Contest Entry: Camel cigarettes ad, 1942

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YES

[crabofdoom.livejournal.com]

Because that's a woman and a professional in her field, not a "girl" to be patted on the head and pinched on the cheek. They're not praising her for her nerves or skill or experience - they're praising her for smoking their cigarettes.

And "doing a man-sized job"? How is that not sexist?