11 Outrageously Sexist Ads That Today's Major Brands Wish You'd Forget

While vintage ads usually bring to mind promotions for long-forgotten brands like Lucky Strike and Schlitz, some of the companies that were big during advertising's golden age remain very much in the public eye today.

And boy, would brands like Pillsbury and General Electric like you to forget some of the outrageously sexist ads they used to run. We've collected some of the worst offenders here, which play on offensive stereotypes about women drivers and suggest that just about every purchase a woman makes should be made with her man in mind.

While today's advertising is by no means sexism-free, these ads give you an idea of just how bad things were back in the day.