Killing Us Softly (3/5) - Advertising's Image Of Women

[Myfaspoohbear]

im a male and im watching this and I have her book "Can't Buy my Love." I love her philosophy! Her writing is sincere and blunt. Im hooked :D

[tazzabanda]

WHY DAT BITCH GOT A HOLE IN SHE THROAT??

[united768]

this is my homework. to watch this and make a project on a theme of it. xD

[Oohyoutouchmytalala]

Also;

Anal sex, pressure into sex, objectification for any and all sexual activity or lack of it.

Beautification; not self beautification but complete 'down'there' waxes, anal BLEACHING, wearing clothes because they're slimming, fitting, you look great! (think gok wan, most think of him as being revolutionary, i still want to punch him for telling women they can't wear things they feel nice in and that they must wear painful undies) surgery, wedding diets, general diets..

[Oohyoutouchmytalala]

@Oohyoutouchmytalala degrading/unrealistic pornography; women draped around in advertising boards to seduce, to show the idea of what a woman should like - i've even personally worried about maybe changing myself because of all of these made up women my boyfriend has to deal with on a daily basis.

You must not age; you must not droop, you must be symmetrical, slim, hourglass, polished. Yes, men can get things like this too, but programmes like 'extreme male beauty' infuriate me.

[Oohyoutouchmytalala]

@Oohyoutouchmytalala apologies for the megacomment;

saying 'now we have to deal with exactly the same!' well, no, Penis enlargements are just coming around, yet hundreds, if not thousands of women undergo labioplastasy, vaginoplastasy, to get a 'designer vagina', even at age 12 seeing a rude pop up by accident, i started to get a stupid complex about what women must look like 'there'. We are told about independence as children and at the same time, are thrusted barbies and 'girly' magazines. "/

[Oohyoutouchmytalala]

At last. It sounds idiotic, but i do see adverts of beautiful, thin women with perfect hair and think 'no, it's not possible'. But then a little bit of me still says 'it is, don't be lazy. If you try really really hard, you might be able to get that!'

[professorfoxtrot]

A women with her lips sewn shut... oh what a profound socialogical statement. Despite the fact that it was for a HORROR MOVIE this neurotic hag would like us to believe it's some elaborate conspiracy against women. Skitzophrenics also have a habbit of perceiving everything as a personal affront.

[XxDessyChanxX]

@professorfoxtrot Yeah i agree on that add put the rest had some reasoning to it

[professorfoxtrot]

Feminists are pathetic.

[professorfoxtrot]

There is an agreement between nature and feminists. Feminists are naturally unappealing sexually and thus need not concern themselves with being considered in any sexualized context. You think feminists would be thrilled by this, however, the message in this video is quite clear- 'To other women, we own you.' That's right. All women are individuals first and foremost and make their own choices according their own preferences.

[professorfoxtrot]

professor foxtrot 1, feminists 0

[professorfoxtrot]

The fact as much as this woman would like men and women to be the same, but they're both fundamentally different and have different libidos which are not socially constructed. The fact that men are taller than women is biological and there is nothing feminsts can do to make fat women eating bags of Lays potato chips sexy.

[zammmerjammer]

...except to the people who find fat ladies sexy. And maybe that woman finds herself sexy, which is a lot more attractive than a skinny waif with no confidence.

[professorfoxtrot]

@zammmerjammer OK, so if we meet in the club some day, I'll let you take your share of the fatties.

[zammmerjammer]

Sure, since I would not refer to them as "fatties." I guess it would be hard for you to chat up someone you have such obvious arrogant contempt for.

[professorfoxtrot]

Like a paranoid schizophrenic, this feminist thinks that all images in the media, horror movies etc. are created to conspire against women. OMG an ad where the boy is taller than the woman! Bush caused 9/11!!

[zammmerjammer]

The media images reflect (and reinforce) negative stereotypes about women that already exist in our culture. What's so hard to grasp about that?

[professorfoxtrot]

@zammmerjammer Negative stereotype? Yeah, I bet being in shape is a negative stereotype for women because we like our women obese and powerless to control their health.

[zammmerjammer]

Desperately skinny models are not in shape. And this has nothing to do with what is genuinely healthy or sexy. It's about creating an ideal that is unnattainable ON PURPOSE to keep women in the position that whatever they say is never as important as how they look. It's a form of social control. She can always be too pretty or too ugly or too thin or too fat, etc.

[professorfoxtrot]

But the thing is feminists describe anyone who weighs less than themselves as anorexic. It's a way of trying to put down others to feel better about themselves. Real anorexia is not attractive nor is it considered to be the ideal and I'm talking about the kind you see in national georgraphic depicting those with clearly defined rib cages. A form of social-control? That's what feminism is! I think the obesity pandemic is a disgace but I'm not telling people what to do or how to live thier lives.

[zammmerjammer]

@professorfoxtrot Again with the insane generalizations about what ALL FEMINISTS think and do. And then the five cent psychological analysis. So tiresome.

The beauty myth is a form of social control: a woman crippled by the need for outside approval and who spends all her money on useless beauty products is NOT running for office, is NOT organizing her fellow-workers, is NOT creating art, is NOT founding a co-operative daycare centre.

[professorfoxtrot]

Generalizations? Give us a break! Look at any feminists diatribe on how women are given a raw deal and becomes painfully clear that they are obtusely jealous. They are killjoys who do nothing but tell people what to think, what to do, what they're permitted to find beautiful and then tie it in to a lecture about social control when that's exactly what they're demanding!

[professorfoxtrot]

Feminists are the real bullies here. They're telling women who've obviously spent a lot of hard work on their own bodies that they're subservient and oppressed when they don't know a damn thing about their lives but simply assume they ought to be ashamed as opposed to proud of their work. I don''t care if you're a feminist or not anyone who does this is a repugnant douchebag bereeft of any inner beauty at all.

[tinkerbellgirlblue21]

You're right. We shouldn't hate women like that; we should pity them. ;-;

[exeterfeo2014]

Oh yes..good video.

[exeterfeo2014]

Okay, applying lipstick isn't active. You move your hand over your lips for like a half a minute.

[demexii1]

How is playing with lipstick not active but playing with a bike is? Dumbass way of looking at it.

[aviator11tkp]

do you know what active means, being active means EXCERSISE, applying lipstick clearly is not something that will burn calories, and if you think it is then you probably have never excersised a day in your life

[professorfoxtrot]

@aviator11tkp but being active is just another way of "cutting girls down to size" according to the author of this video. Being empowered is about blaming others, the media and society for any personal shortcomings that you are powerless to improve.

[IAmLostWithoutYou]

Was I not informed putting on make up was made a sport?

[acapulco214]

that thing about the little boys & girls is so true.

[arji1982]

Thank you very much for posting this.

[mst3kanita]

I think she's taking it a little too far in this section, with the covering of mouths, let your fingers do the talking, etc.

[Tinfoilhatlady]

a masculine definition of power

what is a female one?

great insight

[DynamicScherzo]

Very interesting and thought provoking, also very humbling to see a male posting this and supporting the fight against sexism, thank you for posting :)

[CanadaClassicsDiner]

How true this is! 5***** IcanSeeAndHearYou!!!