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- From: gmark@cbnewse.cb.att.com (gilbert.m.stewart)
- Subject: Re: Sick and tired of cries of sexism (was Re: 9 1/2 Weeks)
- Organization: AT&T
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 00:30:44 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.003044.25368@cbnewse.cb.att.com>
- References: <BD.92Dec27093825@fluent.UUCP> <ksXHwB8w165w@Micor.OCUnix.on.ca> <BzzM4L.14K@fiu.edu>
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- In article <BzzM4L.14K@fiu.edu> feathers@serss0 (Michael Feathers) writes:
- >In article <ksXHwB8w165w@Micor.OCUnix.on.ca> panda@Micor.OCUnix.on.ca (Elizabeth Holden) writes:
- >>bd@fluent@dartmouth.EDU (Brice Dowaliby) writes:
- >>
- >>> 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.
- >>
- >>That isn't the point, not that it isn't a good point to make.
- >>
- >>The point being made is that the advertisers expect their viewers to be
- >>men, and they speak to men as consumers, and ignore women as audience.
- >Right. I'm on vacation right now and I've seen more advertising targeted
- >at women during the day today then I've ever seen in my life.
- >
- >Perhaps for beer ads, men are targeted more but I think that advertisers are
- >too greedy to exclude an audience simply to be sexist. They do quite a bit
- >of research to find a well-defined consumer group and then they target them.
- >Funny enough, I think I remember hearing about a beer that was test marketed
- >at women, but some people were outraged and the project fell flat.
- >(no pun intended).
- >
- Maybe it's my imagination, but I seem to see hard liquor and wine ads
- targetted to women and couples. Or at least more than beer is.
-
- I also notice that luxury and performance cars are targetted at men,
- while "cute" and small "sporty" cars seem to be female-targetted.
- No surprise, I guess, but it is another example of targetting.
-
- GMS
-