I recently caught this ad on Sociological Images' Twitter feed. While vintage ad sexism is easy enough to find, I'd never seen this one before. It lives on the site for Lucky Tiger, a men's grooming products brand, and Time says it's from 1957.
Apparently, taxidermied women was a thing in the 50s. This one is quite well known:
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| Via Retronaut |
But it was still going on in the '70s:
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| Via Fashion Rat |
Hunting metaphors have long been part of the culture when it comes to "courting", but taking it to its logical conclusion is beyond bizarre.
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