Gender biased Adverts

cfuserkildare

Why is it acceptable to publicly discuss feminine hygene issue, but not Any form of masculine hygene or health issues?

Is this yet another case of Feminism Out of Control?

stimpson

Sorry about your hygiene issues OP.

The_Valeyard

Its okay, they'll all soon be on The Island.

Sesame

And why are any ads for constipation or gastric issues with women. Don't men ever get those problems?

Noveight

I've never seen any evidence that it is publicly unacceptable to discuss health issues that are specific to men.

Ninthlife

Welcome to the Fempire

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

cfuserkildare wrote: »

Why is it acceptable to publicly discuss feminine hygene issue, but not Any form of masculine hygene or health issues?

Is this yet another case of Feminism Out of Control?

Because women will buy products for the issue while men won't. It's called marketing and trade.

Irish Guitarist

Archeron

Ninthlife wrote: »

Welcome to the Fempire

God, I read that in Femputers Voice!

wakka12

What hygiene issues are unique to men that aren't being discussed publicly? I see plenty of ads for mens shaving and anti pespirant at least
I think theres lots of gender bias in advertising but I think this is a poor example of it

KungPao

I want ads for dick cheese issues.

"As a real man, on the go, you don't have time for smegma. Try Smegmaton and say hello to a life without problems under the hood".

Ad featuring cool dude living life to the max.

ceadaoin.

What are some male hygiene issues or medical issues that its not acceptable to discuss?

I've seen plenty of ads for male shaving and hygiene products, ads for medication to help erectile dysfunction, male baldness, low testosterone, even ones for a product to help itchy sweaty balls.

The what about the men posts which are usually a thinly veiled excuse to bitch about women or evil "feminists" are getting tiresome at this point

Ninthlife

KungPao wrote: »

I want ads for dick cheese issues.

"As a real man, on the go, you don't have time for smegma. Try Smegmaton and say hello to a life without problems under the hood".

Ad featuring cool dude living life to the max.

Smegmatron. A transformer like mascot used in advertising campaigns..

super_furry

What does feminism under control look like?

Fr_Dougal

super_furry wrote: »

What does feminism under control look like?

joke!

glynf

Yea, those sandwich fillings are a joke.

wexandproud

cfuserkildare wrote: »

Why is it acceptable to publicly discuss feminine hygene issue, but not Any form of masculine hygene or health issues?

Is this yet another case of Feminism Out of Control?

no , its just a case of someone being offended his man flu is never discussed

nice_guy80

some of the insurance ones are shocking

makes all men out to be some sort of idiots
imagine if an advert did that to women?

jeonahr

KungPao wrote: »

I want ads for dick cheese issues.

"As a real man, on the go, you don't have time for smegma. Try Smegmaton and say hello to a life without problems under the hood".

Ad featuring cool dude living life to the max.

Pretty sure women get smega too but I've never seen ads for it.

Dravokivich

Is it only guys that suffer from going nose blind?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Dravokivich wrote: »

Is it only guys that suffer from going nose blind?

No, they have, at least, two versions with women and smells from their dog & cat.

fleet_admiral

Anyone else ever notice that men are made out to be stupid and hapless in ads and women always have to save the day

Dravokivich

fleet_admiral wrote: »

Anyone else ever notice that men are made out to be stupid and hapless in ads and women always have to save the day

Mr muscle the obvious exception

whatdoicare

Have you ever seen the Jif adverts where it's made out that all women dream of is turning into a princess fairy so we can clean the ****ing house, why aren't there any ads with men cleaning the oven or mopping the floor!?

Fr_Dougal

whatdoicare wrote: »

Have you ever seen the Jif adverts where it's made out that all women dream of is turning into a princess fairy so we can clean the ****ing house, why aren't there any ads with men cleaning the oven or mopping the floor!?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsJbklFp1ho

PistolsAtDawn

ceadaoin. wrote: »

What are some male hygiene issues or medical issues that its not acceptable to discuss?

I've seen plenty of ads for male shaving and hygiene products, ads for medication to help erectile dysfunction, male baldness, low testosterone, even ones for a product to help itchy sweaty balls.

The what about the men posts which are usually a thinly veiled excuse to bitch about women or evil "feminists" are getting tiresome at this point

I'm not tired of them, your opinion differs to mine, i'm incredibly offended.

MarkR

Ballsstucktothelegitus. Happens to 11 out of ten men.

PistolsAtDawn

Anyone who has an opinion different to mine offends me.

If you offend me you must immediately resign from your job.

I'm an asshole.

Littlehorny

There is an ad for a womens clothing website called Joom doing the rounds at the moment. Basically it shows a fat, hairy gob****e walking into the bedroom and his slim good looking wife is admiring herself in the mirror in a sexy dress.
He asks some dumb question and asks her who is the other guy she is seeing and she shoves her phone in his face showing him the Joom website at which point he falls on his arse over some boxes.
Not that I give a rats, but if the roles were reversed in this ad, people would say it encourages spousal abuse.

fleet_admiral

KungPao wrote: »

I want ads for dick cheese issues.

"As a real man, on the go, you don't have time for smegma. Try Smegmaton and say hello to a life without problems under the hood".

Ad featuring cool dude living life to the max.

Women have canestan, for when there is a little extra cheese on the taco

_Dara_

Sesame wrote: »

And why are any ads for constipation or gastric issues with women. Don't men ever get those problems?

You... want ads about unisex treatments for constipation to feature men more? That’s a niche desire!

_Dara_

nice_guy80 wrote: »

some of the insurance ones are shocking

makes all men out to be some sort of idiots
imagine if an advert did that to women?

fleet_admiral wrote: »

Anyone else ever notice that men are made out to be stupid and hapless in ads and women always have to save the day

Men much more regularly get treated as idiots in ads.
Women much more regularly get treated like sex objects in ads.*

Both genders have problems with their portrayal in advertising.

*Wonder if someone will bring up the nearly 30 year old diet coke ad in order to refute this point.

Fr_Dougal

This thread was more fun when it was lighthearted.

_Dara_

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

This thread was more fun when it was lighthearted.

It’s only 33 posts long! Barely even got started! Shtop reminiscing about the olden days. :P

Fr_Dougal

_Dara_ wrote: »

It’s only 33 posts long! Barely even got started! Shtop reminiscing about the olden days. :P

Don’t oppress me, woman!

professore

ceadaoin. wrote: »

, low testosterone, even ones for a product to help itchy sweaty balls.

What channels are you watching? Anti sweaty balls ad on prime time TV? I think not.

I've seen an ad for a product for women who think their **** does stink but don't want anyone to know called VIPoo. Thought it was a joke but they sell it in Dunnes!!!

professore

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsJbklFp1ho

I'll see your Mr Muscle and raise you Barry Scott of Cillet Bang fame. Or Mr One **** is Plenty which manages to be a racial stereotype into the bargain.

PandaPoo

professore wrote: »

What channels are you watching? Anti sweaty balls ad on prime time TV? I think not.

I've seen an ad for a product for women who think their **** does stink but don't want anyone to know called VIPoo. Thought it was a joke but they sell it in Dunnes!!!

I've heard it really works! I might pick some up I love pooing in public toilets but the thoughts of pooing in other people's houses is horrifying to me. Imagine visiting someone and leaving a whopper stinker in the jax!

professore

_Dara_ wrote: »

Men much more regularly get treated as idiots in ads.
Women much more regularly get treated like sex objects in ads.*

Both genders have problems with their portrayal in advertising.

*Wonder if someone will bring up the nearly 30 year old diet coke ad in order to refute this point.

What ads treat women like sex objects? Examples please. Can't think of one. Women in ads are strangely asexual or more like men these days. A crying shame. A few of the Hunky Dory ads being the only exception I can think of and they caused mass hysteria.

professore

PandaPoo wrote: »

Imagine visiting someone and leaving a whopper stinker in the jax!

I'm quite comfortable with it. Then again my poo isn't particularly stinky.

Cutie 3.14

As somebody said earlier in the thread...it's all about marketing!

It's often joked about on here about Guinness farts that could clear a room and curry shytes that require a pre-emptive toilet roll in the fridge
...and that's all id be thinking about if I saw a man on a constipation relief ad!

Sorry but I'd just be thinking eeeewwww and then just associate that brand with smelly Guinness farts!

AllForIt

Men don't have hygiene issues like women do. Just add that to the list of advantages to being a man.

ceadaoin.

professore wrote: »

What channels are you watching? Anti sweaty balls ad on prime time TV? I think not.

Gold Bond medicated powder. We all know what it's for

"Gold Bond is used to curb moisture, control odor, and soothe minor skin irritations, notably jock itch. "

Maybe it's an American thing? It's an example of a widely advertised hygiene product primarily aimed at men though. They even have Shaq doing the ads

_Dara_

professore wrote: »

What ads treat women like sex objects? Examples please. Can't think of one.

Is this a serious question? :eek: But okay, I’ll take your comment at face value and say this: I’m very observant of ads for breast cancer awareness because I have the terminal form of the disease. And even some of those ads are sexualised. Seriously. I’m not even joking. It’s actually common. This is a disease where part of the treatment is mutilation of the breast and still you will see charities trying to get their message across using the adage that sex sells. The hope is, I guess that both women and men will take notice and men will tell their partners about it. But it’s just really crass. But it shows how prevalent it is and how engrained in advertising the objectification of women’s bodies is. You probably can’t think of any because there are so goddamn many.

This is why I'm a little incredulous at your question. But if you really want examples, I can give you some tomorrow when I have my laptop. Too awkward on the phone.

OK, so the only question I have here is this: why is 'adverts' capitalised when it has nothing to do with Adverts.ie?

evolving_doors

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

This thread was more fun when it was lighthearted.

Have you tried blasting it with pi55?

Jim Bob Scratcher

AllForIt wrote: »

Men don't have hygiene issues like women do. Just add that to the list of advantages to being a man.

The advantage of having only one hole :pac:

professore

_Dara_ wrote: »

Is this a serious question? :eek: But okay, I’ll take your comment at face value and say this: I’m very observant of ads for breast cancer awareness because I have the terminal form of the disease. And even some of those ads are sexualised. Seriously. I’m not even joking. It’s actually common. This is a disease where part of the treatment is mutilation of the breast and still you will see charities trying to get their message across using the adage that sex sells. The hope is, I guess that both women and men will take notice and men will tell their partners about it. But it’s just really crass. But it shows how prevalent it is and how engrained in advertising the objectification of women’s bodies is. You probably can’t think of any because there are so goddamn many.

This is why I'm a little incredulous at your question. But if you really want examples, I can give you some tomorrow when I have my laptop. Too awkward on the phone.

I'm very sorry to hear about your illness.

I really haven't seen any sexualised ads lately ... unless I am immune to them or something. Most ads I see are either for cars, shaving stuff etc for men (maybe 20% of ads) and the rest are targeted at women.

The Lynx ads, maybe? they are more funny and ridiculous than sexualised. Unless you mean by sexualised, homoerotic ads? There are a lot of those alright, especially for perfumes and aftershaves. Definitely nothing for a straight guy to get worked up about.

Since Gerorgia Salpa's FAS ad several years ago I can't remember the last time I looked at a TV ad and felt in any way that it was sexual or objectifying in any way to women. If it was, it certainly didn't work for me.

So I would like to see some examples of what you mean, I'm genuinely interested.

Widdershins

Heartburn remedy ads feature male actors. Shaving products, obviously.

Man i hate women

inforfun

There is no need to watch any tv-ads nowadays.
If you suffer from tv-ads, it is of your own making