Comments on: “I can’t afford to be SKINNY” https://ethicalnag.org/2011/09/20/i-cant-afford-to-be-skinny/ Marketing Ethics for the Easily Swayed Fri, 26 Aug 2016 00:40:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Carolyn Thomas https://ethicalnag.org/2011/09/20/i-cant-afford-to-be-skinny/comment-page-1/#comment-49106 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:12:36 +0000 http://ethicalnag.org/?p=7183#comment-49106 Good point, Donna – and that Twiggy phenomenon happened virtually overnight, didn’t it? This Raquel Welch ad ran in ’65, but in ’66, Twiggy was voted ‘British Woman of the Year’. Must have dealt a death blow to Wate-On sales. I think I was born in the wrong decade . . .

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]]> By: Donna Cusano https://ethicalnag.org/2011/09/20/i-cant-afford-to-be-skinny/comment-page-1/#comment-49101 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 14:17:11 +0000 http://ethicalnag.org/?p=7183#comment-49101 Yes, and that is the same period of time that Weight Watchers started for the rest of us! Then the body ideal turned into Twiggy….quite a contrast from the 1940s-early 1960s ideal.

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]]> By: Carolyn Thomas https://ethicalnag.org/2011/09/20/i-cant-afford-to-be-skinny/comment-page-1/#comment-18515 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:59:29 +0000 http://ethicalnag.org/?p=7183#comment-18515 So true….

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]]> By: Carolyn Thomas https://ethicalnag.org/2011/09/20/i-cant-afford-to-be-skinny/comment-page-1/#comment-18514 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:55:38 +0000 http://ethicalnag.org/?p=7183#comment-18514 Thanks for that comment, Janet! It’s quite remarkable isn’t it?
Cheers,
C.

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]]> By: Janet https://ethicalnag.org/2011/09/20/i-cant-afford-to-be-skinny/comment-page-1/#comment-18504 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:34:20 +0000 http://ethicalnag.org/?p=7183#comment-18504 This triggered a memory of my brother taking ‘Wate-On’ to try and gain enough weight to make the MINIMUM requirement for the Ontario Provincial Police force! Indeed! How times have changed. Thanks for the memory.

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]]> By: Dr Joe https://ethicalnag.org/2011/09/20/i-cant-afford-to-be-skinny/comment-page-1/#comment-18480 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:56:26 +0000 http://ethicalnag.org/?p=7183#comment-18480 How times change!

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