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Sexism and violence in advertising
So, I came across this today. We've heard about sexism in advertising for decades - but when you see it all laid out like this...It's almost disturbing.
One could make the point that humans are wired for sex - it's the meaning of life, right? To find a mate and reproduce - it's what *all* living things are created to do. However, the implied violence in some ads is unnessesary, and I'm not sure what point some of these companies are trying to make. Rape is sexy and cool? Uh....no. The best part of this video is the end...a little role reversal, indeed. http://www.upworthy.com/the-people-w...aining-to-do-6
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I think the role reversals in the video were cheap shots. Sure, they looked pathetic, because they used the pastiest, flabbiest hipster guys to make their point. If you put, say, Channing Tatum naked in a perfume ad, it would probably sell a lot of perfume! On the other hand... the most obvious sexism in advertising today is regarding cleaning products. I can't remember a single cleaning product that featured a man mopping up spills or Swiffering around the kitchen floor. Sure, there are guys who present the product in the commercials, but they are usually disembodied voices, or men who just stand there while the woman does the wiping/mopping. |
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I found the role-reversals hilarious, and fitting. Of course those guys were skinny or fat, but it outlines the absurdity of selling products with body parts. We don't all look perfect, and no matter what we buy, we won't. Most people will look like the guys in the simulated pictures. Real. Even though the products are targeted at women, they still play off of insecurities, which I personally find distasteful. We should want to buy stuff because it's good or because it works, not because we feel ugly and we believe falsely that an item will make us more attractive. Lipstick on a pig... Your point still stands - but what does cooking have to do with bras? "Oh look at me, I can't cook but that's ok because my tits are huge and fake." Couldn't they let the picture stand for itself, without the derogatory dumb-blonde cooking remark?
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I'm not the man you think I am. My love has never lived indoors - I had to drag it home by four, hired hounds at both my wrists, damp and bruised by strangers' kisses on my lips. But you're the one that I still miss. Neko Case Last edited by KarmaContestant; 04-29-2013 at 12:47 PM.. |
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Um, no, not at all. But it's got more to do with her gender than her looks.
However, I do find Flo smart, quirky, and very much like the type of people I like to have as frends.
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I'm not the man you think I am. My love has never lived indoors - I had to drag it home by four, hired hounds at both my wrists, damp and bruised by strangers' kisses on my lips. But you're the one that I still miss. Neko Case |
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What do you think about the one where the sexy twins wear tshirts washed in different detergents and women come up and feel them to see which is softer? There's obviously a sexual undertone.
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What if you reversed all of the genders....say, a guy feeling the shirts on two hot babes...would it be as effective?
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I'm not the man you think I am. My love has never lived indoors - I had to drag it home by four, hired hounds at both my wrists, damp and bruised by strangers' kisses on my lips. But you're the one that I still miss. Neko Case |
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Oh, another sexist pet peeve of mine... The local news. Filled with pudgy, creepy older guys who have been newsanchors at the same station for 15, 20, 30 years. I suppose that's all fine and dandy. But then they have a rotating cast of invariably hot young chick sidekicks who look good in spandex-blend fabrics. However, the second they pass the big 4-0 or they gain a few pounds, these women are sent packing or sent out as field reporters to cover tornadoes and blizzards. Or they have been pulled back so many times Sue (cough) Simmons (cough) that they have slipknots behind their ears. Men are basically allowed to get old and fat on camera while women have a predetermined expiration date.
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I saw this Film when I was young , and from that point on I have always looked at advertising as a bunch of BS and why would you throw your money away because THEY are telling you it's good
or shocking you with sex and violence as a way to remember the product Last edited by olive; 04-29-2013 at 05:00 PM.. |
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