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

The craziest thing about the way women have been and continue to be portrayed and treated by people in the world is that the techniques used are always very questionable. And even though they might be questionable and somewhat disturbing, no one ever bats an eyelid… But hey, that’s the world of advertising.

This advertisement attempting to promote Maybelline lip gloss is blatantly trying to sell a product through seduction. And whilst seduction might be a useful technique in advertising, there is something very weird about the person in the advertising looking like she is underage. And when it comes to advertising, nothing is unintentional…