Starting Today, Britain Will Be Banning 'Harmful' Gender Stereotypes From Ads

a reply to: InTheLight

Aye well, that says a lot about the people debating the topic.

That 65% are the same Muppets that believe computer games make people violent i imagine.

originally posted by: andy06shake
a reply to: InTheLight

Aye well, that says a lot about the people debating the topic.

That 65% are the same Muppets that believe computer games make people violent i imagine.

So, people that can think for themselves and call out lies and manipulation in advertising are the Muppets. lol Is that a new type of reverse psychology. Watch out, they can use that in predatory advertising.

a reply to: InTheLight

People can just think for themselves thus draw there own conclusions and opinions, then decide what they want to buy or look like.

Reverse psychology is everywhere I'm afraid.

As long as we consume in the manner that we do advertisements are always going to be there.

It's simply how we roll.

originally posted by: andy06shake
a reply to: InTheLight

People can just think for themselves thus draw there own conclusions and opinions, then decide what they want to buy or look like.

Reverse psychology is everywhere I'm afraid.

As long as we consume in the manner that we do advertisements are always going to be there.

It's simply how we roll.

Well, we are starting to roll uphill now as per what the U.K. had decided. See you on the top?

www.usmagazine.com...

a reply to: InTheLight

Ah, but the fact of the matter is that crap rolls downhill InTheLight.

Probably best just to meet me at the party at the bottom.

Ile have a few cold tall ones waiting, even if it does make us fat.

originally posted by: andy06shake
a reply to: InTheLight

Ah, but the fact of the matter is that crap rolls downhill InTheLight.

Probably best just to meet me at the party at the bottom.

Ile have a few cold tall ones waiting, even if it does make us fat.

But I'll be waving to you from up above and hope you won't be fat shamed by your party friends.

a reply to: InTheLight

Then how are you going to get a beer?

They will all be pretentiously overpriced crap up there mate, and about a £15 a pop.

Thats the thing about pedestals you see, the crap they place there is generally pretentious expensive mince.

a reply to: shawmanfromny

Will it take a whole generation to discover that destroying gender identity is the worst "harmful gender stereotype"?

Only gradually is the harm done by internet porn becoming clear. Meanwhile, ED is an epidemic among young men.
The people who said it was harmful were laughed at.

originally posted by: andy06shake
a reply to: InTheLight

Then how are you going to get a beer?

They will all be pretentiously overpriced crap up there mate, and about a £15 a pop.

Thats the thing about pedestals you see, the crap they place there is generally pretentious expensive mince.

We will be making our own mead from our own honey from our beehives from our healthy lifestyles without anyone telling us we are doing it wrong. Life is grand at the top.

a reply to: InTheLight

Sound like you have this strong and stable thing covered anyhoo.

Im glad someone does

The rest of us will simply be on the Buckie i imagine.

originally posted by: andy06shake
a reply to: InTheLight

Sound like you have this strong and stable thing covered anyhoo.

Im glad someone does

The rest of us will simply be on the Buckie i imagine.

Do you mean the remaining 35% nay sayers?

a reply to: InTheLight

Aye, that mob and the 10s of millions of other poor souls that don't give a rats arse, or have not participated in this ""debate"" for whatever there reasons.

Those fellows right there.

originally posted by: andy06shake
a reply to: InTheLight

Aye, that mob and the 10s of millions of other poor souls that don't give a rats arse, or have not participated in this ""debate"" for whatever there reasons.

Those fellows right there.

That would not be you or me though because we obviously give a rat arse(s) and it won't be too long before 10s of millions are shown advertising that is not harmful, so no harm no foul - and no fool.

a reply to: InTheLight

The people who are advertising, and that's just about anyone and everyone with a product to punt, will always find there audience InTheLight, that's just how the cookie crumbles.

As to harmful, there is more harm in the air that you breathe each moment, and we don't advertise that fact.

originally posted by: andy06shake
a reply to: InTheLight

The people who are advertising, and that's just about anyone and everyone with a product to punt, will always find there audience InTheLight, that's just how the cookie crumbles.

As to harmful, there is more harm in the air that you breathe each moment, and we don't advertise that fact.

I think it's great that we can bring all harmful subjects up front and centre in social media and lay it bare. Gotta go now.

Speaking from South Africa (although I can't imagine we are much different from global advertising trends), but more often than not (haven't done a tally or anything) but I get the feeling that men are usually made out to be bungling idiots (especially when it comes to apps and technology), or especially in flu season, as whiny sissies.

I find male stereotypes downright discriminatory (it applies both to white men, and men of color, although in the few instances where there is positive discrimination, and the male character is still a boss or CEO, it's exclusively a black man).

a reply to: InTheLight

I don't think much is "great" in the UK at the moment.

Nor lightly to be anytime soon, unless we get our collective act together, the Tories out of Westminster and on with our day.

Chance, however, would be a fine thing indeed.

I mean just wait till Boris is PM and watch this nation degenerate even further down the toilet pan.

a reply to: shawmanfromny

And that's the importance of our 1st amendment her in the States.

originally posted by: InTheLight

originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: InTheLight

Advertising is only "fat shaming" if you think it is. How weak minded are you if you think that the only way you can feel good about yourself is if you see someone exactly like you in the popular media?

No one in the media looks exactly like me. I don't have boobs like those. My nose is too big, and I never wear makeup if I can help it. I prefer to be natural although clean and groomed.

That's not the ad girl of choice and I've never felt any less because of it, but then, I go out and make my own achievements. I know my self worth and all too often today, people let others tell them they're worthwhile instead of discovering it for themselves.

No, some advertising deliberately fat shames to sell products and their target audience is not you or me who know they are worthwhile. Not everybody is as blessed.

This is a product of the empty self-esteem environment and consumer culture. Teach people that they're always special just because they breathe and they can't cope when they discover they aren't precious little snowflakes. For get to teach people that ads are supposed to make you want a thing on top of that crisis of identity and self-worth and you have recipe for disaster, but the companies love it.

originally posted by: Flavian

originally posted by: shawmanfromny


The Left are behind this madness and because of this, people are now walking on eggshells everyday, scared that they may say or do something that upsets someone's feelings. ENOUGH ALREADY!

No they aren't, this had cross party support. And also, there isn't a big Left / Right thing like in the U.S.

This has much more to do with the fact that most of us over here believe that anyone can be whatever they want to be, provided they work hard for it. So, for example in the ad that you mentionned, there is nothing wrong with girls becoming ballerinas. But to show that only girls can be become ballet dancers (rather than engineers, etc) is wrong - both morally and socially.

And if you think that only women should do housework, that says more about you than it does about anything else.

Everything has to be left v right in America. Libtard this and that.