Comments on: we can do better http://findingatman.com/2010/02/08/we-can-do-better/ Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:15:21 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: The February 2010 Just Posts « collecting tokens http://findingatman.com/2010/02/08/we-can-do-better/comment-page-1/#comment-1284 The February 2010 Just Posts « collecting tokens Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:46:52 +0000 http://findingatman.com/?p=659#comment-1284 [...] Heather of finding atman with We can do better [...] [...] Heather of finding atman with We can do better [...]

]]> By: Cold Spaghetti :: Just Posts for a Just World: February 2010 http://findingatman.com/2010/02/08/we-can-do-better/comment-page-1/#comment-1283 Cold Spaghetti :: Just Posts for a Just World: February 2010 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:08:28 +0000 http://findingatman.com/?p=659#comment-1283 [...] Heather of finding atman with We can do better [...] [...] Heather of finding atman with We can do better [...]

]]> By: Holly http://findingatman.com/2010/02/08/we-can-do-better/comment-page-1/#comment-1270 Holly Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:01:48 +0000 http://findingatman.com/?p=659#comment-1270 HEAR, HEAR. <em>Holly's last blog post..<a href='http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ColdSpaghetti/~3/DjueconL-zQ/' rel="nofollow">Bacchus, Sunday night.</a></em> HEAR, HEAR.

Holly’s last blog post..Bacchus, Sunday night.

]]> By: Vicki http://findingatman.com/2010/02/08/we-can-do-better/comment-page-1/#comment-1260 Vicki Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:47:16 +0000 http://findingatman.com/?p=659#comment-1260 What about the GoDaddy ads? Ads like that are the insidious type that really set women back in their quest to be taken seriously. Whereas the Charger ad I saw more as satire, humor, I take offense at the GoDaddy ads for blatantly portraying women as sex objects. Men and women in stable marriages can handle the stereotypes. Men cannot handle the visual stimulation of ads like that for long. They are visual creatures. My indignation rests on the destructive tits and ass display. What about the GoDaddy ads? Ads like that are the insidious type that really set women back in their quest to be taken seriously. Whereas the Charger ad I saw more as satire, humor, I take offense at the GoDaddy ads for blatantly portraying women as sex objects. Men and women in stable marriages can handle the stereotypes. Men cannot handle the visual stimulation of ads like that for long. They are visual creatures. My indignation rests on the destructive tits and ass display.

]]> By: alejna http://findingatman.com/2010/02/08/we-can-do-better/comment-page-1/#comment-1259 alejna Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:39:33 +0000 http://findingatman.com/?p=659#comment-1259 I totally agree with you. I can't get my thoughts together for a coherent comment, but I can't get over the load of stereotypical crap that is that commercial. I'm so sick of this myth of the poor downtrodden male. <em>alejna's last blog post..<a href='http://collectingtokens.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/the-yard-in-winter/' rel="nofollow">the yard in winter</a></em> I totally agree with you.

I can’t get my thoughts together for a coherent comment, but I can’t get over the load of stereotypical crap that is that commercial. I’m so sick of this myth of the poor downtrodden male.

alejna’s last blog post..the yard in winter

]]> By: EcoYogini http://findingatman.com/2010/02/08/we-can-do-better/comment-page-1/#comment-1258 EcoYogini Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:15:51 +0000 http://findingatman.com/?p=659#comment-1258 oh my effing.... seriously??? that SHIT was on tv??? sigh. what the eff ever. You can ask a man to be "manly" (whatever that really means) without degrading women by doing so. ALSO- I always take offence that cars like that are marketed to one sex, DUDES, you are missing 50% of a possible target consumer. I like fast cars, and RESENT being told (via implied ridiculous ad) that because I have a vagina, this car isn't for me. whatever. women buy cars too. seriously, these types of ads reinforce why feminism still exists. like marriage and relationships are really like that. I think it's high time we stop characterizing "male" vs "female" qualities and just start talking about "qualities"... I am tired of hearing how a man or woman should or should not act. It's lame. <em>EcoYogini's last blog post..<a href='http://ecoyogini.blogspot.com/2010/02/how-to-green-your-beans-yoga-and-coffee.html' rel="nofollow">How to Green your Beans... Yoga and Coffee</a></em> oh my effing…. seriously??? that SHIT was on tv??? sigh.

what the eff ever. You can ask a man to be “manly” (whatever that really means) without degrading women by doing so. ALSO- I always take offence that cars like that are marketed to one sex, DUDES, you are missing 50% of a possible target consumer. I like fast cars, and RESENT being told (via implied ridiculous ad) that because I have a vagina, this car isn’t for me. whatever.

women buy cars too.

seriously, these types of ads reinforce why feminism still exists. like marriage and relationships are really like that. I think it’s high time we stop characterizing “male” vs “female” qualities and just start talking about “qualities”… I am tired of hearing how a man or woman should or should not act. It’s lame.

EcoYogini’s last blog post..How to Green your Beans… Yoga and Coffee

]]> By: Vicki http://findingatman.com/2010/02/08/we-can-do-better/comment-page-1/#comment-1256 Vicki Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:11:22 +0000 http://findingatman.com/?p=659#comment-1256 I actually loved the ad. For too long we have asked men to not be manly. We've asked them to sit with us and paint our toenails and love it. We've asked them to watch Lifetime and then want to discuss the movie. We've asked them to give up time with guy friends so they could shop for sheets with us at Belks and then have salads at Panera. That's not what (most) men are. I did think that the commercial brought to light a lot of the ways society has been trying emasculate men. They have testosterone running through their brains. Let's let them be men and do men things (within moral guidelines, of course, you know me) and not ask them to be sissified. Of course, being a commercial, it's going to play it out to its ultimate extent in buying a car. That's what advertising does right, make you want a product? I do agree that a relationship is built out of equals, but those equals are not the same in their likes/dislikes and hobbies. If a man is truly going to be happy in his relationship and in return want to make his woman happy then he's going to need to do some things he wants to do and be the way God made him. That doesn't mean going out and buying a car without consulting with his wife. That's dumb and irresponsible. But women need to wise up that we cannot make a man act like a woman and have a happy relationship. Neither one will actually be happy. On a somewhat side note, I've wanted one of those cars for a while now. It's badass and cool and totally not what one would think a normal mom would drive. Oh yes! The gas mileage is too low though. It's even 4-door isn't it? I think that might be our next car. In fact, they should come out with a complementary commercial in which the wife steals the car from her husband to go on a girls' weekend. <em>Vicki's last blog post..<a href='http://notsosahm.wordpress.com/2010/02/06/the-blizzards-of-the-century/' rel="nofollow">The blizzard(s) of the century</a></em> I actually loved the ad. For too long we have asked men to not be manly. We’ve asked them to sit with us and paint our toenails and love it. We’ve asked them to watch Lifetime and then want to discuss the movie. We’ve asked them to give up time with guy friends so they could shop for sheets with us at Belks and then have salads at Panera. That’s not what (most) men are. I did think that the commercial brought to light a lot of the ways society has been trying emasculate men. They have testosterone running through their brains. Let’s let them be men and do men things (within moral guidelines, of course, you know me) and not ask them to be sissified. Of course, being a commercial, it’s going to play it out to its ultimate extent in buying a car. That’s what advertising does right, make you want a product?

I do agree that a relationship is built out of equals, but those equals are not the same in their likes/dislikes and hobbies. If a man is truly going to be happy in his relationship and in return want to make his woman happy then he’s going to need to do some things he wants to do and be the way God made him. That doesn’t mean going out and buying a car without consulting with his wife. That’s dumb and irresponsible. But women need to wise up that we cannot make a man act like a woman and have a happy relationship. Neither one will actually be happy.

On a somewhat side note, I’ve wanted one of those cars for a while now. It’s badass and cool and totally not what one would think a normal mom would drive. Oh yes! The gas mileage is too low though. It’s even 4-door isn’t it? I think that might be our next car. In fact, they should come out with a complementary commercial in which the wife steals the car from her husband to go on a girls’ weekend.

Vicki’s last blog post..The blizzard(s) of the century

]]> By: SoccerMom http://findingatman.com/2010/02/08/we-can-do-better/comment-page-1/#comment-1255 SoccerMom Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:57:19 +0000 http://findingatman.com/?p=659#comment-1255 I agree. What the heck? The whole thing left me completely uninspired. <em>SoccerMom's last blog post..<a href='http://soccermom-sportsnut.blogspot.com/2010/02/valentine-week-day-2.html' rel="nofollow">Valentine Week Day 2</a></em> I agree. What the heck? The whole thing left me completely uninspired.

SoccerMom’s last blog post..Valentine Week Day 2

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