# I saw an ad today.Was it wrong, on so many levels, as I suspect, or am I jst old?

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**Created:** [September 18, 2004, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-an-ad-today-was-it-wrong-on-so-many-levels-as-i-suspect-or-am-i-jst-old/264825 "2004-09-18T08:39:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2004, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-an-ad-today-was-it-wrong-on-so-many-levels-as-i-suspect-or-am-i-jst-old/264825/41 "2004-09-19T19:36:08Z")

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> [@qts](#):
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> Doreen, let me assure you, women who are pregnant look **wonderful**. They _glow_. Let me ask you, when you were obviously pregnant, how often did men leap to their feet to help or offer to help, or ask if you needed help?

Aside from my husband, never. Although there was that one man who gave me his seat on the train (after racing me for it) when it became obvious he would become the victim of my morning sickness.  
I _might_ have glowed, but I was also five feet tall and 180 lbs at the end of it. And being stuck wearing clothes I didn’t like, in pastel colors, with cutesy little bows didn’t help me feel attractive.

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2004, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-an-ad-today-was-it-wrong-on-so-many-levels-as-i-suspect-or-am-i-jst-old/264825/42 "2004-09-19T22:13:43Z")

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On the other hand, I saw an ad in a magazine today that actually made me laugh. The ad was for wool socks, and the copy read “Made from pure virgin wool…unlike wool from sheep who sleep around.”

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