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Liberal_in_LA

(44,397 posts) Thu May 17, 2012, 04:24 PM May 2012

The female M&M is totally sexualized. The males are not. [View all]

see a pic of the female M&M being stalked here: http://blog.sfgate.com/mmagowan/2012/05/12/new-mms-package-shows-female-getting-stalked/

http://margotmagowan.wordpress.com/2012/04/02/sms-anyone/

What are kids supposed to think about females and males when they repeatedly see these kinds of narratives? The gender stereotyping in the animated world is extreme and it’s damaging in the same way that people finally caught on that it was wrong to use a cartoon camel to sell cigarettes to kids.

Ms. Green is everywhere: on TV, at Party City stores, in toys, games, magazines, and billboards. There is no way to protect our kids from seeing this offensive stereotype. Not to mention it’s candy marketed to kids.

Please go to M&Ms Facebook page and ask them to stop sexualizing female M & Ms. Our kids deserve more than to see females depicted in this degrading way.

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The female M&M is totally sexualized. The males are not. [View all] Liberal_in_LA May 2012 OP

Blue M&M is a male love god. provis99 May 2012 #1

Theme Music: kentauros May 2012 #43

Who says the males aren't sexualized? Nuclear Unicorn May 2012 #114

What I really want more than anything Quantess May 2012 #2

They'd have to recall him Lawlbringer May 2012 #36

Did someone call for a toned male MFM in a banana hammock? MiddleFingerMom May 2012 #77

Whoa... pinboy3niner May 2012 #85

Well, she did ask for a sexy male torso... pacalo May 2012 #92

. Quantess May 2012 #117

The males come across as pretty dim-witted. libinnyandia May 2012 #3

The backstory of green m&ms makes it impossible not to sexualize that one. JVS May 2012 #4

Nice to see that someone gets it about the green ones. ManiacJoe May 2012 #75

That always was the rumor. TalkingDog May 2012 #78

Ah, brown M&M, how come you taste so good? DefenseLawyer May 2012 #138

I don't know ... earthside May 2012 #5

Well said hifiguy May 2012 #8

. Liberal_in_LA May 2012 #11

Thank you. NT EOTE May 2012 #32

Yeah because gaspee May 2012 #39

fuckin' aye! n/t ProdigalJunkMail May 2012 #54

Hey wait, how do you know he's male? TLM May 2012 #84

Good fucking grief! HappyMe May 2012 #6

They need to stop giving M&M's a gender, period. It's fricking candy. ScreamingMeemie May 2012 #7

That won't ever happen. kentauros May 2012 #44

Genderless candy can't frick Warren DeMontague May 2012 #99

They made the male M's idiots DJ13 May 2012 #9

I like Ms. Green Cali_Democrat May 2012 #10

Yeah. While she is straddling a pole in handcuffs. That's how I taught my daughter to be cool. Luminous Animal May 2012 #12

I was referring to her personality Cali_Democrat May 2012 #13

"Vote Green" earthside May 2012 #17

It's a TREE not a pole! NoPasaran May 2012 #48

Nope. The punning caption is "working the polls". EFerrari May 2012 #66

How can you tell exactly what her relationship to the tree is? undeterred May 2012 #70

Great post, Luminous Animal. Thanks. Zorra May 2012 #131

The green M&M, is almost perfectly round. JoePhilly May 2012 #14

Mike and Ike could never find time alone together. Quantess May 2012 #101

Plus all the temptation from the hard candy. JoePhilly May 2012 #103

I'm confused by the message in the first picture. Warren Stupidity May 2012 #15

She is chained to a tree so it won't be chopped down obamanut2012 May 2012 #33

Roger Warren DeMontague May 2012 #91

I disagree--the male M&Ms are ridiculously susceptible to Brown and Greens girl pheromones librechik May 2012 #16

First I've heard of this. MineralMan May 2012 #18

Red got naked in the Super Bowl commercial LadyHawkAZ May 2012 #19

I missed that obamanut2012 May 2012 #34

Pretty much like you'd think... Cave_Johnson May 2012 #38

I love that commercial tammywammy May 2012 #80

wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle NSFW progressoid May 2012 #96

it's on youtube LadyHawkAZ May 2012 #41

One of the male M&M's takes off his shell and gets naked. n/t Ian David May 2012 #20

Right fucking now? Gold Metal Flake May 2012 #21

Only the males have nuts. nt alphafemale May 2012 #22

Or pretzels. kentauros May 2012 #45

Oh, for fuck's sake. Iggo May 2012 #23

Ny words exactly. Who the fuck cares? I don't. RebelOne May 2012 #28

Well, the males all look drunk/stoned. HopeHoops May 2012 #24

Reminds Me of When The Right Attacked The Teletubbies for Being Gay Yavin4 May 2012 #25

+1 Johonny May 2012 #29

Apparently Almond Joy isn't the only thing that's got nuts. Warren DeMontague May 2012 #100

She also seems much savvier and more confident than the male M&Ms RZM May 2012 #26

Oh, yeah! I would definitely tag the green M&M! 11 Bravo May 2012 #27

She's not even geen anymore obamanut2012 May 2012 #30

Well, she tried. But it's not easy being green. Bruce Wayne May 2012 #61

And, she isn't being stalked*** the way the blogger implied obamanut2012 May 2012 #31

I'm too busy writing letters to Brawny Capt. Obvious May 2012 #35

the red one kinda looks like a bad boy. notadmblnd May 2012 #37

As are all animated characters, even ones meant for children gaspee May 2012 #40

I'm sure there's somebody, somewhere, who is turned on by the "male" M&Ms tralala May 2012 #42

All candy turns me on. octothorpe May 2012 #58

+1!! Amaril May 2012 #111

Holy crap! I think you're actually serious about this. Throd May 2012 #46

. Liberal_in_LA May 2012 #49

CALL CONGRESS RIGHT FUCKING NOW!1!!1 tabasco May 2012 #56

Please put me on the Jury when someone alerts on this thread! flamingdem May 2012 #47

. Liberal_in_LA May 2012 #50

lol flamingdem May 2012 #52

I disagree. The male M&M's are just like their Cleita May 2012 #51

Now I'm all aroused panader0 May 2012 #53

I promise to be outraged next week. tabasco May 2012 #55

OK all, OP has officially raised the white flag, no need to keep piling on stevenleser May 2012 #57

Missed that. Warren DeMontague May 2012 #136

Yeh, but who wants a chocolate wingwang that melts in your mouth? Bruce Wayne May 2012 #59

I rank this #236,329,831 on the list of things to worry about Adenoid_Hynkel May 2012 #60

I rank it as Summer Hathaway May 2012 #71

Heh. Hilarious deadpan humor. Nye Bevan May 2012 #62

One of the most enjoyable ... earthside May 2012 #63

This message was self-deleted by its author ctaylors6 May 2012 #73

Just noting that the blue one is the only one with a nut and he looks Skidmore May 2012 #64

Eating an M&M stops a beating heart Adenoid_Hynkel May 2012 #65

The blue M&M is sexualized Bruce Wayne May 2012 #67

The American Psychological Association Report On The Sexualization Of Girls Zorra May 2012 #68

Does no one take mass media courses any more? EFerrari May 2012 #69

No one can afford to spend that much money Warren DeMontague May 2012 #90

I'm sure that made sense to you while you were typing it. n/t- EFerrari May 2012 #95

Yeah. Warren DeMontague May 2012 #98

That it isn't important to you doesn't mean EFerrari May 2012 #106

I realize it's important to a few people. Warren DeMontague May 2012 #107

Symptoms of a disease are rarely important LanternWaste May 2012 #121

That makes even less sense than what I wrote. Warren DeMontague May 2012 #123

It's even worse for girl M&Ms. Warren DeMontague May 2012 #89

Definitely a MMILF! n/t zappaman May 2012 #72

!!! MiddleFingerMom May 2012 #113

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! zappaman May 2012 #120

I hid the SI swimsuit issue from my teenage ctaylors6 May 2012 #74

And she's good at what she does. Mmm Mmm Mmm. nt Comrade_McKenzie May 2012 #76

What about Ms. Brown? NashvilleLefty May 2012 #79

You are correct..... and I'm OK with it.... TLM May 2012 #83

The Velma to Green's Daphne. n/t Bolo Boffin May 2012 #94

There used to be a rumor that the green M&M's were aphrodesiacs Generic Other May 2012 #81

Really??? Green M&M is not ashamed of her ROUND shape!!! TLM May 2012 #82

To me, they invoke Snickers. deacon May 2012 #86

I'd do her. Warren DeMontague May 2012 #87

! Bruce Wayne May 2012 #105

The Yellow one has a lampshade on his head. Warren DeMontague May 2012 #88

Does anybody (besides my dad) ever complain that men in TV commercials are always morons? WhoIsNumberNone May 2012 #93

I often complain that the people watching TV are morons. Bruce Wayne May 2012 #104

Some do, most take it as just fine 4th law of robotics May 2012 #110

I think you've just described every episode of I Love Lucy WhoIsNumberNone May 2012 #112

Even then she was pretty 4th law of robotics May 2012 #119

The point fits well because.... TLM May 2012 #126

Right there with you.... TLM May 2012 #124

You and your dad should get a DVR. Warren DeMontague May 2012 #129

I've been trying to convince my dad to get one WhoIsNumberNone May 2012 #132

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague May 2012 #134

This is a brilliant piece of satire, LIL. msanthrope May 2012 #97

Hell, I pop them in my mouth upside down... KansDem May 2012 #102

Are you dyslexic? randome May 2012 #109

So the "female" M&M is smart, mature, and good looking 4th law of robotics May 2012 #108

I've thought all along that was a really strange ad campaign MerryBlooms May 2012 #115

Kind of overreacting, don't you think? Taverner May 2012 #116

Hey, Those go-go boots ain't made for walkin' MineralMan May 2012 #118

. Liberal_in_LA May 2012 #122

The Onion article says: Quantess May 2012 #133

But what does Chuggo, the smoking breastfeeding pitbull at Olive Garden have to say about it? Tommy_Carcetti May 2012 #125

Somewhere the AsahinaKimi May 2012 #127

So you are saying she is sexualized chocolate? Rex May 2012 #128

She kind of reminds me of one of my ex girlfriends. Warren DeMontague May 2012 #130

OMG....Ms. Green is your avatar! Cali_Democrat May 2012 #139

Feel free to steal it. Warren DeMontague May 2012 #140

This is the nation that created Barbie. What do you expect? McCamy Taylor May 2012 #135

Obviously the M&M's should be Amish DefenseLawyer May 2012 #137