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hunkey dorey 's ad

arac · 2005-11-08 14:57:27

I dont know if this is the relevant forum for this but here goes.. Has anyone seen this billboard ad recently? The one where you can text to throw which of the scantily clad women you would throw out of bed for eating hunky dorey's? Without wanting to sound like a 1950 's house wife I personally find it majorly offensive…

08-11-2005 2:57pm

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arac

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I dont know if this is the relevant forum for this but here goes..
Has anyone seen this billboard ad recently? The one where you can text to throw which of the scantily clad women you would throw out of bed for eating hunky dorey's?
Without wanting to sound like a 1950 's house wife I personally find it majorly offensive to women, especially seeing as these billboards are positioned in places where kids can see them, particularly little girls who might think that this is an acceptable portrayel of women..
Normally Im not a ranting feminist but this add really infuriates me grr
:mad:

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#2 08-11-2005 3:22pm

delboy159

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If you want to go the "not fit for kids" arguement, fair enough, just make sure kids never see any TV or look at any pop star - EVER!

From the offensive to women perspective, the add has a version with 3 scantily clad men also. Does this change the offenciveness in your mind? Technically both sexes are treated equally by the campaign...

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#3 08-11-2005 8:11pm

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There is already a thread on this forum discussing the campaign http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=317574

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#4 08-11-2005 8:14pm

Karoma

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delboy159 wrote:

If you want to go the "not fit for kids" arguement, fair enough, just make sure kids never see any TV or look at any pop star - EVER!

From the offensive to women perspective, the add has a version with 3 scantily clad men also. Does this change the offenciveness in your mind? Technically both sexes are treated equally by the campaign...

y'saved me the effort..thank you.

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