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Vintage Ads that Would be Banned in an Instant if They Ran Today

Anne Kramer Feb 07, 2022

Sure, it’s true that today’s ads objectify women and have serious problems with them, but would you believe that ads were even worse just 5 decades ago? We wonder how they even managed to that run these ads, and were never sued in court!

While many of these ads were misogynistic, some were also racist, relied on pseudoscience or just flat out lied! Generation Z would be shocked that these ads even made the light of day, and now, they’ve been immortalized.

Here, we bring to you some of the oddest, most offensive vintage ads, that just would never fly today…

Cola All the Way

And we begin with a fun fact brought to us by Cola makers everywhere, that if you start drinking cola from a young age, you get a better start in life! No disgusting spinach, broccoli or Brussels sprouts for the little kiddos.

Can you imagine when moms everywhere saw this ad and decided it was okay to let their babies drink the sugary, caffeinated drink from an early age! Well, at least the diet variant of the sodas was not out then, so less chemicals, then?