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- From: bd@fluent@dartmouth.EDU (Brice Dowaliby)
- Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
- Subject: Sick and tired of cries of sexism (was Re: 9 1/2 Weeks)
- Message-ID: <BD.92Dec27093825@fluent.UUCP>
- Date: 27 Dec 92 14:38:25 GMT
- References: <1992Dec20.145422.10366@Virginia.EDU> <4479@cvbnetPrime.COM> <1992Dec24.195620.2350@cbnewse.cb.att.com>
- Sender: bd@fluent@dartmouth.EDU (Brice Dowaliby)
- Reply-To: bd%fluent@dartmouth.EDU
- Distribution: usa
- Organization: Fluent Inc., Lebanon NH
- Lines: 39
- In-Reply-To: gmark@cbnewse.cb.att.com's message of Thu, 24 Dec 1992 19:56:20 GMT
-
- gmark@cbnewse.cb.att.com (gilbert.m.stewart) writes:
-
- >From article <1992Dec20.145422.10366@Virginia.EDU>, by tlc9y@Virginia.EDU ("tara lou"):
- >> you do not have to be a lesbian or an abused survivor in order
- >> to believe that our society dictates men's satisfaction over
- >> women's..i see beer commercials that satisfy men's needs [i
- >> drink beer, too], sportscar commercials [i would like one,
- >> too], and many other instances where men's pleasure is the
- >> aim..not women's.
- >
- >Some beer commercials have scantily-clad attractive women because
- >heterosexual men react to it and buy the beer. It may be that there are not so
- >many commercials with scantily-clad attractive men because Madison Avenue
- >has determined that it does not get them as much business from heterosexual
- >females. The image for them is probably seduction of the "powerful/macho/
- >rich" male to "provide" for them. Lowest common denominator? You can
- >argue that if you want. But the fact is, somebody's buying it, 'cause
- >it's still around.
-
- No offense to gilbert, or even to tara lou, but I'm real tired
- of hearing this crap about sexist ads when in fact the
- objectification of men is just as prevalent as the objectification
- of women.
-
- Look again at those beer ads. Sure the women are great looking
- and are wearing bikinis, but the men are also great looking
- and are running around without shirts at all, with slim sleek
- nicely muscled bodies, great smiles, and wonderful hair.
-
- Yes, the demands that Madison Ave. places on women are great, but
- they place those same demands on men, except that in addition
- to being physically beautiful and well-dressed, men have to make
- lots of money and be "sensitive" to boot.
-
- --
- Brice Dowaliby, Fluent Inc., 10 Cavendish Court, Lebanon, NH 03766
- bd%fluent@dartmouth.edu
- I don't speak for them, they don't speak for me
- DoD # 0698
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