I don't agree with that, but that wasn't really my point. The post I was responding too inquired about why we might expect male HBC ads to be misogynist, and that was what I was driving at. Both ads directed (posted to Marketing the 'Male Pill' to, well, men.)
Reading through the decision, their logic is especially disappointing. Essentially, they claim, since the amendment doesn't forbid civil unions but rather reserves only the designation of 'marriage', its actual impact does not cut into the more general right of same-sex (posted to Breaking News: California Supreme Court upholds Prop 8 decision)
I'm not entirely sure why an app that makes fart noises is the standard of awesomeness for the phone--somebody writings apps for an Android phone could easily produce that just as well as somebody writing apps for the iPhone. I'd (posted to "The Droid is not a princess.")
In an ad directed at the mainstream, assuming that when they use imagery that is associated with males or females in the mainstream is not sexism, it's understanding that mainstream culture makes assignments to these things and this marketing plays (posted to "The Droid is not a princess.")
And who does beauty pageants? Not many men for sure nor is it associated with men so might as well be womens pageants. (posted to "The Droid is not a princess.")
Exactly. Excellent point! They want to make their phone look better so they try and associate it with more masculine associations. Its using the idea that anything thats feminine is inferior to anything thats masculine. (posted to "The Droid is not a princess.")
They said beauty pageant QUEEN so its obvious they only meant females along with displaying only female dolls dressed in a pageant to further emphasize the point. What commercial were you watching? (posted to "The Droid is not a princess.")
I dunno, folks... we hate beauty pageants and princess culture and then we are upset with this ad because it makes feminine things seem "not tough?" I think they pretty carefully managed not to say "feminine women are not tough" (posted to "The Droid is not a princess.")
