

3 comments:

  1. Just wait and see what I have for tomorrow. It makes the bread bowls full of bologna, cream corn, and olives look tasteful!

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  2. Oh no, not that itchy,scratchy black and red stuff. Give me a moleskine any day.

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