Do all detergent tv commercials require women? Men don't

[lindysalsagal]

Do laundry?

[bottomofthehill]

1. I am the laundry person in my house.

I will wash, dry and fold, but everyone is responsible for collecting their folded laundry and bringing it to their rooms.

[lagomorph777]

43. Me too - I also deliver the folded laundry and I buy the detergent.

So I feel under-represented in the ads.

Although, to be honest, I do see men in laundry product ads these days.

[Clash City Rocker]

2. It's probably based more on who buys the detergent

[Zeitghost]

5. This

You are spot on.

[Goonch]

3. ;-{)🖖

[lindysalsagal]

6. Female porn.

Only thing better? Men vacuuming.

[leftieNanner]

7. OH YEAH!

That would constitute foreplay in my house.

[SmittyWerben]

8. Hmmmmmm

Maybe this is why my wife was always so randy after I cleaned the house. I just thought she like the smell of lemon Pledge.

[Clash City Rocker]

11. Ever heard the term "choreplay?"

It’s a thing. I didn’t make it up. Let’s just say, it isn’t just your house.

[lindysalsagal]

12. No, I hadn't!

But I like it!

[leftieNanner]

13. Oh my!

You have no idea what a huge issue this is in my house.

[sarisataka]

9. You would love our house

My son and I do the laundry, vacuuming and dishes.

[lindysalsagal]

14. I'll be right over.

😆

[Lucky Luciano]

17. Is it because men are ok without vacuuming for four weeks and...

…women can only tolerate four days without vacuuming the living space?

My wife vacuums every day. It’s crazy! She says the dog hair is too much to take after 8 hours or so (a pit bull who doesn’t even shed that much!). I suggested we hire someone to clean once a week. She says it would have to be every day or it will be beneath her standards, but that is too expensive. On the other hand, I’m extremely low maintenance in that way, so I wish she would clean less to reduce her stress. I can’t help much because I get home at 7, eat, hang out with my son and read to keep up with current trends at work (definitely important to keep one’s job).

[PoliticAverse]

4. "Men don't Do laundry?" - apparently we think laundry pods are for eating. n/t

[louis-t]

10. I haven't seen a detergent commercial in many years.

Every commercial now is for insurance or drugs, or attorneys suing the drug companies.

[Renew Deal]

15. Do you know where the term "Soap Operas" comes from?

[lindysalsagal]

16. Hadn't thought of that.

[GulfCoast66]

18. Detergent companies don't care who does the laundry. But who buys it.

I do as much or more laundry than the wife. And most of the shopping as I’m the one cooking.

But she picks the brands I buy. Because I could give a shit and would just buy the cheapest. Which with laundry detergent happens to be the brand she wants. Fragrance free store brand which is 3 bucks a bottle. But I’m told what dish soap and dishwasher detergent to buy. I learned not to buy the cheapest! So in our home at least, aiming ads for these products to females is on target. Not that we ever watch tv with laundry ads.

She also has ‘trained’ me what colors are never washed together and to almost always wash on cold. We are professionals so it’s not like our clothes are real dirty.

[Demobrat]

19. I remember one

It had a dad and a little girl who only wanted to wear her princess dress (or something like that).

Something about it was very contrived. Like they were trying sooooo hard to get attention by being different.

I suppose I should have appreciated the effort but I just felt manipulated.

Don’t remember the brand.

[smirkymonkey]

38. It was a Tide commercial.

[Auggie]

20. I've seen Tide commercials featuring men ...

doing laundry.

[shrike3]

21. My husband does the laundry and all the cooking.

What can I say? He's better at it than me.

[alphafemale]

22. I've started using those laundry sheets

Only seen them online so far. So no commercials. Trying to get away from plastic where I can.
And there is that one Downy commercial with a man where the guy smells the bottle and remembers from the seventies to present day as his clothing and surroundings change with the times.

[dem4decades]

23. Men do laundry but don't care what detergent they use, nor what cycle or anything else.

They just throw the clothes in, add some detergent, spin the dial and then push go. And sometime later come back and throw it in the dryer.

I can see why an advertiser would target women. They actually care about how the laundry comes out.

[LeftInTX]

32. Yep, hubby does his own laundry

Uses hot water and sets the dryer to hottest setting.

I wash everything on cold and delicate and use the least amt of heat in the dryer.

[lagomorph777]

44. Women's clothing is generally fragile and poorly made.

I think it's sold in high volume and is thought of as disposable.

Me, if I don't get 20 years out of an item of clothing, I feel robbed.

[jmowreader]

36. I must be weird

I am EXTREMELY specific on the detergent I use. Persil or nothing, and I don’t do nothing.

When I gave my old washer to my brother, a jug of magic blue elixir came with it…and I had to be extremely specific on how much to add because I just knew he’d dump about three cups into the machine and wind up dissolving the agitator or something.

[Sapient Donkey]

46. Persil smells really good to me

The first time I bought it was because it was cheaper, but I kept getting it because I liked the fragrance.

[jmowreader]

54. It's also very strong, which is important here

You’re supposed to measure out detergent with the cap. Well…my washer has a compartment for it and I normally pour it straight out of the bottle. One day I decided to see what that equated to in capfuls and found the machine takes half a cap of soap.

You remember the big speech the six-foot anus gave at Whirlpool, right? The one where he said your clothes don’t get clean with the amount of water the new regulations give you? I bought a European washer that very day. This uses half the water and half the detergent of an American one and gets the clothes way cleaner than an American one can.

[Sapient Donkey]

55. Hah! No, I didn't see that speech from him.

I wish you didn't tell me about it. I feel the rage and disgust again that was so common during those years. The stupid stuff that guy says. Ugh.

I think the strong scent is what does it for me. It smells like something that reminds me of my late teens that brings some sense of nostalgia. I'm not sure what I remember smelling, but it's very similar. Ahh, back when things were so simple. I can only imagine what 17 year old me would think if it knew in the year 2021 I would be on an internet message board talking about laundry detergent, and be really excited while doing it.

[MineralMan]

42. Not all men are like that.

Clothes are expensive. I launder them as recommended on their labels. My weekly laundry routine involves sorting the laundry into three piles, each with its own washing and drying requirements. We no longer buy anything that requires hand washing.

Some men care.

[Sympthsical]

53. Pretty much

Throw in Kirkland pods, push button. Throw in dryer with dryer sheets, push button.

The washer/dryer are digital with a thousand settings. Hell if either of us know.

Push button.

[Martin68]

24. Yes. women are smarter than men. Period.

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My wife and I each do our own laundry because it is easier that way. She choses the detergent because she wants to. I'm fine with that.

[GulfCoast66]

26. Some of we husbands realize our wives are smarter.

Or pay attention to details better.

So buy the brands they tell us to buy. And wash the laundry they way they say.

Before we got together(34 years ago) I just threw it all in, poured in the powder and turned it on! Who knew those temperatures mattered?

I also learned from her the dryer destroys clothes and learned to air dry valuable and nice clothes.

Luckily she actually enjoys ironing. I’d draw the line there! Or rather wear wrinkled shirts.

[demigoddess]

25. not in my house.

[Hekate]

27. I've seen many laundry ads with couples & with daddies. One daddy makes sure his little girl's ...

… favorite princess outfit gets washed once a week, and while it’s sudsing she wears her cowgirl outfit.

[Hamlette]

28. 11 year old Meagan Markel wrote to company to complain about Ivory dish detergent commercial

which said "women fight with greasy dishes" (or something like that) and she wanted them to change it to "people fight with greasy dishes."

I do my laundry. DH and son, when he lived here, do their own. I think I just outlasted them.

[Chipper Chat]

29. Does anyone remember Ivory Flakes?

My grandma's favorite along with Oxydol

[RobinA]

50. My Mother

used Oxydol. I forgot all about it. Now my mother is 91 and does laundry the guy way, which come to think of it she always did. Dump clothes in washer, dump a whole bunch of soap in, hit start. I've done my own laundry since I was about 10 because I had SOME rules.

[roody]

30. True Earth uses men.

It's good stuff.

[shanti]

31. You may have missed "this is a cold call" Tide commercial.

It has Ice T and Stone Cold. It is played ad nauseum.

[LeftInTX]

34. LOL

[usedtobedemgurl]

33. My husband always does the laundry...

Cannot remember the last time I did it.

[jmowreader]

35. Tide has done a few

Besides the Princess Dress one, they had Rob Gronkowski as their spokesman for a while.

And then there’s Persil, whose spokesman is a guy dressed like James Bond.

[BradAllison]

56. I thought Gronkowski just had to tell people not to eat pods.

They work well to be honest.

[NurseJackie]

37. I've noticed many men in laundry commercials.

Now that I think about it, I believe it's one area that has great representation. Men, women, POC, gay, lesbian, interracial, blended families, old and young.

[smirkymonkey]

39. Most of them are Procter & Gamble commercials. Specifically Tide, but also some

other brands.

[radicalleft]

40. If we're complaing about men in commercials

Can we please get rid of the "helpless man/dad dumb as a box of rocks can't wipe my own ass" crap with the ever-understanding wife swooping down to rescue the kids?

[DavidDvorkin]

45. Hear, hear.

[Demovictory9]

49. cat food advertsing, only features women on the bag/box with cats

whats up with that??

[MineralMan]

41. I do the laundry at my house. The utility room is on the lower

level of our place, and so is my office. I also do the supermarket shopping.

What I don't do is pay any attention to TV commercials for laundry detergents.

[EmmaLee E]

47. Doesn't anyone remember Ring around the Collar?

Picture - man talking with someone who notices his shirt collar is not bright white.
He has "ring around the collar"

Picture everyone turning their gaze on the man's wife. She is at fault.
"Those Dirty Rings!" She hangs her head in shame.

Bravo - she finds the advertised laundry detergent! Problem solved!!

Nobody suggested the man should wash his neck.

[RobinA]

51. Or That Either

one of them do laundry more often in any detergent.

[Demovictory9]

48. there are some with men. guy with daughter... I 've seen a black father and a white father

[BradAllison]

57. Gain, I think. n/m

[hunter]

52. My parents quit doing laundry for me and my siblings as soon as we could reach the machine.

To hurry the process along they bought a step stool.

My dad was in charge of the detergent. He'd bring home 5 gallon tubs of it. It was probably the same stuff the Army used. We'd measure out half the amount that was recommended on the label, never any more than that. We also had to be very careful not to use hot or warm water around the time anyone might take a shower.

I experienced many cold showers in my youth. That's one of the reasons I love the on-demand water heater in our house. The hot water never runs out.