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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-06-07 10:42 PM Original message |
DU women: are you offended by these ads?? |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-06-07 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. No. Someone has too much time on their hands. I do, too, but spend |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 02:18 AM Response to Reply #1 |
27. As the mother of two daughters.........this is part of the problem |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-06-07 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. That first one reminds me of Spinal Tap's Smell The Glove |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-06-07 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
3. As a woman, I don't find them offensive. As a human being, I find |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-06-07 11:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. As a woman, I find them offensive. They are objectifying women to sell products. When in doubt, |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 02:21 AM Response to Reply #14 |
29. Worst I've seen in a while |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-06-07 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
4. Objectifying women is great. The infant mortality rate goes up |
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ironflange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-06-07 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
5. Sure shows you Wilson Bryan Key was right |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-06-07 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
6. There's a lot that's nauseating in those ads |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-06-07 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
7. I think most of the ads are tasteless and lowbrow. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-06-07 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
8. I don't describe my reaction as being offended |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-06-07 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
9. As a man I'm offended by most television commercials |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-06-07 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
10. Yes. Definitely. |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-06-07 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
11. Well, sure. But I find 98% of all advertising offensive. And these are bad, |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-06-07 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
12. Yes, I find most of them offensive, especially the D&G one. |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-06-07 11:09 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. You know, I find that more offensive usually. |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-06-07 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
15. More like disgusted. Except for the last one. I don't find that to |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-06-07 11:17 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I'm guessing some of these are from men's mags. |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-06-07 11:19 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. I'm glad someone else mentioned that. |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 09:52 AM Response to Reply #19 |
36. Nor Do I |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 12:44 PM Response to Reply #36 |
55. The silouhette is supposed to be a beer bottle, for those not seeing it |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-09-07 08:59 AM Response to Reply #55 |
79. I agree with you there--most ads offend my intelligence in general |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-09-07 09:26 AM Response to Reply #19 |
83. St. Pauli Girl - Know its origin? |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-06-07 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
17. To varying degrees they all sparked a negative reaction in me |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-09-07 09:02 AM Response to Reply #17 |
81. Yeah I would go along with "negative reaction" -- same here |
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Bjornsdotter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-06-07 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
18. The only one that really |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 10:03 AM Response to Reply #18 |
39. They're ALL disgusting, especially the D & G one. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 11:02 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. I agree. I find that photo disgusting and offensive. nt |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 02:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
64. I agree. The first thought I had when I saw it was |
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Sabriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-06-07 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
20. Not offended so much as amazed |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 12:45 PM Response to Reply #20 |
56. "Someone get these dinosaurs an asteroid...." ! |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-06-07 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
21. sexploitation of women is nothing new... |
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cynthia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-06-07 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
22. offended, disgusted and saddened |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
23. I don't find them offensive. I think that several of them are low-brow and/or tacky, though |
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Ino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
24. St. Pauli explanation |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 01:58 AM Response to Original message |
25. You might consider why you think these concerns have to be justified, rather than recognized |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 02:03 AM Response to Original message |
26. I can understand the objection to some, but it seems that ANY ad with any sex at all would be |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 02:19 AM Response to Original message |
28. Degrading, denigrating,.. and so passe |
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lukasahero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
30. Consider this: Dove pro-age TV campaign BANNED in US |
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Cameron27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 09:31 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Thank you, |
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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 09:56 AM Response to Reply #30 |
37. I hadn't seen that Dove ad |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 10:00 AM Response to Reply #30 |
38. Those are great ads--I'm gonna go buy that stuff! |
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Cameron27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 01:07 PM Response to Reply #38 |
60. They're offering a free sample... |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 10:07 AM Response to Reply #30 |
41. THAT was banned? |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 11:03 AM Response to Reply #30 |
44. I've seen the print ads for that campaign in a magazine. I think they're great! |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 12:29 PM Response to Reply #30 |
51. I saw these ads in the trailers before the movie at the theater the other day. |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 12:37 PM Response to Reply #30 |
52. Huh? I've seen those ads here |
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lukasahero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 12:41 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Not on TV you haven't |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 12:47 PM Response to Reply #30 |
57. Right on |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 12:57 PM Response to Reply #30 |
58. I saw that ad in the US |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-09-07 08:50 AM Response to Reply #30 |
77. I saw it for the first time in the movie theater previews/ads |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-09-07 09:20 AM Response to Reply #30 |
82. Very Honestly....I don't like that ad either |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
31. Offended? No |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 11:56 AM Response to Reply #31 |
48. Exactly what you said... |
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NobleCynic (991 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 06:30 PM Response to Reply #48 |
68. Unfortunately, you'll continue to see it |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
33. I respond to them differently |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
34. the first two are offensive, the rest, just stupid. |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
35. You are NOT supposed to be offended. |
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VelmaD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
40. offended doesn't even begin to cover it |
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Dora (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
42. I see a gang of men dominating a woman whose hands are forcibly restrained. |
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Mad_Dem_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 11:52 AM Response to Reply #42 |
47. That's the worst one, IMO |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
45. kinda lost me on a lot of those |
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Mad_Dem_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
46. Yes to all of them |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
49. When I worked at a post-production house... |
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Killarney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
50. The only one that bothers me is the first one. |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
53. yes! and the misogynist bastards who made and approved the |
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yellerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
59. I don't like them so I'd boycott the products. |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
61. I wasn't impressed by them |
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SheWhoMustBeObeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
62. No. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
63. Yes, But Not for the Reasons Most Are |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
65. Yes, I am offended and won't buy those products |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
66. The D&G, the Mitchum and the Maker's Mark ads bothered me the most. |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
67. YES and yes |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
69. As the father of a 15-year-old girl, I find them offensive... |
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AnnInLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
70. Most of them, yes |
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bling bling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-08-07 04:51 AM Response to Original message |
71. Totally. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-08-07 05:41 AM Response to Original message |
72. 15 examples, my score is 5 definitely offensive, 4 probably offensive, |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-08-07 05:49 AM Response to Original message |
73. Basically, any marketing aimed at women is ipso facto offensive to women? |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-08-07 10:34 AM Response to Reply #73 |
74. These photos show subjugation of women and "stylized" male violence against women |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-09-07 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
75. One of them does REALLY offend me |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-09-07 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
76. We're so used to these images that the true implications may go over our heads |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-09-07 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
78. Yes, but most especially the first one |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-09-07 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
80. To men who do not find the D&G ad offensive: |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-09-07 10:29 AM Response to Reply #80 |
84. "What does identifying with the males in this picture do for you?" |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-09-07 11:12 AM Response to Reply #80 |
85. Good question-- and points to part of the perception problem |
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