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In reply to the discussion: "These 17 Ads From The Past Will Probably Disgust You. Unless You Really Hate Women." [View all]Warpy
(111,470 posts)11. And people don't get that those of us who lived through the 1950s
would never, ever want to go there again. It was a hideous period for everybody but straight white males, especially those on the way up the ladder. It was pure hell for women and for anybody who wasn't lily white and Christian, preferably Protestant. No others need apply.
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Lady Freedom Returns
Mar 2014
OP
And to think these are from the "Good Old Days" that the Conservatives keep harking on!
Lady Freedom Returns
Mar 2014
#4
I showed this to my mother about ten years ago and your smilies are a dead on
adirondacker
Mar 2014
#13
well, the woman could go into stereotype .... and be totally ironic and laugh
Tuesday Afternoon
Mar 2014
#36
Such a lovely little thread, that one. Weaves quite the yarn, doesn't it?
Tuesday Afternoon
Mar 2014
#34
No, sir. That is called being honestly doubtful and giving you the benefit of it.
Tuesday Afternoon
Mar 2014
#46
wow. The Alerter. and Juror #4. but, really -- I have to address this:
Tuesday Afternoon
Mar 2014
#28
I am inclined to agree with you. Some people want to kill the messenger because they
Tuesday Afternoon
Mar 2014
#32