Summer’s Eve Reminds You To Wash Your Vagina Before Asking For A Raise

by Sarah Menkedick · 2010-08-27 15:00:00 UTC
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Hang on, women! Just in case you thought you were prepared to ask for that raise, just in case you thought your experience, background, accomplishments, and know-how might qualify you, let me ask you this key question:

Have you washed your vagina?

Summer's Eve asks this question in a maddening soft pink purr of an ad in Women's Day magazine with all the subtlety of a Mad Men ad exec on the prowl. The ad reads, in bold: "Confidence at Work: How to Ask for a Raise", and then goes on to specify in the lead paragraph that the first thing you should do in your quest for higher wages is to wash your vag with Summer's Eve Feminine Wash or throw a package of Summer's Eve Feminine Cleansing Cloths in your bag.

What follows is fairly moot — your work for the company, your skills, etc. The most important thing is that the scent coming from between your thighs is that which every good boss should recognize as Summer's Eve.

It's pretty incredible to come across such a thing in 2010, when it seems ridiculous and downright satirical to show a photo of a pretty smiling woman, advertise tips on how to ask for a raise, and then equate job promotion directly with cleaning one's vagina with scented wipes. But apparently, we haven't quite transcended the more ludicrous gender stereotypes of the 50's, and the urge to treat women's success as a factor depending on smiles, breast sizes, and vaginal "fresheners."

Photo credit: Audrey JM529

Sarah Menkedick is a freelance writer currently based in Oaxaca, Mexico. She has spent the last five years teaching, writing and traveling on five continents. She regularly writes about women's rights.
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