In the 1950s and 1960s, many auto shops gave away promotional calendars to customers. The calendars typically showed some buxom beauty that was scantily clothed and posed in some atypical position in or on an automobile. Critics of advertising today would call such calendars:

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The description of the calendars suggests that they were objectifying women and using their bodies for the purpose of selling a product. This is a form of offensive and exploitative advertising that is widely considered to be in bad taste.

In the 1950s and 1960s, Many Auto Shops Gave Away