I've got one to add to the pile too:

Is this advert sexist?



The fall is staged - that much is painfully obvious, but why have the lady fall? Is it so the delicate pretty lady lawyer can fall over, safely in the company of three big strong men, but it just goes to show that women can't walk and talk at the same time?

Or am I reading too much into it?

Also I have some form of cognitive disconnect whenever I see 'professionals' try and hawk something seriously when it has a "txt-speak, down with the cool kidz" number-substitution style name.

In the situation they show, wouldn't it be her fault, though? I mean, she tripped. Who would she sue?

Here's a couple that I find odd at the moment.

First link is to First Choice (travel agents).

Second is link to .MoneySupermarket, (sic)

They are both running in the UK at present and, well, frankly, they're the same ad. Cocky arrogant bloke with ego size of Texas gets fawned over by all and sundry whilst wife and kiddies are background fodder at best.

I find them both sexist, but at the same time I can see where the agency/agencies were going with the idea/ideas. I also find that both bloke's arrogance and the way they disregard their families quite distateful

What do you think? Sexist and egotistical, or just fun ads about blokey wish fullfilment?

The fact the two ads, currently running are essentially the same just seems really wierd.

Oooh, that looks like fun.

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] Well, it's not a commercial, but I still don't know how to feel about it.

I like updated, relevant science videos that add humour to education. Likening carbon to a whore just makes me really uncomfortable.

In this video, it is explained that a Carbon atom is female (and female is shown with tits, big lips and a pink strapless dress. The embodiment of everything female, of course) because it is small, and likes to chemically bond with other atoms.

Carbon is also not specific to which atoms it bonds with, therefore carbon is slutty because it will bond with various combinations of atoms at the same time, including otehr carbon atoms.

Which is all very interesting in terms of science, but holy shit, stop likening molecules to sluts, thank you very much. This video reeks of cissexual white male while trying to be inclusive and relevant.

Am I reading too much into this?

You can think this stuff up accidentally, either purely through random chance or through exposure to the world around you. What isn't accidental is taking the 'carbon bonds with everything' idea and running with the thought that 'bonds with everything' = 'jezebel / tramp' = 'female, and stereotypically so' (although the last is kind of implied by the previous two).

It's very kind of him to tell us how to rewind so that we can go over stuff again, and that we can skip parts of the video if we already know the topic. He won't mind.

Quote:

This video reeks of cissexual white male while trying to be inclusive and relevant.

Inclusive and relevant to other white cissexual males trying to be inclusive and relevant. I wouldn't have associated biology with ironic hipster asshattedness until now.

:/

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] src="[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" quality="high" scale="exactfit">

I don't think I want to eat something that can taste me back.

And, Yay, Cannibalism?

Edit: Oh god! Soylent Green flashbacks! It's people!!!