Vonage Dolphins

my vonage commercial..boyfriend sleeping on the beach. Tough work!

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• Vonage
• dolphins
• hot
• girl

[gamemaster1199]

funny but customer service sucks!

[brownbeane]

you know whats funny though, you spelled bolnde wrong

[jmshaw357]

This girl is genetically blessed--what a gorgeous girl! She portrays a dumb blonde, but I bet she's got a good mind as well.

[kenx213]

i'd still do her

[XkukolX]

this wasnt meant to be a moritorium on rape

[contacter]

how about the same ad done for a gay/bi audience into hunky men, with the cute but stupid jockbody stud standing in for the dumb blonde. Hell he could even have blonde hair, blue eyes, and same cookiecutter perfect nose

[LilleGeneva]

Hi missmallory I don't know surfer bros. But for each example of a dumb male surfer there are 10 dumb blond female jokes/depictions. As for worse commercials , maybe that is true. But I want to highlight this ad for making light of serious social problems. For centuries there has been violence against women which is justified by saying 1) women are stupid and 2) they are only sexual objects anyway. This commercial feeds the very mentality that men have long used to beat/rape women.

[missmalloryful]

@LilleGeneva What about surfer bros? they are always depicted as blonde tan and stupid. There are way worse commercials and life issues to focus on besides this one vonage commercial

[TsukiRockerBoy]

@LilleGeneva I beg to differ. "...as most blondes in these jokes are female, although male variations also exist...", straight from Wikipedia, even society thinks that "not all blonde women are stupid", and "some blonde men are stupid". I'm sure that stereotypes were targeted for this commercial, not as a sexist demeanor.

And I disagree, people aren't that easily influenced enough to beat up women for fun after watching a 30 second advertisement for landline telephones.

[TsukiRockerBoy]

@LilleGeneva It only seems that way because you misinterpret the ad that way. If someone as simple enough on the internet perceives this ad as a clear and obvious derogatory definition for women, then how come nobody else can, especially if this commercial is nationally spread? No real complaints or lawsuits have been made against this commercial or lack thereof.

1) No, it obviously isn't ok, but who threw that box? A man or woman?

2) Again, women aren't ALWAYS seen as sexual by EVERYBODY.

[LilleGeneva]

As for the idea that "this commercial targets the blonde stereotype of society to be considered "stupid", male or female," I could not disagree more. There is no male version of the "stupid blond" stereotype.

I appreciate your point that real events deserve attention more than ones on t.v. But we have to take seriously the way that t.v., commercials, etc. can affirm beliefs, attitudes that drive inhumane behaviors that destroy lives everyday. This commercial says: hurt women = funny.

[LilleGeneva]

Hi RockerBoy,

I agree that actual violence against people is worse than violence depicted in ads. But you are missing how often ads (and other media) make light of things that deserve serious attention.  Violence against women (whether beating or rape) is a world wide problem which is made easier by the commonly held belief that 1) it is ok to hurt women and 2) women are objects for pleasure. This commercial reinforces both of those ideas.