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That Itsforwomen.ie ad

Onthe3rdDay · 2014-07-21 18:11:08

It's possible that the Itsforwomen.ie ad is it the most patronising ad on Irish TV at the moment. If anything it's anti woman. Plus the bit were Katie Taylor holds up the medal, just in case we didn't know who she is. Two women I work with would string up whoever came up with the idea, script and the participants. I didn't…

21-07-2014 6:11pm

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It's possible that the Itsforwomen.ie ad is it the most patronising ad on Irish TV at the moment. If anything it's anti woman. Plus the bit were Katie Taylor holds up the medal, just in case we didn't know who she is.

Two women I work with would string up whoever came up with the idea, script and the participants. I didn't know what they were on about until I saw the ad. Maybe it's supposed to be a parody?

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#2 21-07-2014 6:13pm

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Didnt you do a search?

It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.
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#3 21-07-2014 6:13pm

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Onthe3rdDay wrote: »

It's possible that the Itsforwomen.ie ad is it the most patronising ad on Irish TV at the moment. If anything it's anti woman. Plus the bit were Katie Taylor holds up the medal, just in case we didn't know who she is.

Two women I work with would string up whoever came up with the idea, script and the participants. I didn't know what they were on about until I saw the ad. Maybe it's supposed to be a parody?

I'm afraid you missed the party dude

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057248624

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#4 21-07-2014 6:14pm

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#5 21-07-2014 6:15pm

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thelad95 wrote: »

I'm afraid you missed the party dude

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057248624

many thanks...maybe it's better not to know.

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#6 21-07-2014 6:16pm

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#7 21-07-2014 6:27pm

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We eat your popcorn too.

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#8 21-07-2014 6:36pm

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Onthe3rdDay wrote: »

Two women I work with would string up whoever came up with the idea, script and the participants.

What would they do to him after they've strung him up ??

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#9 21-07-2014 6:37pm

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