And ewwww!!!
- Objectification of women, comparing them to cars. Women are not commercial products, okay?
- A very young looking model. She looks about 18, but could easily be younger. That's not sexist in and of itself, but considering the context it's pretty creepy.
- Suggesting that sleeping with virgins is preferable to sleeping with an experienced woman. Unless they're super hot and young, then experienced women/girls are ok.
Super, super sexist!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7lTMZ2gcKk&feature=relmfu
Just... FFS. Can we kindly, as a society, agree to stop treating women's bodies like they're something that expires with a change in wind? Two women - one's a virgin, one has had consensual relations with dozens of adults. Who's better? Guess what - you don't have enough information to make a judgment on their character from that small tidbit. Maybe the virgin is a serial killer. Maybe the other woman won the Nobel Peace Prize. Maybe they're the same person, a few years separated. A doctor who donates their time and skills helping nuns and orphans is still a great example of a human being, regardless of how much consensual sex they have. If the same person who helped orphans also ran over nuns with her pickup truck for sport, then that's an entirely different matter. Consentual acts with other adults = not the makings of a bad person. Wanton homicidal acts, regardless of profession or good they've done for the community = this person is very, very, very bad. Any questions?
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ReplyDeleteHaha, women be crazy on their periods amirite? Also, very gaslighting.
It's really sad that many people have no problem with comparing women to cars, or other consumer products. That superbowl commercial where a woman flirting with a man, turned out to be a Fiat vehicle, is another example. When we think it's normal and fine to compare being attracted to another human, to wanting to buy or own a passive object, we have real problems. Should advertisers be allowed to continue to give us more examples of this, and reinforce these horribly demeaning ideas? Well, sex sells..
ReplyDeleteHere's the link to the Fiat superbowl commercial Fernweher mentioned.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpi2IAec9Ho
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