March 13, 1962, Twin City News-Record
The battle of the sexes, retail-style. Not really, but taken from a 2021 perspective, it's the same old trope, men are the hands-on, manly hardware types while women, or "Girls!" as they are known here, only care about housewares, appliances, and cutlery they can obtain at these stores. She's obviously looking at place settings while he's ogling the latest power tools. God help us if she needs to hang a picture in 1962! But hey, I'm being too harsh, as I recognize it for its time. I enjoy a Rock Hudson-Doris Day movie the same as anybody else, but I can take it for what it was, back then. I'm just glad we've come a long way from this.
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