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In reply to the discussion: Am I the only person offended by this? [View all]FightForMichigan
(232 posts)77. Someday...
someday, some marketing firm will come up with an ad that suggests men can't get laid because they're unclean and have ballstench and headcheese. Until then, this kind of crap is always only directed at women, and so, yes, it's sexist and offensive.
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They ARE ads. The other three aren't so crude and offensive, just tasteless.
kestrel91316
Feb 2013
#40
It should be, it had better writers. Actual writers. Not ad men (or boys, whichever)
redqueen
Feb 2013
#60
I'm offended that your offended... that you find offensive...umm what was I offended about..?
Katashi_itto
Feb 2013
#43
"Leave it to Beaver" the story of an adolescent boy named Beaver Cleaver. nothing new here lol nt
msongs
Feb 2013
#14
I predict a new advertising firm and new marketing exec in Playtex' near future.
stevenleser
Feb 2013
#31
I've been looking, and I'm not finding ANY supportive comments on their FB page. LOL.
kestrel91316
Feb 2013
#37
you know, I have been hearing that same line for decades when I point out that something is
niyad
Feb 2013
#202
Actually, Playtex is finding out via its FB page that their marketing is a huge fail
kestrel91316
Feb 2013
#72
No. Whoever dreamed that up and whoever approved it are disgusting. I find no humor in it at all.
appleannie1
Feb 2013
#52
jokes about anyone. To me calling a woman a beaver or a man a prick or pecker are equally offensive
appleannie1
Feb 2013
#160
Sure do. The only people with anything to say are the trolls and I have to wonder what name they
appleannie1
Feb 2013
#209
And it offended that pretentious little prig on Upworthy - Mordecai something
GoneOffShore
Feb 2013
#70
One can see nude newscasters in Europe. Your point? (And no, your pun did not go
WinkyDink
Feb 2013
#117
I'm no prude (just ask any of my 3 gentleman friends). I find the whole "dirty vagina"
kestrel91316
Feb 2013
#176
I'm not offended, but I think it's juvenile and if I were a woman it wouldn't make me want to buy...
slackmaster
Feb 2013
#58
My mother had a bottle of Lysol in the bathroom cabinet to douche with. Seriously.
Manifestor_of_Light
Feb 2013
#148
It's okay with me, as long as it doesn't turn into some anorexic OCD thing, like other people's
patrice
Feb 2013
#81
Every ad begins with the implied statement "You need this, you are not this"
Demo_Chris
Feb 2013
#167
I find it interesting that most DUers who think this is funny and ok are male.
kestrel91316
Feb 2013
#88
All you've done in this thread is call people names for disagreeing with you
mythology
Feb 2013
#198
I am outraged at your patriarchal and misogynistic use of the condescendingly sexist term ...
11 Bravo
Feb 2013
#122
I think that "enjoy the go" campaign came out of some marketers focus group "how can we make using
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2013
#104
This thread has been most helpful in confirming what I already suspected about several DUers.
kestrel91316
Feb 2013
#128
"Remember - when you see an ad, no matter how stupid or offensive: somebody wrote that down.
mikeytherat
Feb 2013
#138
It's an entire advertising firm who got a seven-figure contract to create, develop, test, and deploy
Blue_Tires
Feb 2013
#161
I think about that when I see trailers for the typical "blow-em-up, beat-em-up, special effects,
niyad
Feb 2013
#203
We live in an anything goes culture, sadly. No maturity, no restraint, no decency.
reformist2
Feb 2013
#143
If you ask me, the product itself, and the implication of the ads,
The Velveteen Ocelot
Feb 2013
#149
I think it's crass, bathroom humor. Since men don't usually buy such products
woodsprite
Feb 2013
#158
What I will remember is that Playtex and Energizer Holdings are run by a bunch of sexist pigs and
kestrel91316
Feb 2013
#172
I just texted this to my wife. I'll let you know when she gets back to me if I'm offended.
Glassunion
Feb 2013
#185
Good news! I was not offended. In fact I got quite the giggle out of the double entendre.
Glassunion
Feb 2013
#186
It's misogynistic, just an updated version of the ads that used to push Lysol as a feminine
smokey nj
Feb 2013
#200
On both of their FB pages, comments appear to be running about 500:1 against the ad campaign.
kestrel91316
Feb 2013
#208