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[bitterlawngnome.livejournal.com]

Mandate, November 1976 (Cdn edition), p 48

OK, let's be clear: Mandate was a *gay* publication. GAY GAY GAY. And so naturally, we need a woman there to prove that Manly Man Is Manly. I was thinking of this for the "sexist" contest but then spent too much time thinking about the convoluted gender/sexuality/machismo thing going on and got lost in the house of mirrors. Then I notice that *she* is wearing something around her neck too ... how many inches is she? Or wait, is she avertising for what she wants? This penis size thing is confusing.

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[lauramcewan.livejournal.com]

November, 1876?

[bitterlawngnome.livejournal.com]

eep

sorry, and thank you!

[lauramcewan.livejournal.com]

LOL I was thinking, damn, that's some ad for the times! before rational thinking kicked in. Blame the Mikes hard lemonade!

[dantc.livejournal.com]

Oddly, they never sold any of the sixes and couldn't keep the nines in stock.

[chipuni.livejournal.com]

...or a lot of people wore the +9 design proudly.

[bitterlawngnome.livejournal.com]

wow, +9! that's some sword you've got there, mister paladin.

[adrienneee.livejournal.com]

I LOL'd.

[badfae.livejournal.com]

Ahahaha...so did I :-P

[keristars.livejournal.com]

I think we've seen things from the Tate Gallery USA before, like a long time ago. And they're all pretty hilariously wtf. This one fits right in.

[sandoz-iscariot.livejournal.com]

I bet a lot of those were used for false advertising.

[misstia]

maybe she's wearing a necklace with his correct size??

[rawbery79.livejournal.com]

Re: your icon: see my icon.

wow...

[radteacherally.livejournal.com]

took me longer than I'd like to admit to realize what the numbers meant!!!

[woodburner.livejournal.com]

Was it publication for gay men or gays in general? Maybe that's the size of her strap on.

[bitterlawngnome.livejournal.com]

all about gay men. smut, after all. but I did know a couple of straight women who bought it ...

[urbear]

There's a lot of confused sexuality in the ads from that era. It didn't stop there, either... for several years, International Male, whose mail-order clothing catalogs have been know to turn statues gay, included quite a few women simpering over their "boyfriends" modeling the latest in fuckmewear.

[vonjunzt.livejournal.com]

Why do you assume that's a female and not a transvestite?

Perhaps the magazine is also for the "bi-curious".

[bitterlawngnome.livejournal.com]

I don't, which is why I say "how big is her penis"?

[seamonkey-mags.livejournal.com]

Tobias is just buy-curious....

[amiga500.livejournal.com]

This is another one of those items that would make no sense if you found it in a Goodwill, or on your uncle's dresser. And then it would slowly sink in, but you'd try to deny it anyway.

[dandyads]

I want to see that Antiques Roadshow -- "Well, this here appears to be an ivory coke spoon, and the necklace indicates that your great uncle was packing in excess of 8 inches..."

[bernthewitch.livejournal.com]

Buahahaha.

[violetscorpion.livejournal.com]

This!!

[parkerbenchley.livejournal.com]

This for the win.

[donnalee-kiss.livejournal.com]

I have thought there needs to be an x-rated buy/sell show sometime on cable.

[glitterberrys.livejournal.com]

God. And I thought I couldn't envision anything more mortifying than the time I found my grandfather's condoms. *shudders*

Except now I kind of hope I DO find one at a Goodwill someday, somehow.

[cionaudha.livejournal.com]

The Tate Gallery in the US is so much more fun than the one in London!

[emmuzka.livejournal.com]

And now I'm intrigued by the pendant on the woman's neck. What is it? Is it a % or a fraction number, like 3/4? And what would that indicate? The size of her clitoris?

[teal-cuttlefish.livejournal.com]

It sure looks like a % sign to me!

[1girl.livejournal.com]

Her necklace looks kind of like a cherry. Ugh.

[foxsong.livejournal.com]

Y'know, the "9+" wouldn't make me want to leap into bed with the guy. I've only got so much room in there! =:-o

[bitterlawngnome.livejournal.com]

in bed, you mean? :)

[foxsong.livejournal.com]

Uh... sure. Su-u-ure, that's what I was thinkin'... ;-)

[parkerbenchley.livejournal.com]

I remember this ad - they must have repeated them into the 80s, since I don't think I started buying/reading these mags until 80 or 81.

[bzul.livejournal.com]

A bonus message pendant was included for purchasers of '5' and under, inscribed:
"But, ohh, the magic it knows,
And the places it goes.."

[outsdr.livejournal.com]

Maybe if they sold one that said "6±" I'd consider it. Or just one with "average."