<![CDATA[Jezebel: Sexist Ads]]> http://cache.jezebel.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jezebel.com.png <![CDATA[Jezebel: Sexist Ads]]> http://jezebel.com/tag/sexist ads http://jezebel.com/tag/sexist ads <![CDATA[Which Vintage Ad Is The Most Offensive Of Them All?]]> Vintage Ads is currently running a sexist ads contest, and they've narrowed it down to five insanely sexist finalists. This one is my favorite (and by "favorite," I mean "one I'm most horrified by"); which one is yours? [VintageAds] More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5584449&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Reebok Dismembers Women Again In EasyTone Ad]]> Compared to the montage of toned asses in this German commercial for Reebok EasyTones, the American "jealous boobs" commercial actually seems clever. Note to Reebok: If your customers don't have brains or hands, they can't reach into their wallets. [Copyranter] More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5490263&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Diamonds Won't Shut Her Up Forever]]> Guys, do you wish your significant other would stop talking about her thoughts and feelings? According to this ad spotted in Columbus, Ohio, dropping a few thousand dollars on a diamond will do the trick. [Sociological Images] More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5450921&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA["The Magic Is In The Hole"]]> Bitch Magazine turned down this ad, for Voodoo Doughnuts in Portland, on the grounds that it "goes against our mission statement to be anti-sexist." We agree, and add: Pubic hair and doughnuts are two things best enjoyed separately. [AnimalNewYork] More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5384731&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Dangers Of Buying Your Man A Game Boy For His Birthday]]> Is the woman in this mid-'90s Game Boy ad upset because her partner is too distracted to have his way with her, or because she's tied up? Either way, the ad wound up getting banned in the U.K. [Contexts.org] More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5346263&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Axe Effect Was Just A Gleam In This Ad's Eye...]]> We've come so far![Vintage_Ads] More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5318830&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Presented Without Comment]]> Just click on the link. Okay, maybe not at work. [Vintage Ads] More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5165582&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Why Won't Sexist Advertising Go Away?]]> In an essay on The Huffington Post, writer Alex Leo notes that while this was a big year for women — the first serious female presidential candidate, the first predominately female state senate, the first female Top Chef — the advertising world has a lot of catching up to do. Ms. Leo names the five sexist trends in ads that just won't die: More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5105524&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[ It's been a few months since Heinz pulled...]]> It's been a few months since Heinz pulled its "gay kiss" mayonnaise ad and now, just to prove to the world that they like chicks, they have come up with a new ad showing chicken and potatoes arranged to look like a seductive, voluptuous woman. Appetizing, no? We can just imagine the cracks made over at Heinz HQ over this ad: "Get a load of the taters on that one!" Visual humor involving women's bodies means only one thing: they have completely run out of ideas. (Click the thumbnail to view the whole ad.) [The F-Word] More »
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