Progress...

A friend of mine works at Asda Magazine and I was asking her if she recalls the advert where shoppers walked around the store and, after paying for their groceries, slapped the pocket on their backsides to show that it had more change in it after shopping there rather than shopping at any other rival store.

I think it was voiced by Molly Sugden and I pointed out that such an act may now seem old hat and vaguely sexist but it was in the 1970s when slapping a young woman's arse was deemed a reasonable thing to show on TV.

These days, of course, such actions are frowned upon and the advent of feminism has put something of a halt to this sort of behaviour. Especially if men are also involved. And especially if the arse-slapping is not requested or sought.

In fact these days it's called 'sexual harassment'. And they call it progress, eh?