I saw this and thought of you...

[elisi]

Do I Offend?

Description: Welcome to the web's largest collection of degrading, ridiculous, humiliating ads from yesteryear! Revel in the many tactics used by ad men to induce shame, guilt... and paranoia! Aimed towards women, this fine collection showcases various female flaws ans what to buy to cure 'em!

Personal favourites:

This is for weightloss. No really!

I have no words.

Comments

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

OMG...these were all frigging terrible and head-desk inducing.

Seriously...'useful after all'

I have a few choice words. But yours is a rather polite journal -

*Cries*

[elisi]

Well, things have got better! (Not as much as they should, but... at least women are not expected to have nothing else to do except keep their man happy.)

[yourlibrarian]

I wonder how many money back requests they got?

As to the second one, wow.

[elisi]

I wonder how many money back requests they got?
Well, it might not make their customers slim, but they might just be satisfied anyway...

As to the second one, wow.
IKR?

[stormwreath.livejournal.com]

Well, using the 'body shaper' might make them burn off a lot of excess calories, and keep them too busy to go and snack between meals, so...
;)

[elisi]

Good point!

(It's incredible how this icon keeps being relevant...)