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Archae

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Mon Apr-04-05 11:26 AM
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Is this ad sexist? I think it is.

I keep colliding with this ad on different news sites:

I'm not going to click on it, and I think it's rather sexist.

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Mon Apr-04-05 11:27 AM
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1. Rather. n/t

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LiberalVoice

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Mon Apr-04-05 11:28 AM
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2. sex sells...

:shrug:

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demnan

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Mon Apr-04-05 11:31 AM
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3. I don't know

selling cheap easy sex yes, sexist, I don't think so.

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4_Legs_Good

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Mon Apr-04-05 11:31 AM
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4. It looks to me like a sexy ad

advertising chat with sexy women.

I don't know how that's particularly sexist given what it is and what it's advertising.

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marions ghost

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Mon Apr-04-05 11:33 AM
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5. "rather" sexist?

are you really not sure?

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Archae

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Mon Apr-04-05 11:36 AM
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6. Other ones I keep seeing...

On TV, the ones for body spray for men like "Axe."

"Spray our stuff on and women will hump you like rabbits!"
Sheesh.

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ZenLefty

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Mon Apr-04-05 11:47 AM
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11. That ad is a blatant lie!

:grr:

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EstimatedProphet

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Mon Apr-04-05 11:48 AM
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12. The Axe commercials are true though

My SO loves that stuff.

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fudge stripe cookays

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Mon Apr-04-05 01:31 PM
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15. What about the one...

with the chick in the low rise pants dancing? I think it's for anti-perspirant...talking about her sweating?

First time I saw that I was like, "Holy crap, what a skeeze!"
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Igel

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Mon Apr-04-05 11:41 AM
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7. How would you target the intended audience, horny men?

A picture of Karl Marx? Maybe a gif of a nice pitcher plant? A picture of Guckert? (oops ... amend my subject to say "straight men")

It's hard to sell sex (or the possibility of sex) without displaying at least one person's wares. Sort of like advertising a diet plan with a short, 300 lb actor as the "after" picture.

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hfojvt

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Mon Apr-04-05 02:00 PM
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22. gentlemen prefer legs

Edited on Mon Apr-04-05 02:00 PM by hfojvt

"boobs are for babies" from "Alas, Babylon"

Also, I am an assman. That is, I am an ass, and I am a man. Or is that redundant?

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Crankie Avalon

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Mon Apr-04-05 11:41 AM
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8. I don't know, yet. Let me look some more.

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LynneSin

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Mon Apr-04-05 11:42 AM
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9. It's a chat line, if they should you who is really on these things...

...you'd go screaming into the night. They have to give folks the hopes that someone they could be shatting with has an ample size bust.

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redqueen

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Mon Apr-04-05 11:45 AM
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10. I don't think it is.

I think it's targeted at men, so they're going to show a sexy woman, naturally. If it were aimed at women, I'd expect they'd show a sexy man. If they had ads aimed at women that weren't the same, then I could see it as a tad sexist, but considering what they're selling, it's hard to fault them for this ad.

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hfojvt

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Mon Apr-04-05 02:03 PM
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23. their stereotype of "sexy"

is one of the core principles of sexism, as is showing a woman as a faceless "pair of hooters".

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jpgray

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Mon Apr-04-05 01:22 PM
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13. I'm suddenly interested in buying a "true"

Edited on Mon Apr-04-05 01:26 PM by jpgray

:shrug:

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Bridget Burke

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Mon Apr-04-05 01:25 PM
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14. Not really.....

"Sexism" is a hidden message in some ads, movies, etc. This is not hidden. Of course, "truth in advertising" might be doubtful.....

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LoZoccolo

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Mon Apr-04-05 01:34 PM
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16. No.

It's sexist to browbeat heterosexual men about their natural sexuality, though.

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Taverner

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Mon Apr-04-05 01:53 PM
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17. Not sexist...perhaps slightly in bad taste

But obviously aimed at the "I cant get a date and want to meet someone based on how they look alone and wonder why women won't talk to me" demographic.

Stick to democraticsingles.net

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Magrittes Pipe

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Mon Apr-04-05 01:54 PM
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18. What's wrong with being sexy?

:shrug:

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redqueen

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Mon Apr-04-05 01:58 PM
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19. "SexIST" not "sexy".

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Magrittes Pipe

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Mon Apr-04-05 02:00 PM
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21. Smell the glove, redqueen.

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matcom

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Mon Apr-04-05 01:59 PM
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20. lol. not hardly

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SuperWonk

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Mon Apr-04-05 02:06 PM
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24. re:

Looks simply like a bad idea all around to me.
I'm sure women like that are just waiting by the phones.

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