You know what makes me want to drink away my sorrows? Rabidly sexist and misogynistic ads for Belvedere Vodka in my subway station. One more, after the jump.

With power women dominating the workplace, being a lady lately means balancing in more than high heels.  In America, we have the WAC’s and WOW’s, who went to work in WWII, to thank profusely for truly being on the front lines for us.  Although Rosie the Riveter gave womanhood a strong image, the way those new workers were treated was weak. In an issue of Mass Transportation magazine from 1943 that just resurfaced, there was an interesting article with Eleven Tips on How To Get More Efficiency Out of Women Employees. And there are some real gems, from tip #4 which insists the employer get their women inspected by a physician for any “female weaknesses” before they are hired, to #6 which encourages a tight daily schedule so the women aren’t “bothering the management every few minutes for instructions” because “women lack initiative in finding work for themselves.”  Although, #3 really takes the cake: “General experience indicates that husky girls—those who are just a little on the heavy side—are more even tempered and efficient than their underweight sisters.” So, fat chicks put out? Now that’s heavy! Click the image to read all 11 of the tips and then make sure you hug a grandma today—she earned more than her wage. [I Heart Chaos via Jezebel]

 

At a recent campaign stop in New Hampshire a man heckled Senator Hillary Clinton saying, “Iron my shirt! Iron my shirt!” We love it when it’s hard to tell the difference between real life sexist pigs and satirical ones! Also, we’re pretty sure Clinton has someone who irons her shirts—hopefully a man! [Huffington Post] 

We’ve got an itty-bitty secret hate of Katherine Heigl in our heart, so imagine our dismay when we discovered that she kinda, sorta agrees with one half of our opinion on her last movie Knocked Up. In the new issue of Vanity Fair, the Grey’s Anatomy actress [Seriously, is there a worse TV show on right now? We know it’s targeted at…well, us, but it seriously sucks.] confesses that she doesn’t think so highly of the film that made her pay scale go from $300,000 per picture (what she was paid for Knocked Up to $6 million (her paycheck for January’s 27 Dresses).

“It was a little sexist. It paints the women as shrews, as humorless and uptight, and it paints the men as lovable, goofy, fun-loving guys…I’m playing such a bitch; why is she being such a killjoy? Why is this how you’re portraying women? Ninety-eight percent of the time it was an amazing experience, but it was hard for me to love the movie.”

We totally agree with her assessment, but it’s kind hard to pat on the back for it—after all, she did read the script before accepting the project and she had no problem promoting the film she’s suddenly now not so proud of. The check must have cleared! [E! Online and Vanity Fair]