Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/3/84; site mhuxi.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!mhuxi!dsg From: dsg@mhuxi.UUCP (David S. Green) Newsgroups: net.women.only Subject: Re: feminine "protection" Message-ID: <245@mhuxi.UUCP> Date: Fri, 7-Dec-84 17:04:32 EST Article-I.D.: mhuxi.245 Posted: Fri Dec 7 17:04:32 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 8-Dec-84 05:44:19 EST References: <10083@watmath.UUCP> <135@ahuta.UUCP> <459@wlcrjs.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill Lines: 23 > 1) Because the add campaigns are designed by men. > > Jeanette Zobjeck > ihnp4!wlcrjs!zubbie > I have tried to stay out of newsgroups and discussions where I don't belong, but I can't resist putting in my two cents here. Most ( if not all ) New York based Advertising Agencies have a high ratio of women in top positions. When I say high, I mean just about 50% male-to-female at the Account Executive and Vice-President levels. You can check this for yourself in either the "Madison Avenue Handbook" or for the publicly held agencies, look at the listings of the top people in Annual Reports, Standard & Poors and other sources. Also if you are in New York, the New York Times publishes a column 'Advertising News' by Philip Dougherty and you can see for yourself who the people are in the Ad business. I went to B-school for an MBA and it was common knowledge that women could advance further in advertising and marketing than in areas such as banking or finance. So, the bottom line is that if you are angry at ad campaigns of certain products, you should blame women as well as men. David S. Green Bell Labs {ihnp4}!mhuxi!dsg 201-564-4468