Ya'll. Men and women can be stupid sometimes. One person in one commercial obviously doesn't speak for the whole gender. People need to learn to take a joke.
Not sexist. Back in those days, you only knew how to type if you paid money for a typing course. This is more indicative of young employees who don't have the skills of veterans.
Yes this commercial should be right up there with cereal killers and Hitler....NOT! I love a girlie girl. SHAME on you women who put girlie girls down! You should learn something from this era.
@kangadillo How far we've evolved? Do you own a television? Do you know what a stink people are going to make hundreds of years from now over our McDonalds and Burger King commercials? They're going to think we were all pathologically racist! Women are objectified now more than ever. Even if we still only had 3 channels, it would be more, but we have hundreds of channels, including prono stations! Popular music is straight out of the prison yard. We've evolved? facepalm
The reason for the creation of the second wave movement of feminism was the prediction that someday color copies would prevail, and THAT was just too challenging, so women had to start moving up the ladder.
I don't know... I wasn't around then. But it seems this commercial might have been a little bit outmoded even in 1962 or whenever it was made. Or maybe it wasn't. I agree with beebopnotlula's comment. This is almost painful to watch, just like some old movie with black actors in servant roles or in some stereotypical "comical" capacity. I could be wrong, but by the 1980s, I think this could only have been done in an ironic way. We haven't come that far, but at least some way further anyway.
It's different because as well as over sexualising women, it questions their intelligence. Xerox is so easy, so is she, she's supposedly an idiot who doesn't know much, but that's OK, because any idiot can operate a Xerox copier. WOW...can't believe, that I, as a woman, had to point that out. Ah well.
@beebopnotlula Except for the fact that a commercial which depicts ONE woman as a brainless bimbo who only gets by on her looks does not somehow imply that EVERY woman must be like that. It's no different to the ads that have dopey husbands who need their wives to show them some magic product. The point is only how necessary and useful the product can be to some people. And women were always common secretaries, so the choice in gender here was appropriate.
@xXPinkGoddessXx Except for the fact that it is different because it was made during a time where civil/equal rights had only just been pushed into policy, though, in reality were'nt being experienced, and except for the fact that it was the explosion of the culture industry, perpetuating ideological concepts to catagorise people in order to sell products to them, and forecast trends to sell them more. Yes, indeed, everyone is being exploited now more than ever. The ad is funny.
@beebopnotlula In addition, it was not about "the choice of gender", it was about perpetuated images and stereotypes, where they have stemmed from. I love being a woman, and I love my man, but I accept that there are still major differences, like 1/3rd less pay, so its gonna take years of NOT showing women as ditzy secretaries to compensate. This IS pre Dolly Parton "Workin' 9-5", dont forget.
@beebopnotlula The general consensus in the 50's was not that women were brainless or only useful as objects of beauty or sex, which is the main issue people have with this commercial. People seem to believe the fact that women were not permitted equal legal rights with men somehow means that they were not respected in any way or that any negative perception of them had social and political underpinnings.
@xXPinkGoddessXx Sure, I appreciate what you're saying, but thats not whats I'm saying. It's early 60's, copier came out '59, officially in '62 with a major campaign. I've finished a paper on social, political, and cultural reform:capitalism and mass production of '60's, thats the only reason I know that.In context to the time it might have been more loaded.-Just like TV roles given to black people that regardless of comical value past or present were inherently racist then.
@beebopnotlula In addition, I agree with the comment made that sexism is the best part of the ad. It's interesting, but this ain't a place for serious discussion. The majority of comments made on this site are by people that use emoticons (an image of the '60's that has been appropriated), or one word text expressions like lol. Though I find myself "loling". The whole point of advertising IS to steryotype, covertly or overtly. Yawn. Back to The Crazy World of Arthur Brown...
@beebopnotlula Hello, I just read your comment on social, political, and cultural reform capitalism and mass production of the 1960's. I've been searching for nuggets of wisdom along these very lines for a theatre arts project proposal. I'm wondering if you could recommend resources of any sort that might help me to broaden my understanding of these topics. To be more specific I'm interested in how these issues informed aesthetics and design. I appreciate any advice you might give. Thanks.
If this is how sexist they were back then, the women sure didn't have much to complain about. The commercial is mildly belittling, but that's nothing compared to the vicious hatred which many men now harbor as a result of the unfair privileges granted to women by society. Women have been protected and privileged throughout history, but I fear that in the future women will be cast aside like garbage because of how spoilt they have become.
This ad was made back when it was OK to show that there are many types of people, and no one insisted that that a given character from a single piece of fictional material had to conform exactly to a special set of criteria - or - face the wrath of loud obnoxious complainers. Liberalism is all about intolerance and ignorance.
Their way or the highway.
The ad was meant to be funny. It still is - in a really dull sort of way.
Was this commercial made in 2011? People haven't changed. No it isn't sexist at all, It's the straight out truth. Just ask any good looking girl. They're hired mainly for their looks...Also, why did they pass laws regarding sexual harassment? You think these things aren't real?
@dededeehh... historical facts are available online. Sexism is as old as time itself. It existed in the '60s (and well before) and still exists today in many varied forms. While this sort of commerical notion of womanhood was indeed normal, it was by no means appropriate nor was it a valid protrayal of wormen in the workplace.
@dededeehh@dededeehh... historical facts are available online. Sexism is as old as time itself. It existed in the '60s (and well before) and still exists today in many varied forms. While this sort of commerical notion of womanhood was indeed normal, it was by no means appropriate nor was it a valid protrayal of women in the workplace.
You know Xerox is pretty amazing. They pioneered the graphical user interface AND the three-button mouse before Apple or Microsoft. And hey, hot secretaries.
I get the impression that when she seems to be describing herself she is actually describing the copier. For instance when she says I can't type, or take dictation etc it is actually describing the machine and not the female. Still it is obviously sexist in nature. the lesson is you don't have to be any more skilled than the machine you use.
@RockinFifiLaFume I never heard of June Haver. Thanks for turning me onto her. I'm watching her on You Tube but so far all I can find her doing is singing and dancing. Very little talking.
It might help knowing who started that way of talking if there was an established word or term for it. I don't know of any. I might call it "dumb kitten" talk. It's kind of pathetic that men fell for that bologna, needing a sexbomb to seem dumb in order for them to find her approachable and non-threatening.
@yowzephyr Yeah exactly right. It became a character of it's own. Marilyn might have made it more popular though. The truth behind Marilyn's speech was that she had a terrible stutter and she had to focus super hard at pronunciations. You can see June Haver do this voice in Three Little Girls in Blue and Monroe do it in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. In fact Gentlemen Prefer Blondes even ripped off some lines from TLGIB.
@RockinFifiLaFume Marilyn Monroe had a stutter, eh? I can see how that dumb kitten talk might help with that. I need confirmation tho that she had a terrible stutter. I see from initial searching that it is said that she did. But I'm thinking it might be an urban myth type thing.
@RockinFifiLaFume Okay, I found confirmation. There's a You Tube video called "Marilyn Monroe - I Just Stuttered". You hear her in an interview talking about her stuttering problem. Fascinating!
So what is so bad about being sexist? I wish I could get by on my handsome good looks. I wish women chased me with money in their hands begging for a little of my time.
Some people are saying this ad isn't sexist. I certainly not the most sexist thing in the world. But it heavily implies that the secretary is only around for her looks. It's a LITTLE sexist.
@nswlawson2 It implies that THIS secretary is around for her good looks. Not all secretaries and not all women. But then again, we do live in an era where it is sexist to want a woman to be sexy. Comfortable shoes, anyone?
@nswlawson2 yet making copies is a perfectly valid job description item for a secretory and the "boss" never made a single implication that he got off on her looks.
@nswlawson2 i might agree that the ad might not be sexist but it sure does imply that women are lazy try to do this with a male bodybuilder and see how much antaganism youll get just a thought
A bit yes, but looking at it with decades of perspective, there's some hilarious truth to it. Sexual harassment and objectification was a serious issue, more so then, and I'd imagine some bosses would totally pick a secretary for visual appeal over clerical abilities. Totally ran wild with it; her face began to contort into smirks and all as I watched, as if she were just pretending to be stupid so she didn't have to work!
In 1973 I remember my coworkers and I had the Xerox Alto complete with a mouse. We called them "GUI's" - I loved how I could email and whatever was on your screen was how it looked laser printed! So - I guess when the gradual Personal Computer came along in the 1980's we had already been using them all along. Miss those machines!
@sapphiretaurus "Graphical User Interface" = GUI, first screen with icons to click on.
Do you remember "user friendly"? Those were the days when they gave you 9 or 10 user guides, manuals, reference books and another one called "Read Me First".
Let's try another one: "Hot Line"! No, it wasn't an escort service. It was a help desk service unit for which you waited 30 to 45 minutes to talk to someone who didn't understand your problem nor his product that you were trying to use.
Ok, we can see the Marylin Monroe influence in this ad. I personally find her sexy as hell. But if the character were a stupid, white office boy, would it be called sexist or racist? No, I didn't think so.
Bummer that this babe is probably kicking close to 70 by now. She was a doll back in the day.
@arashtoop Brilliant! Thank the lord for the internet's anonymity. After a comment like that, it's that anonymity that keeps your nuts attached! LOL! I live in America. And in my country, you're arrested for even thinking what you just wrote!
@arashtoop Yeah, but at least the birds in the UK have some sense of humour about this sort of thing. I've been there and have dated a couple of your babes. They rock. Btw, the hottie in this ad says that she "just turns the knob." Bloody hell, she could turn my knob any day!
anal yzing this for sexism is stupid. the chick is good looking so she skates by in life. It was like that 1000 years ago and will be in another 1000. When women stop marrying rich dudes for their cash and asking Darren Dumbass to buy them shit, then they can complain. They can't have it both ways. Until then, all women need is a good spanking. Unless they are unattractive, then the hell with them.
@KiranaForever I agree, we can't assume that the commercial was intended to be sexist. Only that the character in the commercial was lazy and/or incompetent. If you want more blatant (and hilarious) sexism, check this one out: watch?v=VprIbx4QkPc&feature=related
Ya'll. Men and women can be stupid sometimes. One person in one commercial obviously doesn't speak for the whole gender. People need to learn to take a joke.
MSeverwonder 7 hours ago
sexist humor against women is still used todaythough
MSeverwonder 1 day ago
@MSeverwonder But not nearly as much as sexist humour against men, which everybody thinks is cool.
paperl8 1 day ago
@paperl8 Look, everyone thinks they're the ones being made fun of.
lovesingread 17 hours ago
@MSeverwonder Look, everyone thinks they're the ones being made fun of.
lovesingread 17 hours ago
LOL. Is that for real, or a more recently made spoof of an old-style TV ad? And who is the actress playing the bubble-head? She did a very good job.
DrunkenUFOPilot 2 days ago
lol 7 copies a minute
Agaettis 2 days ago
Miss Jones and Mr Smith, LOL so white!
579SMP 3 days ago
I don't think you had to go this far back in time to find a sexist commercial.
AdamsSeed 3 days ago
God damn is she a sexy 914.
cobrachoppergirl 5 days ago
Not sexist. Back in those days, you only knew how to type if you paid money for a typing course. This is more indicative of young employees who don't have the skills of veterans.
YouGotsTheRabies 1 week ago
Yes this commercial should be right up there with cereal killers and Hitler....NOT! I love a girlie girl. SHAME on you women who put girlie girls down! You should learn something from this era.
TheRrevn57 2 weeks ago
She was trying to look and sound like Marilyn Monroe.
sylviekell 2 weeks ago
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kangadillo 2 weeks ago
@kangadillo How far we've evolved? Do you own a television? Do you know what a stink people are going to make hundreds of years from now over our McDonalds and Burger King commercials? They're going to think we were all pathologically racist! Women are objectified now more than ever. Even if we still only had 3 channels, it would be more, but we have hundreds of channels, including prono stations! Popular music is straight out of the prison yard. We've evolved? facepalm
ion010101 1 week ago
"And I'm fast! Seven inches a minute! Right, boss?
boardskins 3 weeks ago
Wonder if she ever Xeroxed her ass?
daven58100 3 weeks ago
Today it would be viewed as sexist. Back then, it was just funny...and no one was really offended by it, either.
WpgLwr007 3 weeks ago
This actress is trying very hard to be a xerox copy of Marilyn Monroe. She's just used a bit too much toner in her hair.
rhapsodyblue100 3 weeks ago 3
Wonder who the actress was? She's pretty funny in this -- very expressive eyes.
goldbergje 3 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
WOW. SEVEN COPIES A MINUTE!
oxfordruse 4 weeks ago
The reason for the creation of the second wave movement of feminism was the prediction that someday color copies would prevail, and THAT was just too challenging, so women had to start moving up the ladder.
doceigen 1 month ago
It's not sexist; it's just stupid. And it isn't different from any other commercial, modern or 50 years old, that uses women to sell a product.
6828Lu 1 month ago
I don't know... I wasn't around then. But it seems this commercial might have been a little bit outmoded even in 1962 or whenever it was made. Or maybe it wasn't. I agree with beebopnotlula's comment. This is almost painful to watch, just like some old movie with black actors in servant roles or in some stereotypical "comical" capacity. I could be wrong, but by the 1980s, I think this could only have been done in an ironic way. We haven't come that far, but at least some way further anyway.
MowgliX 1 month ago
Did she say she took dick-tation or didn't take dick-tation?
paperbacknovel 1 month ago
Stupid commercial. What was the intention? Does it make anyone want to get a "Xerox 914"?
MowgliX 1 month ago
@MowgliX It makes me want to get a Ms Jones... (or a copy of her, as long as it's from a Xerox 914, 'cos no-one will tell the difference...)
WatusiHut 1 month ago
I'm pretty sure everyone missed the joke here. The joke was that she was banging her boss.
Karkenou 1 month ago
they don't make secretaries like that anymore...
TheYouwontgetit 1 month ago
Her voice is sexy.
GratefulVince 1 month ago
It's different because as well as over sexualising women, it questions their intelligence. Xerox is so easy, so is she, she's supposedly an idiot who doesn't know much, but that's OK, because any idiot can operate a Xerox copier. WOW...can't believe, that I, as a woman, had to point that out. Ah well.
beebopnotlula 1 month ago
@beebopnotlula Except for the fact that a commercial which depicts ONE woman as a brainless bimbo who only gets by on her looks does not somehow imply that EVERY woman must be like that. It's no different to the ads that have dopey husbands who need their wives to show them some magic product. The point is only how necessary and useful the product can be to some people. And women were always common secretaries, so the choice in gender here was appropriate.
xXPinkGoddessXx 1 month ago
@xXPinkGoddessXx Except for the fact that it is different because it was made during a time where civil/equal rights had only just been pushed into policy, though, in reality were'nt being experienced, and except for the fact that it was the explosion of the culture industry, perpetuating ideological concepts to catagorise people in order to sell products to them, and forecast trends to sell them more. Yes, indeed, everyone is being exploited now more than ever. The ad is funny.
beebopnotlula 1 month ago
@beebopnotlula In addition, it was not about "the choice of gender", it was about perpetuated images and stereotypes, where they have stemmed from. I love being a woman, and I love my man, but I accept that there are still major differences, like 1/3rd less pay, so its gonna take years of NOT showing women as ditzy secretaries to compensate. This IS pre Dolly Parton "Workin' 9-5", dont forget.
beebopnotlula 1 month ago
@beebopnotlula The general consensus in the 50's was not that women were brainless or only useful as objects of beauty or sex, which is the main issue people have with this commercial. People seem to believe the fact that women were not permitted equal legal rights with men somehow means that they were not respected in any way or that any negative perception of them had social and political underpinnings.
xXPinkGoddessXx 1 month ago
@xXPinkGoddessXx Sure, I appreciate what you're saying, but thats not whats I'm saying. It's early 60's, copier came out '59, officially in '62 with a major campaign. I've finished a paper on social, political, and cultural reform:capitalism and mass production of '60's, thats the only reason I know that.In context to the time it might have been more loaded.-Just like TV roles given to black people that regardless of comical value past or present were inherently racist then.
beebopnotlula 1 month ago
@beebopnotlula In addition, I agree with the comment made that sexism is the best part of the ad. It's interesting, but this ain't a place for serious discussion. The majority of comments made on this site are by people that use emoticons (an image of the '60's that has been appropriated), or one word text expressions like lol. Though I find myself "loling". The whole point of advertising IS to steryotype, covertly or overtly. Yawn. Back to The Crazy World of Arthur Brown...
beebopnotlula 1 month ago
@beebopnotlula Hello, I just read your comment on social, political, and cultural reform capitalism and mass production of the 1960's. I've been searching for nuggets of wisdom along these very lines for a theatre arts project proposal. I'm wondering if you could recommend resources of any sort that might help me to broaden my understanding of these topics. To be more specific I'm interested in how these issues informed aesthetics and design. I appreciate any advice you might give. Thanks.
rhatcher010 1 month ago
lol wooot
thrashdouche21 1 month ago
LOL!!!
Nectarmaiden 1 month ago
Boss: Ms. Jones, will you suck my cock?
Ms. Jones: Naturally!
sandypat1960 1 month ago 26
@sandypat1960 LOL.
ion010101 1 week ago
7 copies per minute... wow times had changed
tremirame 1 month ago
So what??? I STARTED OUT at min. wage doing stockroom, now I am far above that. It sounds like YOU ARE THE SEXIST!!!
SJdude527 1 month ago
If this is how sexist they were back then, the women sure didn't have much to complain about. The commercial is mildly belittling, but that's nothing compared to the vicious hatred which many men now harbor as a result of the unfair privileges granted to women by society. Women have been protected and privileged throughout history, but I fear that in the future women will be cast aside like garbage because of how spoilt they have become.
a9fc8yt3kd1 1 month ago
@a9fc8yt3kd1 What the fuck are you talking about? Women have been treated as property throughout history.
MrDonkDonkerson 1 month ago
lol when people say men cant hit women, its unfair. they cant hit eachother
BakuraSpoon 1 month ago
my favorite part was the sexism.
greatestdayofmylife 1 month ago
@anikinippon Or you could just hire competent employees.
nswlawson 1 month ago
The average woman at work. They are so incompetent at a job that the only place they should be is at home in a kitchen or in bed.
TheTrollAccount 2 months ago
@TheTrollAccount I am a woman (heterosexual) and I oddly agree with you...
LilyMoth12 2 months ago
@TheTrollAccount ... OMG, FINALLY someone on YouTube that knows the GD truth!
kerryincolumbus 1 month ago
7 copies per minute. Warp speed ahead, Mr. Sulu
TheGollyLlama 2 months ago 2
How is this any different from any other commercial that uses hot women to sell things.
MrDonkDonkerson 2 months ago 25
@MrDonkDonkerson It's not. And that's why "femnazis" are the way they are.
futuretattooer 1 month ago
@MrDonkDonkerson I think it is different in that the woman here is such an empty-headed cream puff. She is hot, but also stupid.
kangadillo 2 weeks ago
Lol I want a chick like this.
Sagemaster00 2 months ago
The point, geniuses, is that the copier is easy to use. Good grief, people these days spend their whole lives looking for ways to feel offended.
FlyingPinkUnicorn 2 months ago
Must. Be. William. Shatner's. Sister.
whitedaddy4u 2 months ago
amazing technology ! But yeah, it's a bit sexist, but you know today you almost never see a guy in a cleaning product ad or cooking stuff
Serpette94 2 months ago
If more women were like her there'd be far fewer divorces. Men thrive on catering to feminine, helpless, pleasant women.
sammydavisjrsr 2 months ago
7 copies a minute? Golly, gee!
38ddkelly 2 months ago
This is quite sexist, but only in a funny way. It's no worse than the countless adverts you get these days portraying men as dumb-asses
RealityCheck6T9 2 months ago 3
This is far from being sexist it involves a woman working while at this time in history most of them were housewives!!!
MyHeadAsplodes 2 months ago
This ad was made back when it was OK to show that there are many types of people, and no one insisted that that a given character from a single piece of fictional material had to conform exactly to a special set of criteria - or - face the wrath of loud obnoxious complainers. Liberalism is all about intolerance and ignorance.
Their way or the highway.
The ad was meant to be funny. It still is - in a really dull sort of way.
eloquentlyfly 2 months ago
This shit bothers me. Why do people have to make sexist things?
EdwardNygma1 2 months ago
"I'm going to lunch...with mother" *failure music*
ZeeJeff 3 months ago
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she is hot!she,s borderline autistic.so fuckin what?NEWSFLASH ALL YOU "OFFENDED LIBERALS".SEX SELLS.
reevedavey 3 months ago
Was this commercial made in 2011? People haven't changed. No it isn't sexist at all, It's the straight out truth. Just ask any good looking girl. They're hired mainly for their looks...Also, why did they pass laws regarding sexual harassment? You think these things aren't real?
jcghooker 3 months ago
i like how shes like i dont knouw!!
hi392 3 months ago
It's only considered sexist because sexism exists now. It didn't exist back then and this kind of commercial was perfectly normal.
dededeehh 3 months ago
@dededeehh... historical facts are available online. Sexism is as old as time itself. It existed in the '60s (and well before) and still exists today in many varied forms. While this sort of commerical notion of womanhood was indeed normal, it was by no means appropriate nor was it a valid protrayal of wormen in the workplace.
bruinblue1 3 months ago
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@dededeehh @dededeehh... historical facts are available online. Sexism is as old as time itself. It existed in the '60s (and well before) and still exists today in many varied forms. While this sort of commerical notion of womanhood was indeed normal, it was by no means appropriate nor was it a valid protrayal of women in the workplace.
bruinblue1 3 months ago
Damn, I want her job!! Just kidding...well, kinda!
JBlue761982 3 months ago
You know Xerox is pretty amazing. They pioneered the graphical user interface AND the three-button mouse before Apple or Microsoft. And hey, hot secretaries.
kev3d 3 months ago
@kev3d That's a bygone era for Xerox Corporation.
I still can't believe Peter McCullough, then CEO of Xerox, allowed this ad to go on the air given that Xerox was so image conscious.
Today, of course, the advertizing pendulum has swung the other way, i.e. it's anti-male. For example, search YT for "Katherine Heigl Hates Balls".
FilAmFan 1 week ago
This reminds me of Stepford Wives.
sonofsilence 3 months ago
I get the impression that when she seems to be describing herself she is actually describing the copier. For instance when she says I can't type, or take dictation etc it is actually describing the machine and not the female. Still it is obviously sexist in nature. the lesson is you don't have to be any more skilled than the machine you use.
loki1397 3 months ago 3
She comes across more like Marilyn Monroe than Michelle Hunter does, from what I can discern from the trailer for the upcoming Marilyn Monroe biopic.
harmanxx 3 months ago
She sexy but shes old know
wwefuture01 4 months ago
@wwefuture01
She's probably 6 ft under... probably still sexy though... it you don;t mind a few bones showing.
dangraphic 4 months ago
I wonder what American woman invented that way of talking. I guess it was Marilyn Monroe.
yowzephyr 4 months ago
@yowzephyr Actually June Haver and other blondes talked like that too in the 1940s. June Haver, Betty Grable, check them out :)
RockinFifiLaFume 4 months ago
@RockinFifiLaFume I never heard of June Haver. Thanks for turning me onto her. I'm watching her on You Tube but so far all I can find her doing is singing and dancing. Very little talking.
It might help knowing who started that way of talking if there was an established word or term for it. I don't know of any. I might call it "dumb kitten" talk. It's kind of pathetic that men fell for that bologna, needing a sexbomb to seem dumb in order for them to find her approachable and non-threatening.
yowzephyr 4 months ago
@yowzephyr Yeah exactly right. It became a character of it's own. Marilyn might have made it more popular though. The truth behind Marilyn's speech was that she had a terrible stutter and she had to focus super hard at pronunciations. You can see June Haver do this voice in Three Little Girls in Blue and Monroe do it in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. In fact Gentlemen Prefer Blondes even ripped off some lines from TLGIB.
RockinFifiLaFume 4 months ago
@RockinFifiLaFume Marilyn Monroe had a stutter, eh? I can see how that dumb kitten talk might help with that. I need confirmation tho that she had a terrible stutter. I see from initial searching that it is said that she did. But I'm thinking it might be an urban myth type thing.
yowzephyr 4 months ago
@RockinFifiLaFume Okay, I found confirmation. There's a You Tube video called "Marilyn Monroe - I Just Stuttered". You hear her in an interview talking about her stuttering problem. Fascinating!
yowzephyr 4 months ago
derp derp
Sexism? Sexism where?
derp derp derp
Watermark0n 4 months ago
@1990osu "This is sexy, not sexist".
PRECISELY!
some people just find sexism everywhere!
varrrr 4 months ago
What the fuck is that bitch doing out of the kitchen?
ready2roll 4 months ago 4
@ready2roll ... LMAO!! I laughed so hard at that, I almost peed myself!
kerryincolumbus 1 month ago
Coming from a guy, yes this is sexist. Its not directly sexist but it is implied.
3ISAMAGICNUMBR 4 months ago 2
Boy that's one hell of a secretary.
Yeah right!
Morahman7vnNo2 4 months ago
dizzy biatch
stevenblouis 4 months ago
Mad men, mad world.
Dyakki 4 months ago
whats so sexist? sounds more like u just dont like her humor.
effusivevoid 5 months ago
Ugly women are like men cause they have to work, pretty women like that...they don't have to be smart. = - = wish I was prettier... haha.
But. When they get old and loose their beauty, they will have nothing.
xtriggerXX 5 months ago
Some women I know are dipshits like that lol but I'm not.
MegaWinnieGirl 5 months ago
I'M. GOING TO LUNCH. WITH MOTHER.
Gezab 5 months ago 27
@Gezab I think that might be the twist ending...that "Mr. Jones" is in fact her father.
tomservo56954 3 months ago
So what is so bad about being sexist? I wish I could get by on my handsome good looks. I wish women chased me with money in their hands begging for a little of my time.
imjustpassinthru 5 months ago
@firexsand you're a stereotypical modern angry maladjusted bitch. I'm sure there is plenty of rust up your snatch as well as cobwebs.
msg238 5 months ago
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"It implies that THIS secretary is around for her good looks. Not all secretaries and not all women."
But who cares? That's the real question...
I 'm so sick of the politically correct media taking fun out of everything...
1990osu 5 months ago
7 copies in a minute? And I thought my printer was slow!!
MADDOG6400 5 months ago
all women should dress like that at work today! damn i say
usedEarplugs 5 months ago
@usedEarplugs If every woman in the work place looked, acted and dressed like this doll, there would be world peace, I swear it,.
arkady714 5 months ago
She's doing a pretty good Marilyn Monroe impersonation though. Her voice and her mannerisms are so Marilyn. Coincidence? I think not!
etonks 5 months ago 3
Some people are saying this ad isn't sexist. I certainly not the most sexist thing in the world. But it heavily implies that the secretary is only around for her looks. It's a LITTLE sexist.
nswlawson2 5 months ago 58
@nswlawson2 It implies that THIS secretary is around for her good looks. Not all secretaries and not all women. But then again, we do live in an era where it is sexist to want a woman to be sexy. Comfortable shoes, anyone?
arkady714 5 months ago
@arkady714 that's the point of the commercial: to avoid logical interpretations but at the same time offer a stereotype to relate to
FMAiscool 5 months ago
@FMAiscool Heck, I thought the point was to give guys a woody and get them to buy a photocopy machine. My bad.
arkady714 5 months ago
@arkady714 that too :P
FMAiscool 5 months ago
@nswlawson2 But isn't that what secretaries are around for?
alphakid42 5 months ago
@nswlawson2 'even a retard woman can use this thing!' - somehow not sexist!
grinick 5 months ago
@nswlawson2 You say that like it doesn't happen all the time.
TheChrosst 4 months ago
@nswlawson2 yet making copies is a perfectly valid job description item for a secretory and the "boss" never made a single implication that he got off on her looks.
xmorg 3 months ago
@nswlawson2 i might agree that the ad might not be sexist but it sure does imply that women are lazy try to do this with a male bodybuilder and see how much antaganism youll get just a thought
MrFalconford 3 months ago
@MrFalconford It only makes an implication about the featured woman actually. Your extension to other women,
or all women is right in the middle of your head - only.
You have been trained and programmed to respond in the way that you did.
Change your perspective and you will have a happier life filled with more productive thoughts.
eloquentlyfly 2 months ago 2
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@nswlawson2 "It heavily implies that the secretary is only around for her looks. It's a LITTLE sexist."
No it's not. If anything, it says her boss is a horny motherfucker. She wouldn't have been hired otherwise.
4ingP 3 months ago
@nswlawson2 Thanks for finding a middle ground. Too many people are either too gung-ho femnazi or dismissive of things like this.
dracotheferret 2 months ago
@nswlawson2
A bit yes, but looking at it with decades of perspective, there's some hilarious truth to it. Sexual harassment and objectification was a serious issue, more so then, and I'd imagine some bosses would totally pick a secretary for visual appeal over clerical abilities. Totally ran wild with it; her face began to contort into smirks and all as I watched, as if she were just pretending to be stupid so she didn't have to work!
Manimal347 2 months ago
@nswlawson2 I'll make sure to hire unattractive hags next time.
anikinippon 1 month ago
In 1973 I remember my coworkers and I had the Xerox Alto complete with a mouse. We called them "GUI's" - I loved how I could email and whatever was on your screen was how it looked laser printed! So - I guess when the gradual Personal Computer came along in the 1980's we had already been using them all along. Miss those machines!
BennyB5555 6 months ago 2
@BennyB5555 What did "GUI" stand for?
sapphiretaurus 6 months ago
@sapphiretaurus "Graphical User Interface" = GUI, first screen with icons to click on.
Do you remember "user friendly"? Those were the days when they gave you 9 or 10 user guides, manuals, reference books and another one called "Read Me First".
Let's try another one: "Hot Line"! No, it wasn't an escort service. It was a help desk service unit for which you waited 30 to 45 minutes to talk to someone who didn't understand your problem nor his product that you were trying to use.
FilAmFan 1 week ago
sexism is sexy hahahahah turn knob and push buttons - and the dry machine...wtf indeed hahaha
mrvonaerial 6 months ago
She doesn't even take "dictation" wtf
DelinquentBilly 6 months ago
Miss Jones, come on in my office, I have another knob for you to work on.
msg238 6 months ago 3
This is sexy, not sexist. she is so, so hot
1990osu 6 months ago
mani i miss thte good old gdayys. i cannt seem tt o typee righht imm olldd and shitt
MrBr0seph 6 months ago
Ok, we can see the Marylin Monroe influence in this ad. I personally find her sexy as hell. But if the character were a stupid, white office boy, would it be called sexist or racist? No, I didn't think so.
Bummer that this babe is probably kicking close to 70 by now. She was a doll back in the day.
arkady714 6 months ago 2
The more advanced that printers become, the more women lose their jobs and have to go back to the kitchen
arashtoop 6 months ago
@arashtoop Brilliant! Thank the lord for the internet's anonymity. After a comment like that, it's that anonymity that keeps your nuts attached! LOL! I live in America. And in my country, you're arrested for even thinking what you just wrote!
arkady714 6 months ago
@arkady714 Yep, I know right? haha, I live in the UK so same rules apply :)
arashtoop 6 months ago
@arashtoop Yeah, but at least the birds in the UK have some sense of humour about this sort of thing. I've been there and have dated a couple of your babes. They rock. Btw, the hottie in this ad says that she "just turns the knob." Bloody hell, she could turn my knob any day!
arkady714 6 months ago
Nice
nmdeal 6 months ago
I wish the average HP Inkjet could do 7 per minute.
smithrs 6 months ago
anal yzing this for sexism is stupid. the chick is good looking so she skates by in life. It was like that 1000 years ago and will be in another 1000. When women stop marrying rich dudes for their cash and asking Darren Dumbass to buy them shit, then they can complain. They can't have it both ways. Until then, all women need is a good spanking. Unless they are unattractive, then the hell with them.
msg238 6 months ago
Not sexist. True to life.
LazlosPlane 6 months ago
Awsome. This is hilarious how come more people haven't seen this..
grizgreen978 6 months ago
1 womb 1 heart 1 love 1 life 1 legacy
TheAnnafisher 6 months ago
@KiranaForever I agree, we can't assume that the commercial was intended to be sexist. Only that the character in the commercial was lazy and/or incompetent. If you want more blatant (and hilarious) sexism, check this one out: watch?v=VprIbx4QkPc&feature=related
shotgunmissionary 6 months ago
Back then, women were actually useful at the work place.
mccarrpo 8 months ago
7 copies in 1 minute - Bahahahahaahahahahaha.
mccarrpo 8 months ago 91