i just saw a tv commercial where a man was trying to help his daughter with her homework over the computer and the mother walks in and asks him why he hasn't washed the dog yet, he tells her that he is helping his daughter with her homework and the women replies "jack, leave her alone" and his daughter gives her father a look of contempt. then the mother says "go wash the dog" or something like that.
i am very offended by that commercial and NO that is not funny. that's the most vulgar form of sexism i've ever seen.
could you imagine a commercial where a father tells his wife to leave her son alone and to go iron his shirt?
and don't give me that "men always did that on tv" crap either. i've never in my life seen a commerical or tv show where a man is openly nasty to his wife and deliberately makes her look like a fool in front of her children and it's supposed to be funny.
you can make all the excuses you want, but that is just downright wrong!!! why do we allow it?
2007-04-08 07:11:16 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
It can ONLY be offensive to certain people and we men don't fall into that category.
2007-04-08 07:20:26 · answer #1 · answered by Gardner? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When I first saw the commercial, I interpreted it as the dad was so into the computer that he wouldn't do anything else but the computer itself. That's why the wife was ragging on him to do his other chores and the daughter was mean mugging him. It was like she was afraid he's take over the computer when mom wasn't looking.
However, you have obviously been offended by the commercial. Write a letter to the television station's manager and share your feelings, and then write a letter to the CEO of the computer company and express how biased you feel the commercial comes across. A lot of times you can find their e-mail address on the company web site.
If you feel this way, there are probably other men who do as well. Hopefully they have written letters, and maybe you can get a group of men from this site who can help. There really is power in numbers and power effects change.
Your question has certainly helped me be more aware of how advertising can affect all folks. I hope you have a great day! Annie
2007-04-08 09:04:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because people wont turn off their Tv sets and send a message to the sponsors and writers of the tv shows and commercials.If enough people did this and wrote in to the stations and sponsors they might stop doing this.The commercial was probably made by an angry lesbian femenist.
2007-04-08 07:16:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with you that is wrong But what can we do "Not a damn thing" We have to allow it just like we have to allow on whats going on in our world now a days. Our hands are tied nothing we can do. Take what ever the goverment and who ever else wants to dish it out. hell look at the gas prices and what I hear its going up and won't back back down nothing we can do. Sorry guess I shouldn't of answered your question I get on a role sorry again.
2007-04-08 07:19:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Okay, this is aloud because it is supposed to be a joke And no, it is not sexism. Usually the parents give kids commands and chores, but this time the mom is giving the dad a chore to do. It's not that big of a deal.
2007-04-08 09:09:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
o.m.g it is just tv....ok i know there is sexism in the world like men are better than women or women should stay at home cooking and cleaning and thats wrong ,but it's tv thy were trying 2 be funny but thy weren't...just get over it...there is nothing u can do about it....!!!!!!!
2007-04-08 07:30:24 · answer #6 · answered by l♥ve143~♥~♥~♥ 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
haven't seen the said commercial but i don't think i like that either. looks offensive. should not be shown. find the site and or the product and send your comments.
2007-04-08 07:26:09 · answer #7 · answered by artichoke 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree, and that doesn't sound as bad as the one that insinuated that children were being named after the car that their parents concieved them in. It's outrageous that we consider public discussion of things like that now appropriate.
2007-04-08 09:45:48 · answer #8 · answered by The Scorpion 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with u.But we allow it because perhaps thats what a group of people want to see..thats what they want to 'buy'...we cant help it till these groups change their perspectives..commercials show what people want to see,most of the times.
2007-04-08 07:17:42 · answer #9 · answered by Beautiful 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
haven't seen that one, but it was on the news the other day that they were going to start making fun of men
2007-04-08 07:16:04 · answer #10 · answered by emma 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋