Vintage Prank Show Has Men Facing Off Against Their Biggest Fear: A Female Pilot

It really was a different time.

It can be easy to forget just how recently women were treated as second class citizens. They didn’t even get the right to vote until 1919 (not including women of color, who didn’t get that right until the 60s), and even until the 70s, women weren’t always able to get a credit card or file sexual harassment claims.

To see how bad things really were, take a look at this vintage episode of Candid Camera, where the entire idea behind the prank was that a man would be flying in a plane, wait for it, piloted by a woman. Can you believe it?