Mexican employees get sex dolls (publicity campaign designed to foster respect for women)

News 24 (South Africa) ^ | March 9, 2006

[Stoat]

Mexican employees get sex dolls
09/03/2006 07:59  - (SA)  

 

 

Mexico City - Mexico is deploying an army of inflatable sex dolls dressed as office executives in a head-turning publicity campaign against workplace harassment of women in the famously macho country.

Timed to coincide with International Women's Day on Wednesday, the advertisements show sex dolls with staring eyes and gaping red mouths dressed in suits and sitting at computers.

"No woman should be treated like an object. Sexual harassment is degrading and it's a crime," says a voice-over at the end of a television ad, which shows a man walking past one of the dolls and casually stroking her shoulder.

Machismo runs deep in Mexico, where it is common for men to have mistresses. Some even set them up in a second home.

Women generally earn less than male colleagues and have fewer opportunities for promotion. Inappropriate behaviour toward women in work situations is also not unusual.

Mexico's national institute for women said the ads - which will run on television, radio, print media and billboards from mid-March - were aimed at stirring up controversy and symbolised the use of women as sexual objects.

Mexican law is often not on the side of women.

The age of consent varies from state to state, but can be as young as 12. And with abortion frowned upon by the Catholic majority, numerous rape victims are pressured by courts and medical workers into having children they do not want.

Surveys show countless women are beaten at home.

The anti-harassment campaign comes on the heels of a campaign to combat violence against women, which showed prominent women photographed with bruised and cut faces.

Mexican President Vicente Fox has headed a series of campaigns against sexism and other discrimination in his five years in office.

However, he caused a stir earlier this year when he made a joking reference to women as "washing machines with two legs."

[Stoat]

Yes, we DO need to build a wall at the Mexican border....

[indcons]

"Yes, we DO need to build a wall at the Mexican border...."

LMAO....excellent. Still laughing loudly as I post this reply.

[adamsjas]

Story Crys out for pictures.....

[adamsjas]

[Stoat]

Story Crys out for pictures.....

As for myself, the mental imagery is already far too offensive   :-)

I have no doubt, however, that it is only a matter of time before all sorts of amazingly imaginative pics will appear   :-)

[ferri]

and i am hoping these are Islamic dolls. they will blow themselves up.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

Are these dolls anatomically correct?

[Stoat]

Are these dolls anatomically correct?

Although the article fails us in that it doesn't go into such detail, I have no doubt that they were produced under the very highest Mexican manufacturing standards.  Surely the Mexican government would provide nothing but the very best for it's citizens.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

Well then, expect to see those doll filing lots of sexual harassment suits. Oh wait, that is Mexico isn't it? They are corrupt but they are not yet crazy on PC.

[goldstategop]

I think its bound to backfire. For a macho Latin male, a sex doll is the ultimate woman. She won't talk back and she will take the sexual harrassment in stride.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

[Jaysun]

I want to know how they manage to stretch a pantsuit over them.......

[Stoat]

I want to know how they manage to stretch a pantsuit over them.......

I am guessing that some amazing things can be done with a few 55-gallon barrels of Astroglide.

[Stoat]

I think its bound to backfire. For a macho Latin male, a sex doll is the ultimate woman. She won't talk back and she will take the sexual harrassment in stride.

It's a plan based upon Leftist / Liberal philosophy....by definition, it HAS to fail.

[Stoat]

Well then, expect to see those doll filing lots of sexual harassment suits. Oh wait, that is Mexico isn't it? They are corrupt but they are not yet crazy on PC.

Rush has reminded us on many occasions that if you really want to mess up another country, export Liberalism to it.  Considering how bad off Mexico already is, it shouldn't take more than a few Feminazis, ACLU members and ACT-UP! hysterics to send the country completely over the edge.

[Stoat]

 

Story Crys out for pictures.....   (sic)

 

BBC NEWS World Americas Sex dolls fight Mexican machismo

Sex dolls fight Mexican machismo

 

"Sexual harassment is a crime," reads the printed ad

Mexico's government is using blow-up sex dolls in a new TV campaign against sexual harassment in the workplace.

The ads feature dolls, dressed as secretaries and maids, who have to put up with leering and groping from male colleagues.

Officials say the aim of the campaign is to make clear that women are not sexual objects.

President Vicente Fox acknowledged on Wednesday that Mexico has to do more to overcome widespread machismo.

"Our society still has a long way to go in overcoming hangovers from the past, eradicating prejudice and changing habits," he said.

However, Mr Fox has himself caused offence recently by joking that women were just "washing machines with two legs".

'Degrading'

The launch of the campaign, which also includes billboards and radio ads, coincided with International Women's Day on Wednesday. It is scheduled to run until mid-April.

"No woman should be treated like an object. Sexual harassment is degrading and it's a crime," says a voice-over at the end of the TV ad.

Correspondents say machismo runs deep in Mexico, where it is common for men to have mistresses, and in some cases, set them up in a second home.

Women generally earn less than male colleagues and have fewer opportunities for promotion - inappropriate behaviour toward them is said to be relatively frequent.

Mexican officials have also acknowledged that the country still has a problem with domestic violence against women.
 

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