Oven Pride – Oven Cleaner in a Bag
7 March 2009 by SilkyMen. Aren’t they just the most sickeningly feckless creatures?
At least that’s the picture of “men” Oven Pride portray in their latest advert for “oven and BBQ cleaner in a bag”.
And it’s so outrageously patronising to men and such a depressing picture of married life that I get an overwhelming urge to kick my eyeballs out every time I see it.
The advert features a couple who are straight out of a 1970′s sitcom – she’s a sour-faced battle-axe in training and he’s a simpering emasculated idiot. Their relationship is so loving that they can barely bring themselves to look at each other. So instead they take part in a bizarre silent and deeply menacing gurning competition.
There she stands – hands on hip, desperately trying to suck her lips clean off her face – as a statuesque representation of womankind’s disgust at the inadequacies of men. Whilst he fidgets uneasily on his stool, presumably because he’s so idiotic he’s put his underpants on the wrong way.
This tension is only broken by an aggressively condescending female voice over claiming that Oven Pride is “so easy – a man can do it”. On hearing this, the woman thrusts the box of Oven Pride into the man’s chest with the force of an elephant on a pogo stick.
Relieved that his internal organs are still internal the man sets to work cleaning the oven.
But it’s not all bad news for the man. From the look on his face, and the mildly masturbatory way in which he shakes the bag, cleaning the oven gives him an almost orgasmic pleasure.
In fact with just a few more shakes of the bag and a shift onto the other buttock to contort his back-to-front underpants a little tighter and… yes, yes, there’s the face of a man who’s just inadvertently ejaculated whilst cleaning a household appliance:
Now I’m sure that this Oven Pride is supposed to be ironic. It hopes to get house wives all round the country knowingly tutting and shaking their heads at “men never doing the bloody cleaning!”.
But it paints such a depressingly misanthropic picture of marital life and such a staggeringly patronising picture of men that any irony is completely lost.
Oh, and did I mention that it’s depressing and patronising?
Just How Bad is this Ad?
(180 votes, average: 4.59 out of 5)
209Responses:
MacPedro
Said on the 8 March 2009
I saw this a couple of weeks ago and knew it was a matter of time before it appeared here.
Imagine if there was a similar ad that claimed “Women, eh? They can’t drive properly can they!”
It’d all kick off quick smart, that’s for sure.
James I
Said on the 8 March 2009
That is just a blatant rip-off of the genuinely clever Cillit Bang ads. With the aforementioned “ironic” reverse sexism.
CovertJellyfish
Said on the 8 March 2009
erm… how did she find out about it anyway? It’s his own fault for letting her out the kitchen
Archer
Said on the 8 March 2009
Maybe a peddlar came to the back door?
Ian
Said on the 8 March 2009
That was shit, but what got me was the patronising tone of the voice over coupled with that laugh at the end that made me want to punch my computer screen.
ali
Said on the 9 March 2009
Ian’s got it right, that fucking giggle at the end kills me
Helsie
Said on the 9 March 2009
I see this has got a storming average of 5.0, truly hideous, but straight to the top of the tree, dad’s found your scooter thrashed into a feeble second place by this train wreck. That “laugh” at the end is dreadful.
But the product actually works, I can vouch for that. I managed to use it on my own though, without a man present. And is it significant that she’s pregnant? Though why she’d let that gurning idiot anywhere near her, let alone impregnate her, is beyond me.
Silky
Said on the 10 March 2009
I suspect that the baby’s not his, Helsie which is one of the causes of the gurning.
Billy halibut
Said on the 10 March 2009
Bastards
Dave Gladding
Said on the 10 March 2009
It would seem that she`s got a bun in the oven, and NOT proud of it?
Getting her lesser pathetic other half to CLEAN OUT the oven may be a metaphor,or a coded cry for help, perhaps?
Or maybe the condom burst , or she “fell” pregnant (tricky thing, gravity) because the pill which she definately WAS taking REGULARLY just didn`t work that day.
Both possibilities explain the look on their faces.
Poor sods!
Poor baby.
Poor society!
CovertJellyfish
Said on the 10 March 2009
tsk, those peddlars, is there nothing they won’t do?
R E Krishna
Said on the 11 March 2009
Sorry, not too clear on this. This oven cleaner in a bag……..is it a bag for life, or one that destroys the planet??
frankie smales
Said on the 12 March 2009
i think that thoes pesky adverts are poorly dubbed
and possibly foreign even if that and it is a big
waste of money by getting inoventive itemes like
thoes oven cleaners that comes in a bag and you
only can use them once and then throw them away
and then the goverment tells us all to go green by
recycling things like old tattered towells instead
of polluting the earth by subjecting waste to landfills
that is distroying the planet people might as well save
money than waste money on these fancy household
items that these companies prommote on tv.
frankie smales
(retro tv ad fan)
Red five
Said on the 12 March 2009
What a truly awful, awful 30 seconds this abomination of advertising is! I don’t think the woman in the background is pregnant, i reckon she’s just fat, cant help thinking that she’d maybe be skinnier if she cleaned the oven herself more often, lazy hatchet faced cow. As for the people who made this advert, words fail me. I’d like to say that if i met them I’d jam a box of oven cleaner right up idiotic arse hole but that would be kind of like kicking a puppy or booing the special olympics, fun maybe, but morally wrong as they probably don’t even have enough grey matter to put their shoes on the right feet without help, just enough however to make the worst advert of all time!
CovertJellyfish
Said on the 12 March 2009
## fun maybe, but morally wrong ##
Yeah, but it WOULD be fun, right?
Archer
Said on the 12 March 2009
Almost everything fun is morally wrong.
And almost everything morally wrong is fun.
It’s, like, a fact.
Jono
Said on the 13 March 2009
The advertisement is patronising garbage and an affront to men everywhere. I cannot imagine such an ad being given airtime in, for example, the Middle East or Pakistan, where men have not yet become emasculated like they have in the West.
Somebody should remind the idiots at the Oven Pride advertising agency that if it was left to women we would still be living in caves
Simon Breadbin
Said on the 13 March 2009
I like this advert because you instinctively know that the sort of braying, chub-armed Jeremy Kyle-ers it is aimed at, are probably least likely to be married to men who even use the oven, much less clean the fucker.
Think of them*; the legions of humourless, pram-faced boilers all ‘lol’-ing to each other on flidbook ‘Hurr hurr teh funey advert! I’m guna get my huzban 2 do tht wen he gets in lol’. The next day they set off, purse-lipped, for whatever pound shop they frequent and buy some generic oven cleaner to leave next to their factory working husbands keys. The oven cleaner is ultimately ignored of course, and Tracey’s house continues to stink of burned fat and oven chips, to the cold indifference of the cosmos.
*Think of them and wank.
RedFive
Said on the 13 March 2009
Re Covert Jellyfish: It would definitely be fun not to mention satisfying. I’d be tempted to let out a little giggle similar to the vomit inducing one heard at the end of the advert as i did it!
CovertJellyfish
Said on the 13 March 2009
## the legions of humourless, pram-faced boilers all ‘lol’-ing to each other on flidbook ‘Hurr hurr teh funey advert! I’m guna get my huzban 2 do tht wen he gets in lol’. The next day they set off, purse-lipped, for whatever pound shop they frequent and buy some generic oven cleaner to leave next to their factory working husbands keys. The oven cleaner is ultimately ignored of course, and Tracey’s house continues to stink of burned fat and oven chips, to the cold indifference of the cosmos. ##
I can’t fap to this!
Sarah
Said on the 15 March 2009
This advert is sick and I can’t believe it was allowed. But before anyone says “If it was the other way around…” there ARE loads of adverts that are the other way around – the Nuts one for instance (look at helpless woman trying to do DIY without a man to help her). Only that was obviously ironic. But this is horrendous and made my jaw drop when I saw it. Ban it ban it ban it.
I know the whole advertising world thrives on stereotyping but this is taking it too far.
nevin
Said on the 15 March 2009
They pulled out all the stops on this one. Complained.
dave
Said on the 15 March 2009
Sorry Sarah but..”If the roles were reversed” and this was said in a meeting at any office in the english speaking world then the man in question would be pulled up for sexual discrimination, possible fired, certainly reprimanded and certainly viewed as a sexist pig.
If you wish to balance out the undoubted sexual inequality that has existed throughout history (sorry but it is not my fault) then maybe we should all think of removing the pendulum rather than pushing it back in the opposite direction.
Joanna Butler
Said on the 16 March 2009
Simon Breadbin, i wish to become your wife
Simon Breadbin
Said on the 16 March 2009
Splendid, I accept; HOWEVER:
I’m not cleaning the fucking oven.
Any children we may or may not have, will not display any sort of defecatory bias toward persons outside the household.
If I see my mate skulking outside a shop, I am allowed to make mention of our private life in order to rub his miserable face in my new found van-ownership.
You have to deal with all the finances (while I wander around inexplicably clutching a football).
I’m allowed to go off to Cornwall if I feel like it, and you must sit in the garden looking pensive whilst at the same time having a happy period.
Er, darling.
KathyL
Said on the 16 March 2009
Hhhm – a man being able to clean an oven – whatever next – a woman with a career? Noooo – never going to happen. This advert is obviously some strange fantasy of the voice-over woman who usually spends her time trawling the internet for pictures of men carrying out perverted acts like vacuuming and cleaning the loo.
Simon Breadbin
Said on the 16 March 2009
Men eh, Kathy?!
Tsk!
Silky
Said on the 16 March 2009
I can’t help but feel a little bit Cilla’ish knowing that TWA has brought two people together to live out the rest of their lives as a series of terrible adverts.
This is a truly beautiful moment.
KathyL
Said on the 16 March 2009
Simon and I briefly fell in love but then he used oven pride in front of me and because of the disappointment I felt in him , I had to call those “Picture People” to get a high interest loan to add some excitement to my life, but I got too excited at the prospect of owing a bunch of gits loads of money that I’d never be able to pay off that I had to have a poo at Pauls house. I’m now living with Paul but am getting a little worried about the group of young boys trailing into his house! Will I ever be happy??????
ali
Said on the 17 March 2009
ok… someone didn’t vote this a ’5′.. own up!
Silky
Said on the 18 March 2009
@ali Yes, I thought the very same thing when I saw 4.92.
Maybe they were concerned they’d have nowhere to go on the off chance that someone makes a worse advert?
timmyhavoc
Said on the 18 March 2009
Aaarrgghh, now i know how angry women felt when they were burning all those bra’s!
Dave
Said on the 20 March 2009
These people are fucking idiots, I spend my life promoting the image that I am hopeless at domestic chores, so incompetent that the missus will say “Oh give me that here, I’ll do it”, so I can skulk off, get a beer from the fridge and go and watch the racing,. Then these clowns come along saying ‘so easy even a man can do it’. I know we can do it you gormless tits, we just choose not to, can’t you understand that!
CovertJellyfish
Said on the 20 March 2009
Dave stop telling lies…. we can’t clean ovens… you mean you put clothes in the big white box in the kitchen with the little porthole?… But it did watch the toast- even when the smoke was stinging my eyes… I can multi task but I’m always thinking of you dear, so that reduces how much I can do at once… Beer is good for me- ‘cos have you heard of the theory of evolution? well beer kills brain cells and it will get the slowest ones first making me smarter…
I tried the last one on my wife at 3 in the morning whilst pissed, I can’t believe I got away with it she was laughing so hard….
Rich - Benidorm
Said on the 21 March 2009
I think it’s good, no man will buy this product leaving it for the women to do it!
Trent
Said on the 24 March 2009
Well, I felt a little better after receiving a pleasant letter of response from the ASA saying that they’d already had complaints about this heinous ad, and that they were currently investigating the complaints. Not sure how deeply this ad requires investigating, but I strongly doubt it will be hanging about to incite further despair.
I’m relieved it’s so simple to report offensive ads to the ASA; as a man I was obviously concerned it may have been beyond my comprehension.
Jellyfish McSaveloy
Said on the 25 March 2009
I actually considered making a complaint to the ASA about the sexist nature of the ad myself as I found it quite offensive. No, seriously. I know I might not have a reputation for being terribly serious on here but if this had been the toher way round (so simple even a woman can do it!) it would have been off air in days. After all it only takes one complaint to be upheld. I’m glad someone less apathetic than me actually did it.
Its a shit ad as well.
Simon Breadbin
Said on the 26 March 2009
Pffffft! Chillax dudes, let the baby have it’s rattle. Are you suddenly having to clean ovens like a dick, whilst a miserable cow invigilates? Fuck no!
It’s far better just to sneer at the mongs and spacktards who applaud this sort of shite, than be drawn into the same tired, circular ‘sexism’ argument that nobody fucking listens to anyway.
R E Krishna
Said on the 27 March 2009
“Even a man can do it” pahh!! If you’re so fucking clever darling, YOU just try and get a whole oven into that tiny fucking bag………That’s you told.
Sigurd
Said on the 30 March 2009
I can’t see what all the fuss is about! The advert is so obviously funny. In fact the humour is so obvious I am sure that a woman could understand it.
CovertJellyfish
Said on the 30 March 2009
Even if they have got brains the size of squirrels, eh Sigurd?
Alex
Said on the 1 April 2009
When I first saw this I thought it was a Youtube parody of an advert…
MBeeching
Said on the 5 April 2009
I don’t know what to say other than the fact this advert makes me so damn angry.
Ian
Said on the 13 April 2009
Finally saw this on TV… wtf!
At the end of the advert there is a caption, “No men were harmed during the making of this commercial”
Wtf, the guy looks like he’s about to Jizz in his pants, of course he wasn’t harmed. Oh wait, he was, he had to appear in this piece of shit advert!
Olly Kilo
Said on the 14 April 2009
I complained about this. I also complained about the ‘pathetic bloke’s section’ on their shitty website. How fucking dare they, this was a clear example of some jumped up ‘creative’ in some wank, possibly in-house creative department trying to be as funny and as good as the writers in Hollywood, even though they never, ever will, no matter how hard they try, they just don’t have the talent. Those people don’t deserve to live, I wish they would stop wasting my fucking air and just die a long gargling painful death.
Davey C Heating
Said on the 15 April 2009
If people can’t see this product on the supermarket shelves they won’t be able to buy it. So, why not make a point of moving other Cleaning products(preferably better advertised, if there is such a thing!) to cover the Oven Pride boxes every time you visit the supermarket. As far as I’m concerned if this succeeds in preventing a single sale of Oven Pride products it is well worth doing. This concept can also be used with many other annoyingly advertised products.
Bigdave
Said on the 28 April 2009
Im seriously considering not cooking my food anymore. I can live on Pot Noodle.
I think that is the only way to remove this disgusting trash not only from the television, but the face of history.
Who started letting readers of ‘Take A Break’ magazine dictate how our cleaning products are branded? Hang your head in shame you dour louse.
I feel like making my own ad with a woman landing awkwardly on the deck after being brutalised by her savage husband, and then him turning to the camera, rolling his eyes and complaining that “the stupid bitch just cant take a beating without breaking something’.
Well why the fuck cant i? Apparently horrible, lazy, filthy, naked stereotypes are de rigeur this season.
To anyone who wants to buy Oven Pride? After you have spent most of your income to provide the basics for your family..you know, processed chicken nuggents and mars bars, and you want to spend money on this fuckin guff, go right ahead. Just dont smirk and nudge the nearest man when the ad comes on the TV, because frankly, as long as the oven can reheat pizza and cook crispy pancakes, we really dont give a flying fuck what it looks like.
To any feminists out there? We would love you to our equals in society. EQUAL.
BUT DONT TAKE THIS PISS.
wigbilly
Said on the 30 April 2009
i would’nt mind cleaning the oven, as long as the lazy cow cleans the roof guttering.
Kieron Vanstone
Said on the 1 May 2009
This ad is crap, but does anyone know what that recent advert with that stupid model pulling ‘surprised’ faces was advertising? It was for double glazing or something, I just don’t know the company.
this is a good ad
Said on the 1 May 2009
my mummy likes it.
sarah
Said on the 4 May 2009
Very very nasty advert., for all sorts of reasons…..and the stupid bloody product doesn’t either. It works if your oven shelves have the minutest smidgin of grease (barely noticeable).But not if they’re wearing a fur coat of ingrained lard dating from the 1970′s…….
sarah
Said on the 4 May 2009
‘doesn’t WORK’ (dearie me)
sarah
Said on the 4 May 2009
WTF?
ali
Said on the 4 May 2009
“a fur coat of ingrained lard dating from the 1970’s”
remind me never to come to yours for crispy pancakes, sarah
nice to see this advert still causes rage after 2 months, fucking abomination
sarah
Said on the 4 May 2009
actually, Ali, my cooker went to the great kitchen in the sky some years ago, I find we can survive easily with a combination of an electric hob and a microwave, and trust me, there are far more interesting skills my man has than cleaning cooker shelves…….
CovertJellyfish
Said on the 4 May 2009
Do you mean he can burp the national anthem after ten pints of lager too….
sarah (not that one)
Said on the 4 May 2009
No i meen he has a lurvely sense ov timming.
CovertJellyfish
Said on the 4 May 2009
Bet that’s good for boiling eggs….lol
sarah (not that one)
Said on the 4 May 2009
We downt eet bowled egs.
Bigdave
Said on the 5 May 2009
What fucking language IS that……?
sarah
Said on the 5 May 2009
ok. this is not funny now, the last two comments attributed to ‘sarah’ (in the weird language)are NOT me. I have made only two comments here.
sarah (not that one)
Said on the 5 May 2009
il be companing to mi hubby.
Richard
Said on the 20 May 2009
I feel that the oven pride ad is sexist. I believe in the spirit of equality (which seems to be long forgotten) in that bigotry is to be identified by the victim. I am male and find this offensive.
The ASA in New Zealand admitted in a report it published online (Re: a Kinder Bueno ad) that it would have viewed the same ad as sexist if a female had been the victim. They apply a test of what would be offensive to prevailing community standards. This is unfair, because society is currently at the stage where bigotry against men in advertising is widespread.
Products include the “All Men Are Bastards” knifeblock, showing a man with knives piercing through parts of his body including his head. See link below:
http://www.iwantoneofthose.com/knife-block/index.html;jsessionid=OhcT4t74kUDm5t7J9iHmIQ**
Then there are the clothes range for girls and young women which include the “Girls Kick Balls” slogan, showing a cartoon girl kicking a boy so hard in the testicles he is lifted off the ground. Even though this trivializes something that can cause serious harm even death for a male. See link:
http://www.davidandgoliathtees.com/index.php?mode=SRCH&term=balls
Then the men’s rights group Mankind successfully campaigned to get a “man” punching bag, aimed at female customers, removed from shelves at superdrug. See Link:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2007/dec/07/1
Chris
Said on the 23 May 2009
Come and join the facebook group!!!
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/group.php?gid=72339255086&ref=nf
TAKE THAT OVENPRIDE ADVERT OFF THE TV
show these humourless, charmless misanthropists what we think of their ‘tongue in cheek’ advert
OFF THE AIR NOW!!!
Neil
Said on the 17 June 2009
Apparently the ASA think that this advert is NOT sexist…
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/may/20/asa-oven-pride-cleared-of-sexism
However this comment from the article is interesting…
“Homepride, the parent company of the Oven Pride product, said the ad used tongue-in-cheek humour to play on “natural gender differences”. ”
That’s the makers of the advert admitting that women belong in the bloody kitchen and men have no place cleaning ovens.
Anna
Said on the 2 July 2009
This advert is dreadful. I thought it might’ve been trying to go for the bad in a cheesy, ironic way, but no – it’s just a horrible, horrible commercial. Of course it is sexist. Would they ever put an advert on the TV saying ‘so easy even a black person could do it” or even “so easy even a homosexual could do it”? Of course they wouldn’t.
Mr Archer
Said on the 5 July 2009
Is natural gender difference the reason why my wife makes me stay in the shed all day? She says it is but I’m not convinced.
CovertJellyfish
Said on the 5 July 2009
The garden shed is the last bastion of manliness girls refuse to enter unless you “tidy out the shed” and won’t invade it as it is to much like DIY, and they don’t want to end up having to fit a lightbulb at the top of the stairs balanced on the kitchen stool with a wonky leg, in the middle of the night. This makes it the ideal place to store your “art” magazines and pretend you are a secret agent with your new bluetooth headset. To ensure your fort is secure, I always leave a can of paint tetering just next to the door, if she trys to “help you” by cleaning the shed, she’ll knock the can over and run away in fear…
Archer
Said on the 5 July 2009
That’s what I told him. The internet is for me; the shed is for him.
But somehow he got out. Naughty boy.
Eva
Said on the 9 July 2009
Wasn’t there a similar ad in the 50s saying:
“So easy, even a woman could do it!”
I think this advert is ripping off that one, a kinda revenge one and in that way – I think it’s great.
Obviously, without that subtext is not very funny.
Jessica
Said on the 16 July 2009
lol have to say your comments on that advert made me laugh….i’m a woman and yes it is pretty bad, men aren’t stupid at all….obviously, i think you’re getting a wee taste of the things that are said about women, like someone said, we can’t drive,or those blonde jokes or we have small feet so we can wash dishes lol you know what i mean but to be honest i’ve been saying a few things on youtube just putting out my opinion across about the whole equality matter and men are really horrible,implying i’m a lesbian,i’m fat and that i’m ugly and also that i’m a whore and how they are superior and yes it’s very frustrating to find your oppinion is laughed at, like i said, men laugh at us when we complain but now you know how it feels…..
Sprout
Said on the 17 July 2009
Its interesting that a lot of men get offended by these adverts but anybody and that goes for men and women if they were confident in their abilities and who they are as an individual wouldn’t take offence at that
Bigdave
Said on the 20 July 2009
Its interesting that you dont have the presence of mind to realise that a couple of smug bastards are sitting in some advertising office in Soho shackling our society and promoting the vilest of stereotypes and not taking into account ANYONES confidence in their abilities.
CovertJellyfish
Said on the 20 July 2009
Its interesting that no one has commented on how she must be a crap shag, her relationship is so worthless she can’t even ask him to clean the oven while she irons the clothes. You can see it in his eyes at the end, “If only I hadn’t got involved with this harpie, she’s got a body like a sack of spuds.” If only he had the confidence to visit the local knocking shop, then he might smile once in his life….
Hang on, no, it’s not interesting at all, forget I spoke…
john stewart
Said on the 12 August 2009
hi all,
what i find most disturbing about this and also unreal is how this got past the censors in the first place.
to discriminate on grounds of genetics/race/weight/religion is accepted in general as being unacceptable in a democracy- but if you are to imply ineptitude who can you possibly target anymore… well lets have a go (please if you have a weak heart/bladder/brain read no further)
so.. lets try it
” so easy a republican can do it” id say bout 4/10 on the offense meter
“so easy a negro can do it” thats a sure fire 10/10- probably more
“so easy a banker can do it”- hmm tough lets say 3/10
“so easy a web moderator can do it” who? ah yes.
“so easy a fat pregnant woman can do it”= WW3
“so easy a pederast can do it” now were talking…
“so easy your sperm/eggs/unborn children can do it” YES! problem solved…
“so easy its just not gender biased, racially discriminating, intolerable, smoking or a public nuisance, terrorist or otherwise affiliated with any lawful behavior”- tag line for 2019
lets realise people, its all life through a lens. look at it this way- id eat of his BBQ. ok, i would ask him to divorce his wife, but you get the idea..
as well think a little, it doesnt hurt much.
peace
J
CovertJellyfish
Said on the 12 August 2009
tl:dr
Kirsty
Said on the 12 August 2009
see all men get offended when it’s their turn to be mocked and they still mock women,grow the fuck up! u no i don’t wanna get bloody married cause all you hear is how u end up hating each other,marriage is overrated, if a man doesn’t like marriage and if he doesn’t like women and kids and being “trapped” then don’t get married and put a fucking condom on, no one forces you to do anything!
ali
Said on the 12 August 2009
someones time of the month..
Simon Breadbin
Said on the 12 August 2009
I read that and imagined Kirsty bursting into tears at the end. I can’t help but think that the comments above served as a catalyst for something probably better suited to ‘Bella’, ‘Chat’, or ‘Loose women’.
Simon Breadbin
Said on the 12 August 2009
‘Chat!’ of course being the french bi-monthly for cat owners.
kirsty
Said on the 13 August 2009
typical male response eh? it’s gotta be pms well guess what it’s not so there ya go….prick
CovertJellyfish
Said on the 13 August 2009
So you are always an aggressive person? Ever think that maybe, just maybe, life doesn’t need to be that serious?
Kirsty
Said on the 13 August 2009
oh so it’s ok for a man to sit there and take the piss? i don’t class my self as aggressive just stating the facts, life is unfortunately serious, i don’t appreciate when i make a good point to have some idiot say i have my period,thing is it’s not a joke when things like that are said, as a woman you can’t say anything without it being classed as pms or some other crap, do you know how frustrating that is?
and really it’s true if men arent happy in their relationship or life or don’t want certain things don’t do it,that applies to everyone really, just have a look on sites like men are better than women….go on,they just take the piss and now they get a taste of their own medicine but wait no they still take the piss!
Kirsty
Said on the 13 August 2009
oh nd ps have men got any excuse for the wars,the raping of small children, raping of women, murdering,shite driving, cruelty to animals? and most of all recking the planet! lol my points are falling on deaf ears,won’t be writing on here again…..
Alan
Said on the 13 August 2009
RACISM AND SEXISM : THE SAME ROOT
(Carol Anne Douglas – november 1979)
I would use ” racism ” as almost synonymous with ” white supremacy “, the belief that whites are superior to other races and the innumerable institutions enforcing white domination, or the attitudes and actions that foster white supremacy. By ” sexism “, I mean the attitudes and actions that foster ” male supremacy “.
I think (who knows for sure) that racism and sexim come from the same root hatred of those different from oneself, willingness to see them as less than human and desire to enslave and use them. I am a slightly dogmatic radical feminist who believes that the oppression of women is what might be called ” the primary oppression or contradiction “, but that does not mean that i think women necessarily suffer more from their oppression as women than Blacks from their oppression as Blacks or workers from their oppression as workers.
This is not a question of who is hurting most, but a theoretical question, a question about the origin of oppression and how the oppressions are connected. (It is not only marxists who can talk about ” connections “).
I do think that the oppression of women was the first oppression, the means by which human beings learned to oppress one another. First, men learned that they could control the women who were their mates and relatives. They learned that it was useful to be able to own somebody else’s body and their work. They told themselves that women’s different bodies were inferior to their own. Later, they saw other people, who in some cases also were physically different. The men, from their experience with the women, figured that they could enslave these other men and women too, use their bodies sexually and for their labor. Other groups of men seemed frightening because they might take the oppressors own women, their nearest and dearest slaves. The possibility that women might reclaim their own bodies, their own lives, was too remote, the dominant men believed. Their sexism became racist and their racism became sexist.
To me, the psychological foundation and bolster of oppression is the use of power in even the most intimate aspects of life. (…) If you can oppress even those who you claim to love the most, you can oppress anyone.
Since sexism and racism have been interconnected historically, a thorough, effective opposition to sexism, that strikes sexism at its roots, also will be antiracist, striking at the roots of racism, and a thorough, effective anti-racism ultimately will be anti-sexist. Possession of other people, defining other people as biologically inferior, must be opposed by opponents of both sexism and racism.
Simon Breadbin
Said on the 14 August 2009
tl:dr
Kirsty, you’re funny. I’d wager you’ve not been using ‘teh innernets’ for very long either. You will NEVER get a reasoned debate on a site like this. People come to it for a laugh, and so will try to raise a laugh from anything posted, regardless of how serious you’re being. You also made a bit of a hash of getting your view across. You were aggressive, you swore, it was poorly spelled and punctuated and didn’t really make sense (women never kill, drive badly, abuse the planet/animals/children?).
All somebody had to do was type three letters (PMS in case you’ve forgotten) and you go off like a fire alarm. Open goal.
Kirsty
Said on the 14 August 2009
FUCK OFF ALL MEN
Simon Breadbin
Said on the 14 August 2009
Steady on, love!
kirsty
Said on the 14 August 2009
i didn’t even write that lol
kirsty
Said on the 14 August 2009
to Simon Breadbin: i get annoyed because that’s what men use an excuse all the time and my punctuation etc does not matter so don’t start with that but yeah lets all be light hearted….i think this advert is pretty funny,it portrays men just as they are….stupid.
goodbye
Simon Breadbin
Said on the 14 August 2009
You’ve just highlighted why this advert has annoyed so many people. It annoys you when people generalise and say that it must be PMS/PMT whenever a woman is anything other than a ray of sunshine. Some men get annoyed when adverts generalise and protray them as idiots. You saying that all men are stupid is just the same as me handing you a hot water bottle next time you blow your stack. Plus, have you ever thought that people might say it on purpose just to wind you up? It clearly works.
“my punctuation etc does not matter”
I’m going nowhere near that.
kirsty
Said on the 14 August 2009
whatever fed up of writing this shit, can’t change peoples opinions anyway so there’s no point
sarah
Said on the 14 August 2009
“so easy a man can do it” hehehehe
Kirsty
Said on the 14 August 2009
the point is men don’t like being ridiculed but they’re quite happy to dish it out…
Kirsteeeeeeeeee
Said on the 14 August 2009
I think men are great
Joanna Butler
Said on the 14 August 2009
FUCK OFF ALL MEN
lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can’t believe my husband was getting some abuse on here from some scally pram faced chav!!!!!
Simon Breadbin
Said on the 14 August 2009
Were you referring to me?!
Kirsty
Said on the 14 August 2009
pram faced chav? who said i was a chav? im at uni studying environmental science :/
ps. i never wrote fuck off all men, anyone can change their name on here…
CovertJellyfish
Said on the 14 August 2009
So men are sexist then eh? So by your example, if I, as a person, insult another person because of their skin colour, they can then say all people of my colour are racist? No. Racism is wrong. No matter who the victim is. So is sexism. I personally find nothing wrong in a little light hearted banter, often quipping with work friends that I can’t do a said job because as a man I can’t multi-task, but you seem to take a man saying he finds something objectional offensive, did you ever consider that he’d find it just as objectional if it was about a woman? Or if it was about a persons nationality? Who one has to ask one’s self is the sexist here? Some things are wrong, no matter who perpetrates them.
CovertJellyfish
Said on the 14 August 2009
,,
You know when you have got a fully built bookcase in front of you, and you look down to see two tiny little screws left over….
Now you all get to play my new game, Pin the Comma for the Donkey
Kirsty
Said on the 14 August 2009
Covert Jellyfish
do you wear a mirdle? while playing rumble roses XX?
Kirsty
Said on the 14 August 2009
http://www.youtube.com/user/Covertjellyfish
lmao
Archer
Said on the 14 August 2009
You go Kirsty! Fuck all men.
That’s my aim in life.
CovertJellyfish
Said on the 14 August 2009
Glad you laughed… now donate to a childrens charity…
CovertJellyfish
Said on the 14 August 2009
::looks around for the troll bait:: hmmm… maybe over there…..
Archer
Said on the 14 August 2009
Are you making derogatory comments about trolls? Cos I’m quite offended by that. Some of my best friends are trolls.
CovertJellyfish
Said on the 14 August 2009
Yeah, I’m a trollist…
Kirsty
Said on the 14 August 2009
ha! it did make me laugh,just your face…
Kirsty
Said on the 14 August 2009
“Nah… She was too busy stuffing her face with cream cakes…. but let’s not turn this into another “UR Fattist” thread (See Halifax ads)”
coming from you Jellyfish bet you stuff your face with cream cakes everyday to get to that size…hahahahahaha
Simon Breadbin
Said on the 15 August 2009
Twelve notifications my phone just downloaded, twelve. I thought something ace was going on but all I find is Kirsty and Jellyfish up a tree, F.I.N.G.E.R.I.N.G.E.A.C.H.O.T.H.E.R.S.A.R.S.E.S
CovertJellyfish
Said on the 15 August 2009
LOL!!!
That’ll teach you to have a fancy phone, I make do with 2 baked bean tins and a length of string….
Kirsty
Said on the 15 August 2009
haha fair enough
Archer
Said on the 17 August 2009
Men are bad. Men ply you with birthday drinks and give you hickeys. I’m staying well clear from now on. I wouldn’t let a man clean my oven.
Daniel Newton
Said on the 18 August 2009
This advert does my head in; trying to appeal to the girls out there the same as the ASDA “hes a bloke, its summer, hes got to BBQ” adverts.
NO NO NO
Its simple, if we (men) started an advert like “Shes a woman, she cant drive, get insurance now”; then it would be sexist.
Why has this not been banned, if not for the sexisum, then for the bad acting, bad dubbing and bad script
Simon Breadbin
Said on the 18 August 2009
Do women not object to being portrayed largely as humourless bores though? The woman in this advert is a horror, see also:
The air freshener advert with the man dancing about, trying to set it off (his wife just comes along and presses the button).
The woman lagging the loft in whatever energy efficiency ad it was,
The furniture advert in which the whole family goes shopping but ‘mum’ is only interested in nailing the price down.
There are dozens.
Behind every oven-cleaning, scooter finding, ‘Christ knows how he made it this far’ nobhead, there is seemingly a spoilsport know-all with tits, just about to stop anybody having any fun.
Jessica
Said on the 18 August 2009
hmmm yeah i guess, see someones gotta take responsibility and largely men don’t, they’re like big kids, so the work of looking after the family is left to the women, however they shouldn’t portray women as being bores and horrible because that’s definately changing,women want to have a career and they go out partying and generally have a life, i’d say have one kid and both men and women can have their careers, have fun and enjoy their life
CovertJellyfish
Said on the 18 August 2009
Men are bad eh, Archer? Getting you drunk, making you do bad things, Trying to do unspeakable things with your oven… Tsk, you can’t trust anyone these days…
CovertJellyfish
Said on the 18 August 2009
Has anyone noticed this post is like a scab, I just can’t stop picking at it….
CovertJellyfish
Said on the 18 August 2009
I wonder if Simon Breadbin still has this forwarded to his phone… lol (Sorry Simon)
Simon Breadbin
Said on the 18 August 2009
Fuckers.
Archer
Said on the 18 August 2009
I think ‘doing unspeakable things to my oven’ is now one of my favourite euphemisms.
But so long as he didn’t leave a bun in there, I should be ok.
kirsty
Said on the 18 August 2009
Men are arseholes!
kirsty
Said on the 18 August 2009
all nobs
kirsty
Said on the 18 August 2009
men stink
kirsty
Said on the 18 August 2009
men are thick and ugly
kirsty
Said on the 18 August 2009
i HATE men, kill them all
kirsty
Said on the 18 August 2009
men are dicks
kirsty
Said on the 18 August 2009
blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
kirsty
Said on the 18 August 2009
men are perves, nyaaaaaaaaaaah
kirsty
Said on the 18 August 2009
men have destroyed the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
kirsty
Said on the 18 August 2009
oh i’m sorry Simon
Ally
Said on the 19 August 2009
Time of month kirsty?
Kirsty
Said on the 19 August 2009
nope
im not your mother
Said on the 21 August 2009
i thought this was hilarious – often actually men do clean the oven as its quite a hard job – should be so easy a woman could do it lol
Muttley
Said on the 21 August 2009
Hey Archer
Looks like you got a dirty Oven. Can I come and clean it? Dont worry, Not going to use the Oven Pride Crap, Im just going to use my Hose, and squirt some extra strong stuff inside it. Should be clean in no time..
Archer
Said on the 21 August 2009
Awww… thanks for the offer, Muttley. But it’s not just my oven. Everything in my house is really dirty.
CovertJellyfish
Said on the 21 August 2009
Subtle innuendo….. So thats how you get teh* girls from teh internets….
*(Apparently that is how one should roll** whilst browsing)
**(I can be a bit of a lame duck whilst talking to people, so I am taking an evening class in street cred)
Archer
Said on the 21 August 2009
I thought he was being subtle. I was quite impressed.
Archie: So Easy A Man Can Do It.
dungeoneer
Said on the 24 August 2009
I am a woman and the first time i saw this advert i couldnt believe it!? This is clear cut sexism! Honestly i despair, women have spent so long trying to be considered equal to men, in many countries this hasnt yet been achieved… and here we are using our new found power to piss off men *sigh*
Archer
Said on the 24 August 2009
Oooh… ‘our new found power’ sounds very exciting. What is it? Can we fly?
If I could fly, I would definitely use that power to piss off men. And women. And dogs too.
dungeoneer
Said on the 25 August 2009
lol, was just in despair mode. dont know if i’d want to piss off dogs tho…
Simon Breadbin
Said on the 25 August 2009
I’d use that power to piss off tall buildings. Just fly up there and let rip, like a powerful racehorse.
Jeff
Said on the 17 September 2009
Do you not think that annoying laugh at the end just completely blows the argument out of the water that men are stupid and lazy?
In my eyes that laugh is like a stereotypical air headed blonde girl laugh. which would mean the advert is saying men are useless but women are thick.
BigDave
Said on the 20 September 2009
i swear…Breadbin makes me want to hang up my keyboard. Like painting a picture and showing it to Picasso. Fierce. You cunt. Nuff.
N hater
Said on the 20 September 2009
Where’s kirsty?
Simon Breadbin
Said on the 21 September 2009
Is that good or bad BigDave? God, I’m addressing people directly now, like this is some awful chatroom. Lol wot iz evry1 havin 4 t lol?
CovertJellyfish
Said on the 21 September 2009
Kirsty has been beaten up… Somebody was marking her territory…
I had cereal for tea…
Muttley
Said on the 21 September 2009
Archer:Everything in my house is really dirty.
Translation:
Everything in Archers house is really dirty.
Archer is in her house.
Therefore Archer is a DIRTY FILTHY (presumably also SLUTTY) woman.
My kind of woman!. I feel a romance coming on…..
Dick Dastardly
Said on the 21 September 2009
Muttley, you miserable hound! what do you want, a medal?!
Muttley
Said on the 21 September 2009
Archer ANDDD a Medal?? YeahYeahYeahYeah
My Dream come true
Dick Dastardly
Said on the 21 September 2009
drat, drat and double drat!
CovertJellyfish
Said on the 21 September 2009
Awww… boys, you know why you never won wacky races?
Kirsty
Said on the 21 September 2009
you guys got nothing better to do than sit and talk crap on here…
qwidge
Said on the 21 September 2009
Dear Kettle,
Just a short note to let you know that i have become aware of your recent change in pigmentation and wished to alert you to this.
Love Pot
xx
CovertJellyfish
Said on the 21 September 2009
*giggles*
Dick Dastardly
Said on the 21 September 2009
Muttley, do something!
CovertJellyfish
Said on the 21 September 2009
Little point having a worthless dog…
Muttley
Said on the 22 September 2009
Worthless? Watch you talkin bout Willis?
CovertJellyfish
Said on the 22 September 2009
Adj. 1. worthless – lacking in usefulness or value; “a worthless idler”
unworthy – lacking in value or merit; “dispel a student whose conduct is deemed unworthy”; “unworthy of forgiveness”
2. worthless – morally reprehensible; “would do something as despicable as murder”; “ugly crimes”; “the vile development of slavery appalled them”; “a slimy little liar”
despicable, vile, slimy, ugly, unworthy, wretched
evil – morally bad or wrong; “evil purposes”; “an evil influence”; “evil deeds”
Simon Breadbin
Said on the 22 September 2009
Gayest. Thread. Ever.
Archer
Said on the 23 September 2009
Muttley – maybe in the Jeremy Kyle narrated world that you inhabit shouting SLUTTY at a girl is the height of romance, but I’m afraid I have to break it to you gently… you’ve got no chance. Not in a million years. Not even if an apocalyptic plague hit mankind and I thought I was the last human alive, but it turned out you were also unaffected. I’m sorry but I would have to take my chances with a zombie.
ZombieJellyfish
Said on the 23 September 2009
bamboozle
Said on the 23 September 2009
dear god
bamboozle
Said on the 23 September 2009
haha it seems Mutley has no idea how to treat women in general…probably most of the men on here don’t….they’re probably just a bunch of fat, lazy, sad little morons
bamboozle
Said on the 23 September 2009
what this advert is really saying is that men are so friggin stupid they don’t even know how to do the simplest task…like cleaning the oven, yes women clean, because men don’t because they are useless, what othey do really? bricklaying, emptying bins, driving buses…wow they are hard tasks aren’t they? but yes the lagh at the end is…gay, but was probably added to piss off men even more….the fact is maybe the woman looks grumpy and annoyed but she has brains whereas the guy has no clue and is retarded in general
hehe
Archer
Said on the 24 September 2009
I’m gonna have to disagree with you there bamboozle. Don’t judge all the men on here by Muttley’s standards. I can think of one in particular who’s pretty special as it happens.
I also have to disagree about the advert… that woman does not look like she’s got brains! She looks as gormless as he does.
bamboozle
Said on the 24 September 2009
yeah there are great men out there just not many of them unfortunately
Muttley
Said on the 24 September 2009
My, what a vivid imagination!
I dont usually use CAPS, so sorry if it sounded as I was shouting.. but hey, if you really prefer Zombies, like I said before. Necrophilia aint so bad…. Just got to be careful nothing ‘snaps’
CovertJellyfish
Said on the 24 September 2009
I wonder where I can get some Balloons…..
Suzanne Lawson
Said on the 27 September 2009
That stuff looks quite good actually. I might get it and I’m a woman without a man to do it for me.
Martin
Said on the 25 February 2010
I’ve just put in a complaint about this ad to the Advertising Standards Authority – feel free to join me!
frankie smales
Said on the 25 February 2010
i dont think that the asa can do anything about the nature of this advert to say
the television and sky networking channels stop running this advert two years
ago for thoes of you who wants to boycott this advert you can trie to complain
but i dont think that the asa can take your complaints on board if it was still running on tv
yes they can but when the rights to show the advert for television/sky networking corporations
lease to broadcasting it expired i dont think that the asa can help you other theres an guiding
loophole that the asa can pull the advert of the internet if the advert is on a internet public
domain site like youtube the asa will have to take your case to the moderators of youtube
stating that the advert made false claims and then youtube can remove it from thier site
and issued an violation strike to the person/persons who uploaded it to tell them to remove
it from youtube otherwise youtube can terminate the users youtube page as an violation.
but complaints to the asa can take from weeks to months to air your complaint so be patient.
frankie smales
sally
Said on the 26 February 2010
why don’t you guys just chill yeah? you’re all experiencing a thing called sexism and yeah we women have to deal with it on a daily basis…..there’s always some rude remark coming out of some guys mouth, it makes a change that men are receiving it…..i’ll laugh at this because i know fine well that if this advert was mocking women it would be perfectly funny and acceptable in mens eyes.
Neil
Said on the 27 February 2010
Actually Sally, no it wouldn’t.
And you have to ask yourself, what does this advert say about women?
We don’t just have a male character who needs written instructions on how to breathe, we have a female character who is hateful, miserable and humourless and should stick to doing the housework and popping out babies because that’s what women are good at!
sally
Said on the 28 February 2010
Mhmmm yeah but then i’d rather the woman being the more sensible one, at least she isn’t being portrayed as stupid and useless,i mean i’ve heard it all….women are good in the kitchen, they make babies, they are regarded as sex objects etc etc but women are taking the power back now, we are successful, smart and achieve many great things just as men do…..so yeah this is saying men are stupid but clearly they aren’t….i think there will always be these stereotypical roles applied to men and women but getting angry won’t solve the ongoing problem, there’s too many ignorant people out there! i’ve tried to tell men they are very wrong when they slag women off but i just get called a slag or a whore…..you know? so i just give up…..
Also i hear more and more that men are hurting women and kids, they pick on the physically weak ones, it’s quite scary that more and more of this violence is occurring, perhaps it is because they feel they have lost their “role” in society? who knows…
frankie smales
Said on the 28 February 2010
i would never make sexiest comments about womens intellectual prowes
like house cleaning because i was brought up to respect women and i will
never make sniddy remarks about women i find them inteligent and smart
thinkers and women are great and deserved to be treated with respect
cherish honor and obedience i agree whole heartedly with sally and
women are supportive and kindness when it comes to solving stressfull
problems in life like having a bad hiarday because we all suffer this occasionaly
and general guidance when other people are down and actor bill murray his character
dr venkman in the ghostbusters 84 movie objectified a woman as an prehistorical breed
of a dog called a bitch which was so very wrong in a family entertainment movie like that
so yes sally i am with you all the way on this one and you’re right.
frankie smales
CovertJellyfish
Said on the 28 February 2010
Sally, this is why this advert is so wrong. Don’t be too judgemental about men, most of us aren’t the tossers that we get portrayed as, if you are hearing more about women being hurt, it doesn’t mean that it never happened before, it just means that society is slowly changing and bringing it out into the light so it can stop.
That said I could use someone to help with my ironing pile, I’ll trade a cooked meal to anybody who is interested in helping out… I might even clean the oven first….
grace
Said on the 2 March 2010
this advert is so ridiculous!
how can people think that sexism is ok just because the tables are turned?
yes, women DO have to deal with sexism on a daily basis, but just because men dont have to deal with it as often doesnt mean that adverts like this should be aloud!
whats happened to people standing for equality? if we dont stop this behaiour now sexism will carry on, but this time through men. whats the point in that? its not like men should “pay” for the attitudes women face daily.
if women really want to eliminate sexism, this is not the way to do it.
Sometimes the ads are bad for men too… « Movement
Said on the 2 March 2010
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Oysterman
Said on the 6 March 2010
We should be seeking to remove sexism and any other prejudices from society rather than incompetently and offensively seeking to redress the balance of what was accepted in the past. This advert is incredibly puerile and I despair for anyone who finds it remotely amusing… I’m sick and tired of being a member of the only apparently legitimate and free-of-risk-of-litigation etc. target group – white, able-bodied, heterosexual men… cos we’re the ones who invented all the “isms” in the first place, right? So it’s fair for all our erstwhile “victims” to be given carte blanche to get their own back, right? Pile of bloody bullshit.
stamp out prejudice
Said on the 6 March 2010
Oyesterman, you are my new hero, bravo!
i could not agree more. the only way to break the cycle of sexism and prejudice is not to repeat the same mistakes, and revenge on men for anything that has happened in the past is utterly wrong
as a young man, i can assure anyone that we in fact are a different breed, and are very handy in the kitchen!
Archer
Said on the 7 March 2010
This advert denigrates women and men. And should make us all feel ashamed to be human beings. You might say ‘oh, women are getting their own back’, but we still have adverts like the Ryvita thing that tells us that the best thing a woman can aim for is to be a mother who can make good fancy dress costumes and home economics projects. To quote a bumper sticker; I’LL BE A POSTFEMINIST WHEN WE LIVE IN A POSTPATRIARCHY!
All gender stereotypes hurt us all. Ban the Ovenpride ad. Ban the Ryvita ad. Ban lads’ mags (not from the low shelves, just completely).
Emma
Said on the 7 March 2010
Hello
i just came across this and would like to say i agree with archer
terrible advert
Claire
Said on the 7 March 2010
this advert is sexist towards men and women but we women are always made fun of for complaining but now it’s acceptable that you are all complaining about this ad? im sorry but i feel its wrong that women are always mocked for being feminists yet men can complain and are classed as sticking up for their rights?
thing is men we all know you are intelligent beings, sure you get the stupid ones and the usless one just like you get the idiotic women
this ad really does no favours to anyone but they are just silly steretypes, i mean women could get annoyed at the hoover ads that feature a woman cleaning? its never a man you see dusting or cleaning?
maybe if you guys are very annoyed tat this ad then try a petition? get some signatures.
I did notice the advert had disappeared fro a while but it was showing the other week so someone has given it the all clear to be aired, god knows who though?
CovertJellyfish
Said on the 9 March 2010
Meh, I’m just going back to cooking over an open fire, no need to clean an oven or have some bint in my house, just need to work out what to burn first, the massed pile of porn that as a man I must own, or the constant stream of leaflets and flyers that invade my door…
sean
Said on the 16 March 2010
this is by far the worst advert iv ever seen im not even that botherd about sexist jokes aslong as we laf but this advert looks gloomy and boring really want to see it removed from tv if we can sort that out the makers of this advert should be sent back for re training aswell
Al
Said on the 17 March 2010
This unbelievably bad advert has prompted me to search for similarly offended people, of which there appears to be quite a few.
Ok, I can be labelled with some stereotypical views of the ‘modern day man’. I am the first to admit that I am not a great fan of DIY, I have ‘selective’ hearing and at times I could be considered as untidy (you can probably tell i’m married) – and I take this lightheartedly. However, this advert shows blatant disregard to us males. I can take a joke but this is just ridiculous.
I am a firm believer in equal rights, I think it’s great that we have equal standards but what is this media obsession with women being the stronger sex, and the men being portrayed as weak and generally quite stupid. I don’t get it.
Imagine an advert for a new Tefal iron that said, “Tefal – keep your wife busy this christmas”. Imagine the bloody saga that would occur if that hit your tv screens this December!
cokecokecoke
Said on the 17 March 2010
al….in regards to your comment i would just like to say this.
Yeah it is offensive to men(and women) however when you see an advert for washing powder or cleaning products who’s in it? yes that’s right females! look at the kids section in argos then go to the wee girls section and what do you see? cooking toys, hoover toys, babies and prams..what kind of imagination does that spark in little girls? what are they being told? look at the boys section and what do you see? lots of fun toys like areoplanes and action men, cars and exciting dress up costumes encouraging them to have an imagination and be creative
I’m sorry but there’s sexism towards women everywhere, now you guys realise WHY women get so touchy about these things…cause we are not just here to please men or to cook and clean or have babies, we’re here to live our lives just like men and we like to have fun like men, we are pretty much the same as men, we are intelligent etc etc and these ads are degrading so that’s why we go mental……*sigh* i don’t know what to say apart from it would be great if we all shared responsibilities and stopped the stereotypical rubbish, who’s making these ads anyway? you have to question it…..apparantly men in advertising and television have been scared about womens recent achievements that they’ve been highlighting men that are large, muscley and tempermental and women have gone small and skinny as if to say men have power but in a more physical way…true? who knows but a large amount of what is considered the “norm” comes from the media…..women don’t need to fall into the roles of housewives and men don’t have to fall into the category of stupid/useless…..they’re stereotypes…..but there are the other stereotypes of stupid women and successful men….anyway i’m just blabbing now…..i just wanted to share my views
oven crap
Said on the 18 March 2010
This is really bad.
For the bottom comment about the childrens toys, There may be many toy’s for small girls invovlving cookinc and such, but none of them potray the women (or girl) as a feckless wreck used onlly for labour. There are many toy’s for boys with activities such as mechanical repairs or construction but they are accepted just fine.
In this the only problem i have is that the man in question looks like someon with a problem
:L:)
…….yeh
Even a thirteen year old child can understand the problem
CovertJellyfish
Said on the 19 March 2010
You know if a group of Muslims sit around complaining about how America has kept them down and how much they hate America and Americans, we call it Terrorism.
It’s a crime.
Not because they are speaking thier opinion, but because they are promoting hatred.
If a group of women sit down and complain about how men have kept them down and how much they hate men, we call it feminism.
Stop hating other people. Yes mistakes have been made. Yes, society needs to change. But guess what? Women are now shaping society, and it is changing.
The darkest chapters in human history have been caused by people not letting go of the past, is this the way we want things to go? Or are both men and women now mature enough to look at building a better future, rather than reliving the past crimes?
Libby
Said on the 19 March 2010
Can you IMAGINE if there was an advert on television in 2010 that said, “So easy, even a WOMAN can do it!” There would be blood.
Is she supposed to be pregnant?
Libby
Said on the 19 March 2010
Oh, I meant to say – it’s that horrible, evil little airhead giggle at the end that makes my fists curl. It manages to be sexist to BOTH sexist. That has to be a new one.
Smithery Baggins
Said on the 21 March 2010
This is undeniably one of the worst ads ever, what kind of a monumental moron thought it is a good marketing plan to annoy the hell out of the entire population of men, “I know let’s do an advert that might vaguely appeal to about 50% of the population and needlessly piss of the other 50%” what a bunch of stupid twats. Also what the fuck is wrong with that woman’s face? The only time I would want this product is if I saw that revolting woman, I would put her head in the bag with some harsh chemicals and shake her by the fucking neck, see if that makes her look any better.
MENARESTUPID
Said on the 21 March 2010
OK I WILL MAKE THIS SIMPLE SO MEN UNDERSTAND
MEN GET PISS TAKEN OUT OF THEM, MEN GET TASTE OF OWN MEDICINE
PS
smithery biggens…are you a fucking abusive dick or what? you do know she’s pregnant right? so you would try to hurt a pregnant woman? sicko sicko!
Smithery Baggins
Said on the 21 March 2010
@ MENARESTUPID Oh she’s pregnant is she? In that case I will make sure she has given birth before I publicly disfigure her face and nearly kill her! Do have the intelligence to sense the sarcasm? You must be the biggest idiot in the world to take what I said seriously.
By the way your pathetic attempt to try to offend men has no affect at all when it comes from a bitter, witless fool like you have proved yourself to be.
SMITHERYBIGGINSISSTUPID
Said on the 22 March 2010
I WAS TAKING THE PISS….ITS PRETTY OBVIOUS MORON! HAHA CLASS!
SEE MEN ARE STUPID LOL
Smithery Baggins
Said on the 22 March 2010
You call that little rant obviously taking the piss do you? Seems I couldn’t be more accurate calling you a bitter, witless fool. You really should get out more, maybe see a psychiatrist or something because you have some major issues as well as being dumb as fuck.
Smithery Baggins
Said on the 22 March 2010
you’re right i am just such a big moron MENARESTUPID
i don’t know what possessed me to call you a witless fool when, clearly, i am the witless fool.
please accept my apologies
regards
Smithery Baggins
Smithery Baggins
Said on the 23 March 2010
If you’re going to try to claim men are stupid at least do it using some intelligence, not like a childish little girl. You can write what you like I’m not going to respond any more, every comment you make just further confirms you are the real idiot here, I have better things to do than to converse with a sad, pathetic, sexist retard like you.
oirdnsogsrmponmso[
Said on the 23 March 2010
OHOHOHOHO
the real idiot is the one who is slagging me off, that’s childish! evidently you are bothered by my comments…
it’s quite funny actually
typical man:easy to wind up
LOL
joshward84
Said on the 23 March 2010
does noone want to join my band?
i promise i’ll let you sing!
CovertJellyfish
Said on the 29 March 2010
would using a guitar to beat joshward to death be a crime?
R E Krishna
Said on the 30 March 2010
Not if it’s a Squier.
CovertJellyfish
Said on the 30 March 2010
Agreed, but if it was a PRS Custom job, like my new one…
R E Krishna
Said on the 31 March 2010
Well obviously….but a Squier, if used as a club, would
1: Make probably the best sound it ever had.
2: Do the best work it probably ever had.
3: Be no stranger to murder, having already murdered who knows how many songs/tunes.
And that milud wraps up the case for the prosecution.
CovertJellyfish
Said on the 31 March 2010
actually I think you’d get medal….
James Garcia
Said on the 30 June 2010
i just thought that married life is the happiest point of my life.:*’
Gracie Hayes
Said on the 26 July 2010
married life is a bit exciting but you will have lots of responsibilities.;,~
CovertJellyfish
Said on the 27 July 2010
I have been happily married for six months… it was the other thirty before the divorce that pissed me off…..
Honestly though, good luck, I wish you all the best
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