These Controversial Vintage Ads Show How Women Were Viewed Before the Millennium

Considering that it wasn’t that long ago that men openly and actively treated their wives as their property, it is crazy to see how far we’ve come as a society. Whilst it might not be a reality for many women in the world today, we know that there are many women that still deal with violent behavior on a daily basis.

We can not believe this advertisement was permitted to be printed… How could open domestic violence ever have been advertised, let alone encouraged? As far as we’re concerned, this man and everyone like him can go and buy their own coffee if they think this is acceptable behavior. This ad is simply disgraceful…