The saying goes, “Boys go to Jupiter to get more stupider. Girls go to college to get more knowledge.” In the 1960’s, the irony of this phrase was obvious, besides the fact that the group claiming to be more intelligent is calling the boys "stupider," which isn’t a word, but because boys went to college to get more knowledge and girls went to college to find a husband. Many men suppressed women rights during this time period, especially occupational opportunities in the work place. Men believed themselves to be superior to women in all aspects of life according to their genetics. Few women challenged this idea that was accepted by past their mothers, grandmothers, and all who preceded them. Some women defied this expected standard to be submissive and not to yearn to be anything more than a housewife. Even more progressive, a handful of men treated people with respect based on their work ethic rather than race or gender both inside the workplace and in their personal life. The Sterling Cooper Advertising Agency in the television show Mad Men represents many stereotypical attitudes of men and women in the 1960’s in America, but also several anomalous viewpoints for the time period. Predictably, the male executives of Sterling Cooper Advertising are no exceptions from the theme of belittling women through their patronizing actions toward them in their office setting. This condescending demeanor is exemplified in multiple situations throughout the series. After a brainstorming session involving mostly women to help advertise a lipstick for Belle Jolie which is a client of Sterling Cooper, one executive named Freddy Rumsen was frustrated with the women’s apparent lack of maturity. He said to his colleagues that they “should have put a man in there so they'd take it seriously” (Weiner, The Hobo Code). After he makes that comment, Peggy Olson, a secretary at Sterling Cooper, entered his office and gave him an idea for the campaign and compared her to a dog playing the piano (Weiner, The Hobo Code). Their total lack of respect toward women is shown when Paul Kinsey attempts to seduce Peggy Olson in his office. When she dec