Tag: men
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This Guide From The 1940s Told Male Bosses How To Deal With Women Employees
Human resources departments are essential to any company. They guide the office culture and employees on how they should conduct themselves – even the bosses. The blog Retronaut uncovered old supervisor manual, created by RCA in the 1940s meant to educate male bosses on how to integrate their new female co-workers into the workplace. World…
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Budweiser Revisits Its Sexist Ads From The 50s And 60s And Updates Them For 2019
This year, in honor of International Women’s Day, Budweiser revisited three of their adverts from the ’50s and ’60s that they are not exactly proud of. The outdated ads portrayed objectified women in a subservient role to their husbands. But media and advertising was only a reflection of the world we lived in. Although today’s…
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Company Invents The ‘Dress for Respect’ Which Shows How Often Women Are Touched By Men Without Their Consent
Since the #MeToo Movement got a big boost in 2017 with the help of some celebrity campaigners such as Alyssa Milano, companies have been addressing harassment and/or feminism in their advertising campaigns. Schweppes is the latest to promote the cause, recently teaming up with Brazilian advertisement agency Ogilvy to create a campaign called the ‘Dress…
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Viral Account Asks “What If Guys Acted Like Girls On Instagram?”
Ashley Hesseltine is a comedian and the brains behind the Instagram page ‘Bros Being Basic’. And just in case you were wondering, Ashley is a woman. What began as a snooty insult that poked fun at middle-class, mainly white girls who blindly follow mainstream trends, it took on a life of its own as more…
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Australian Firefighters Pose With Animals For The 2019 Charity Calendar, And The Photos Are So Hot It May Start Fires
The Australian Firefighters Calendar has been in operation since 1993, hosting their fund-raising calendar project for charities like Children’s Hospital Foundation. They’ve just wrapped up the calendar for 2019, and once again, they have gone the extra mile. The biggest surprise from last year was the viral sensation that came from one of their Facebook…
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Epic 150,000 LEGO Brick LORD OF THE RINGS Helm’s Deep Battle Scene
You’ve got to check out this impressive LEGO build of the Helm’s Deep battle scene from Peter Jackson‘s The Lord of the Rings! This massive piece of LEGO art was created by Flickr user goelkim2011. This monstrosity contains 150,000 bricks and more than 1700 mini-figures. It weight about 160 pounds and is about ping-pong table…
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The Origins of the Universal Hot / Crazy / Emotional Unavailability Matrix For Men AND Women
Relationships are difficult at the best of times. What do you use to judge the dateability of a partner? Many factors are used: height, looks, kindness, wealth, family… the list goes on and on. And it differs between men and women. For example, as popularized by Barney Stinson in an episode of How I Met Your…
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Woman Outs Street Harrassment and Catcallers by Taking Selfies With Them
Catcalling and street harassment – it’s likely only something women experience – but it’s a real and often terrifying problem and it happens all over the world. When Noa Jansma had enough of being catcalled as she walked to her university in Amsterdam each day, she decided to highlight and denounce the problem by taking…
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The Most Awesome Entries From The 2016 Beard And Moustache Competition
The 2016 Beard and Moustache Competition has been run and won, with the world’s best beards, staches and characters all flocking to Nashville, TN, for a whole lot of hairy goodness. Greg Anderson was the official photographer for the competition, and here are our fav shots that he took from the show. What are your favorites? And don’t forget,…
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The Matchstickmen by German Artist Wolfgang Stiller
Artist Wolfgang Stiller has pulled one out of the box with these spooky yet spectacular matchstick men. We’re feeling a bit burnt out at the moment, so they were particularly relevant for us! And don’t forget, if you’re looking for a piece of original art to hang on your walls, check out artFido HERE!