DU Men and DU Gay Women

[CatWoman]

Does this make you more inclined to buy a book from this seller?



That book was recommended to me today, and I searched for it on Ebay.

That seller has half-clad women modeling all of his books for sale:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewIte...

[DemocratSinceBirth]

1. she's cute

NT

[CatWoman]

2. but what about my question?????

[DemocratSinceBirth]

15. After I Saw Her Picture I Suspended Critical Thinking...

Buy the book.... Hell..... I'll buy the publishing company....

[flamingyouth]

31. LOL

Men.

[Khephra]

3. Uhhhhh...no

[Khephra]

8. I might add..

that I'm also NOT uninclined to buy her book because of that picture. Hell, I've had great books suggested to me by their author while they were in the nude. (Pagan festivals...those who've been know what I'm talking about.)

[CatWoman]

9. cause you're the Mack Daddy

[Khephra]

12. Damn straight!

Looks like a lot of old-timers are hanging out tonight. I wonder what's up.

[CatWoman]

16. heh

summer winding down

[rbnyc]

4. Less.

But also, I don't think she's that cute. I get a weird vibe from her facial expression.

[CatWoman]

5. she does look a tad "stoned"

[GOPisEvil]

6. It makes me wonder about the book.

If you have to use sex to sell the book, maybe it's not that good of a book.

Not that I have anything against half-clad women or anything...

[CatWoman]

7. The book is supposed to be really good

It was recommended to me today on this thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

[JVS]

10. Distracts from the book

I'm no longer looking at books, instead I'm flipping through the other books this guy is selling and looking at the pictures.

[Deja Q]

11. DU Men? I'm a gay male. Am I not a man? Your comment is homophobic.

How about adding gay men and heterosexual women to your list? Or bisexual men and women?

But I digress from the point of my response with pedantic political correctness: I have nary a clue as to what the book is about and I stared at the cover for 5 minutes. Working at the edge of a waterfall it seems to be... what are the workers doing? Does this book have a point, or it so limited in scope to people wearing bright orange next to a cliff face? If I gave a hoot, I'd read the synopsis on the back and likely not buy the book anyway.

But for those inclined, they have the benefit of having something else to look at that they DO understand, should the cover make no sense to them.

Given the size of the book compared to the size of the flaunting female figure, the eyes of ANY human are more likely to guide in her direction anyway.

This advert is not about the book. It's about a fit and trim woman with a leather bra concealing her boobies.

[CatWoman]

13. I'm sorry, didn't mean to present it/myself that way

but I "assumed" that gay men wouldn't be interested in a half-clad woman.

It didn't occur to me to address bisexual men.

Besides -- I can only get so many adjectives in the headline.

on edit: Jesus fucking christ. Can you put some things in proper perspective without pointing fingers at people?????

[Deja Q]

21. Forgive me, I was being unduly harsh!

You are correct, gay men wouldn't rather be interested in the lady.

And you're right on the adjectives.

I also just came from GD where there's a big argument about political correctness...

Actually, gay men and hetero women might give the most unbiased answers since the advert doesn't affect them the way it does toward hetero men and lesbian women. (and bis of either flavor) And while many hetero men and lesbian women would still say the lady, uh, distracts from the item for sale, they'd still be drooling.

I've never understood why a person would buy something just because a glamour model happened to be holding it. That isn't logical. For example: "That hot chick is standing in front of a car! I'm going to buy the car!" or "Hey look, that Greek god over there with a bowling ball sized basket is selling this can of earwig excrement. Let's buy 50 pounds of it just because he's good looking with a Guinness-worthy package!"

Of course, if Michael Moore posed on the set of his movie F911, I'd probably go see it because I know what he's about. He's a cutie but I know that if I see the movie, he's not going to sleep with me - yet alone even know I exist except as a statistic.

[CatWoman]

22. Let me guess -- Trumad's at it again, right?

[trumad]

33. Hey watch it girl

or I'll call my buddy OJ...

[CatWoman]

45. lol

i LIVE for your shit-stirring posts.

you know that!!!

[DS1]

14. some of us can recognize cheap pandering when we see it

my answer is Hell No!

[Nevernose]

17. Why would a leather bra make me more inclined to spend 5 hours...

...reading her book?

She's cute though. Why would that make me buy one of her books? I don't know, unless the book's about the porno industry or something.

[GOPisEvil]

19. It's not even her book.

[CatWoman]

20. I'm thinking the guy is trying to use sex to sell his product

why else would he picture his goods with those women?

I've bought tons of stuff off Ebay, and this is the first time I've seen something like this.

[salinen]

18. Yewah!

Can I work on her edge?

[TrogL]

23. No, she's cheap looking

[truthspeaker]

41. you say that like it's a bad thing

[GAspnes]

24. Sadly, no!

Plus the thumb-ring throws me for some reason.

[Fenris]

25. It actually makes me less inclined...

I won't get to have sex with the woman and I can't have sex with the book. Why the Hell would I buy that?

[ronnykmarshall]

26. No.

Now is there was a picture of a shirtless hot guy carrying a cute kitty cat .........

[name not needed]

27. Does she come with the book?

[TreasonousBastard]

28. She's a distraction...

a very nice distraction, but a distraction nonetheless. Unless, of course, she comes with the book.

She is irrelevant to the book, and I would buy the book if I wanted it in spite of her.

[Misunderestimator]

29. Absolutely not... it makes it seem cheep and worthless to me...

and not worth a read... maybe it works for men?

[jukes]

30. nope

not a thing there. what i'd call a 3-shotter back in the day; 3 shots of cuervo, & i'd probably make a play.

makes me NOT want to read the book, though.

[CatWoman]

32. A "three shotter"??

LMAO!!!!!

[bookfreak]

34. No, it makes me less inclined to do so

I find these sort of ads tacky and repelling. The Gebco auto insurance company runs tv ads with one guy and a dozen 3/4 naked women dancing around like sluts and singing about the benefits of Gebco. I wouldn't get Gebco if it were fifty cents a year. I also would never buy a car from that annoying Foreign Motors guy. (If you are from the Mid Atlantic you might be familiar with these two)

If I already like a product I will buy it regardless of the ads. If I'm shopping for something new an ad I like won't sway me to buy it, but an ad I hate very well might repell me.

[Fleshdancer]

35. Is that a pleather halter?

Because of my feminist views I definitely wouldn't buy the book, but if I wasn't a feminist, I would still have to object due to the horrendous crime against fashion.

[tcfrogs]

36. No!

If I'm going to invest my time into reading a book, it has to be worth my time.

And, yes, she's hot!

[dudeness]

37. thats one i could take to bed with me

looks an interesting read...

[Spider Jerusalem]

38. No. Fake blondes in faux-leather halters don't do it for me.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

39. No, but I would buy the woman and rescue her from exploitation

[truthspeaker]

40. Yes. It makes me more likely to get more info on the book

Oink.

But it makes me even more likely to shop for a top like that in my girlfriend's size.

[bushisanidiot]

42. I prefer to call myself a 'lesbo' rather than a gay woman..

but anyway..

If she were the author I MIGHT be interested in what she wrote.. especially if someone from DU recommended it to me. But, if she's just a model holding the book, no.. that doesn't make me want to buy it or read it.

Hope this helps!

[m-jean03]

43. No

I think that's pretty silly!

Books are intellectual things and have nothing to do with the body, unless they are erotica or porn.

On the other hand, I could see being swayed to buy a motorbike or a car by a half-clad model. MAYBE. Or at least, those things seem to go together better.

NOT that half-clad women are "objects" but, the thing that they're selling, a car, is a material thing, and the thing they are "selling" (sexiness) is also a material thing.

But I don't get it, with books.

[southpaw]

44. Book?

What... OH! She's holding a BOOK!

[RetroLounge]

46. Maybe if the book was covering her face.

otherwise, no. even if she was the author, no.

I buy books on word-of-mouth from friends I respect.

THis photo makes me respect the seller very little...

RL

[Bertha Venation]

47. HELL no!

Good lord. Christ... some people buy a book because of what the cover looks like. I shudder to think someone would buy a book because it's being "modeled" by a chick in a bra.