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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAs a woman, I think this tampon commercial is hilarious.
I don't want to see women playing tennis. I don't complain too much when I have my period, but bottom line it still sucks.
Warpy
(111,339 posts)they'd take all their business away from the ones that show the hang gliders and skiers and talk about how happy we are during shark week. The only time we're particularly happy is when it's an alternative to an unplanned pregnancy and they sure as hell won't show that.
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)Quantess
(27,630 posts)a mother and daughter in a rowboat talking about feeling "not so fresh".
LeftInTX
(25,552 posts)Sure beats the "Have a happy period" balony.
Aristus
(66,462 posts)"Mom? Sometimes, I just don't feel......fresh..."
Summer's Eve...
Let's leave aside for the moment the medical argument that it's not really very good for you.
I'm just glad they don't air those ads...
ashling
(25,771 posts)OOPS!
treestar
(82,383 posts)L0oniX
(31,493 posts)RiffRandell
(5,909 posts)Not that I'm a huge fan of Dr. Oz, but I laughed at his comment that the vagina is a "self-cleaning oven."
Aristus
(66,462 posts)But, to a certain extent, the vaginal region is self-cleansing, as long as the routine vaginal flora are not disrupted, which is what douching will do.
He could have used a better analogy; or just not used a poor one...
penultimate
(1,110 posts)Those commercials make a lot more sense now.
forestpath
(3,102 posts)SwissTony
(2,560 posts)forestpath
(3,102 posts)11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)Do you really believe that when sharks feed they pay attention to the gender of their meal?
By the way, I'm a guy and I have had a six-inch semicircular scar on my left calf ever since a small sand shark took a liking to me as I was wading out to fish for barracuda in the Florida Keys many years ago. Could it have been the hair on my legs that attracted the beast? Have I been the victim of a sex crime?
forestpath
(3,102 posts)Your defensiveness is odd. I have a right to my opinion and your over-reaction won't shut me up.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)RudynJack
(1,044 posts)and so funny. I literally burst out laughing. Thanks.
Cleita
(75,480 posts)Many can't go there and I don't blame them, but I find it funny too.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)Because the focus is SUPPOSED TO BE the product, NOT the vicious attack.
Cleita
(75,480 posts)RiffRandell
(5,909 posts)You're welcome....I always love a good laugh.
If you look below, others didn't find it so funny as it was alerted on.
Cleita
(75,480 posts)things female even when they are just in fun. They even have a list of words they alert on even if the context is not misogynist for instance they will alert on the word bitch even if you are talking about a female dog.
RiffRandell
(5,909 posts)Thanks, btw.
RudynJack
(1,044 posts)this is the most brilliant ad for lubricant:
RiffRandell
(5,909 posts)I find the alert comments odd and confusing:
REASON FOR ALERT:
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> This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate. (See <a href="http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=aboutus#communitystandards" target="_blank">Community Standards</a>.)
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> ALERTER'S COMMENTS:
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> "As a woman" whose favorite group is the mens' group, she likes a spoof ad (not a real ad) which a lot of women find offensive. Anyone surprised? Anyone?
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> You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Fri Jun 21, 2013, 10:01 PM, and the Jury voted 1-5 to LEAVE IT.
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> Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: Your alert makes no sense.
> Juror #2 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: You can't really expect the rest of us to keep track of who posts what where.
> Juror #3 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: No explanation given
> Juror #4 voted to HIDE IT and said: No explanation given
> Juror #5 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: No explanation given
> Juror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: What a fucking lame alert.
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HappyMe
(20,277 posts)RiffRandell
(5,909 posts)Are they implying I'm lying about my gender?
As a woman, am I not allowed to post in the Men's Group?
Don't care if it's a spoof or not...I thought it was funny.
Where are the "lots of women" that find it offensive? I counted 1 that posted. If you do, feel free to post so, although my intention was not to start a war over a tampon ad/spoof on ads.
It was posted on FB by a guy friend and I laughed my ass off.
Jeepers.
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)*gasp!* Men's Group is considered a capital offense or something. I don't post in there often, but I do read the threads.
I suppose because we have female plumbing, we are expected to toe the "lots of women" line. I never got the memo. Or maybe I did, and I flung it into recycling. I prefer to keep my sense of humor. It makes life so much more pleasant.
tabasco
(22,974 posts)I'M POUTRAGED!!
mountain grammy
(26,648 posts)HappyMe
(20,277 posts)Sheldon Cooper
(3,724 posts)A woman being violently torn to pieces by a shark is so fucking funny.
RiffRandell
(5,909 posts)You must consider the first scene so misogynistic: Girl who is sexually aggressive towards drunk guy then goes swimming naked in ocean is torn to pieces by shark. Remains found include one breast.
Sheldon Cooper
(3,724 posts)The rest of your post makes no sense.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)Whisp
(24,096 posts)boston bean
(36,223 posts)Well..... You know.
RiffRandell
(5,909 posts)I stated that because some people have mistaken me for a man because of my user name and I wanted to make it clear that I am a woman and I found the ad funny.
Now it's wrong to state your gender when posting? Is that another rule on your list that I'm unaware of?
Seriously, what is the issue? Do you think I'm lying? Are women not supposed to say they are a woman?
I seriously don't know, so please enlighten me.
boston bean
(36,223 posts)Good non-answer.
boston bean
(36,223 posts)RiffRandell
(5,909 posts)Like I said, feel free to enlighten me.
SwissTony
(2,560 posts)Perhaps you could explain it to me.
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boston bean
(36,223 posts)MineralMan
(146,329 posts)Truly.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)"Let's laugh at the beautiful woman's violent death, because SHE WAS TOO STUPID TO USE TAMPAX. IT WAS HER FAULT FOR ATTRACTING THE POOR SHARK! HAHAHAHAHA!"
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)some of us humor-impaired.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movie_43
"Released on January 25, 2013, Movie 43 has been universally panned by critics, with the Chicago Sun-Times calling it "the Citizen Kane of awful",[2] and many others referring to it as one of the worst films ever made."
tammywammy
(26,582 posts)I have a friend that calls her period "shark week", so I thought of her.
Prism
(5,815 posts)The only reason I knew of this ad is because female friends and acquaintances shared it on Facebook as humor.
On DU, not so much, not so much.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)Prism
(5,815 posts)I suppose it could be, depending on your friends.
Electric Monk
(13,869 posts)HappyMe
(20,277 posts)Maybe I'll look for this on On Demand. Sometimes a crappy, funny movie is a good thing.
RiffRandell
(5,909 posts)I must be a sick, sick person. And proud of it.
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)I really hope On Demand has this movie.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)If a woman chooses to swim when she's on her period, she deserves to get eaten by a shark because femininity is icky, and sharks are male.
MotherPetrie
(3,145 posts)LittleBlue
(10,362 posts)Associating your product with death?
Peggy, get the team together, we need some new ideas.