Three things:

a) Watch Mad Men. It’s a brilliant TV show, and a great reminder of how great it was back in the 1960s when women knew their place.

b) I actually thought things have changed, but thank god they haven’t. A very good friend of mine is doing some work at a very well respected Melbourne ad agency. One you will know. One with big accounts. One with big awards. One with big letters on the door. She is young, pretty and female. Here’s what she had to put up with today, and I quote:

1. One of the guys took a piss and a shit in the girls loo and didn’t flush it after lunch cos it was “funny”
2. The creative director couldnt be assed to go outside for a smoke so brought the ash tray inside and turned off the smoke detectors
3. The MD said that the problem with advertising now days is that everyone is too politically correct so should be more racist, sexist, play more practical jokes and should be more crude to improve company culture

I thought times had changed, but it’s great to see these attitudes are still alive and well.

c) Has anyone seen my can of spraypaint? I need to re-coat the glass floor/ceiling. Just this morning I caught one of the female account managers eyeing off my corner office while she was putting away the dishes. She should be ashamed.

Has anyone else heard of any other efforts by courageous advertising gents putting the ‘I’ back in sexism? Please share.