Posted on 11/10/2004 9:41:03 AM PST by MisterRepublican
Angry parents and grandparents are letting Verizon Communications know they don't like a new Verizon DSL commercial that makes fun of fathers.
Glenn Sacks, a nationally syndicated radio talk show host, urged his listeners to call Verizon, after learning about a TV ad that shows a father trying, but failing, to help his young daughter with her homework.
The daughter, annoyed by her father, looks to her mother for intervention. The mother tells the father to go wash the dog, orders him to leave the daughter alone, and then yells at him when he is slow to comply, Sacks said.
Sacks told listeners that he "doesn't think Verizon means any harm." But he said it appears that the company - like some others -- has developed a "moral blind spot towards disparaging males."
According to Sacks, "Research shows how indispensable fathers are to their children's well-being....it is tremendously damaging to convince kids that their father is an idiot or that fathers are worthless."
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Wow, never realized it till now, but Mr Clean is gay, eh?
If he is saving the day for a woman in this pop culture, he must be and the drawing kinda goes along.
Guys put up with more crap than they should or need to, but are too busy to bother with.
Verizon ain't the only one bashing men. Just listen to any commercial on the radio when a man and a woman are pushing a product; the woman is always the all-wise, all knowing, while the man is a klutz.
Top that off with a sign outside of a Christian school depicting a young female with cap and gown with the words "Educating the next generation of leaders".
It's the whole culture.
I think it was an ex-boyfriend of the Progressive customer woman-- who expects more from a website. She is doing online voodoo on him and his head shrinks and he gets the hotfoot, right?
They don't think he's an idiot-- just someone the daughters would have no interest in talking to for various reasons.
"More commercials catering to the women. Men make the money, women spend it. "
Well, that's not as true as it once was. While there are some households where only the man earns money, they're a minority.
In any case, it's women who make most of the purchasing decisions, particularly day-to-day ones. That's who the ads are aimed at.
Now, if you're a guy, answer this: What brands of the following products do you use in your home?:
Laundry Detergent
Household Cleaners
Coffee
Grocery Items
Hand Soap
Dishwashing detergent
Feminine Hygiene products
Children's underwear and outerwear
Bed linens
Next, who writes the checks to pay the bills?
There's another list, of course, of items that men usually choose, but they're generally large-ticket items.
That one really bothers me. And I won't buy Progresso soup because of the know-it-all women and childish men in their ads.
That's a good commercial-- and they made it multi-culti, too.
Teenager Alert:
Tired of being harassed by your stupid Father????
Move out!!!!!!!
Get a job!!!!!!!
Pay your own bills, while you still know everything.
Yeah and I hated that guy on JAG to.
My husband and youngest daughter (junior in hs) sit down to go over her math and chemistry almost nightly. I think they both enjoy the interaction with one another, its nice for both of them.
what's so awful about educating women to be leaders??
It's Feminisation of our MSM and our next generation.
BUT what I find much more troubling is the taking of this point to extremes with the increasing number of MOVIES and TV SHOWS that have a theme, whether main or secondary, of women or girls kicking mens butts up one side of the screen and down the other - unaccepatable gender based violence.
Besides being completely unrealistic (women in most cases cant even think about the capability of doing such), it is the direct result of this same old liberal, entertainment fantasy that they would like to promote.
I never cease to be amazed at how hate-filled and violent leftists are. I will be fighting this trend toward developing females as hostile and violent to men. It will never be acceptable in a world where I draw breath. I will teach my sons the same.
I saw a similar commercial, with an eager dad giving cell phones to his wife and daughters in hopes they'd stay in touch with him. They all fluffed him off and stalked out of the room, leaving him alone. It was so sad, I almost cried. This hardly seems a good marketing ploy.
Of course, I suppose it is funny--and effective--if one thinks the only role of the American male is the liberal idea of a simple sperm machine and child-support ATM.
Mr. Clean with rolled-up pants and an earring. It's Queer Eye for the Housewife.
In another, the wife (a tech-savvy, sharp businesswoman) plans her trip on the computer, announcing that she's decided to extend her "girls only" vacation by an extra day. The husband whines that's it's no fair her being away so long. "Oh, like your comic book convention?" the wife retorts, thus shutting up the husband.
In another, a tech-savvy wife plans a vacation while the husband struggles (ineffectually) with the kids.
In all these commercials, the wife is the smart, tech-savvy one. The husband is whiny and ineffectual.
You are falling into the double standard trap. It WOULD be funny if it worked both ways, but it is the same tired formula.
The morale of our young men is in the crapper with 20% of some on mind destroying riddlin. Then they are belittled until 57 - 60% of college grads are women. Then women lament that there aren't enough smart men.
Then there they complain about being single parents. Its all part of the nexus of nihilism and it should seen for what it is.
As one of my former NYC village living HTML colleagues said "You know, I just hate middle america" He said that FIVE years ago...
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