[HitmanLV]

Stuff like this is a joke.

Anyone who takes depictions like that seriously, remember, does so at their own peril. :-)

[rocksblues]

Imagine the outcry if the woman was told to just go wash the dishes. LOL.

[Gorzaloon]

Stuff like this is a joke.

Anyone who takes depictions like that seriously, remember, does so at their own peril. :-)

An ad that fails to connect with its selected demographic does not sell anything.

These ads began in the late '80's, early '90's, and coincided with Media stories (Lovingly told by the Boston Globe), such as Willow, a Vice President at Digital Equipment, summarily firing all the men, or, in the Fortune 500 in which I worked, being told by a manager with a Hillary hairdo that "All White males need to pay for years of discrimination toward minorities and women".

There was a cultural shift toward man-hate at that time, or beginning then, as the Wellesly College lesbians were emboldened by the Hillary election. This has been subtly reinforced since, and unfortunatley there are enough willing or compliant dolts among the males to feed this agenda forever. Boy-hate Tshirts being worn by girls appeared. Plastic guns were outlawed. Teaching "there is no difference between boys and girls", until, the very manager who spouted the man-hate at me became a parent of a girl and then a boy. Then, she observed, marvelling, that there really IS a difference! Amazing!!

[jammer]

I disagree that it is a joke. It has been a constant demeaning of the male for at least the last 10-15 years. I'll guarantee you that if the depiction of African-Americans in ads were the same as the depiction of males, there would be almost universal outrage and outcry.

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.

[yarddog]

It sounds like you never heard of Pavlov and his dog.