Who's offended next?? Tho it is publicity.....
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- mark111757
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Who's offended next?? Tho it is publicity.....
Seems like the PC police don't want to be offended
I am not offended but I gather there are some that are
I am not offended but I gather there are some that are
Re: Who's offended next?? Tho it is publicity.....
I am not really offended, but can understand that some people might be. I just think that it's a stupid advert! I do like Tunnocks teacakes though.
Re: Who's offended next?? Tho it is publicity.....
I am offended because it is just lazy, gormless advertising with zero creative thought. I would expect better even from a first year student.
EDIT: Maybe it's a one off for Wimbledon, on a local billboard. Still lame.
EDIT: Maybe it's a one off for Wimbledon, on a local billboard. Still lame.
- Alexandria
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Re: Who's offended next?? Tho it is publicity.....
Vintage style ..
Not offended whatsoever ..
The advert needs to re-engineered in my view to something much more impacting and dazzling ..
This advert, is "old hat " ..
Not offended whatsoever ..
The advert needs to re-engineered in my view to something much more impacting and dazzling ..
This advert, is "old hat " ..
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- Gillthepainter
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Re: Who's offended next?? Tho it is publicity.....
Socially unacceptable.
I wouldn't argue with anyone who was indeed offended by this sexist fodder.
I wouldn't argue with anyone who was indeed offended by this sexist fodder.
Re: Who's offended next?? Tho it is publicity.....
To me, it dates back to the thinking of the 1980's when a pretty, often scantily clad, female was used to attract attention for just about anything.
I don't personally find the Tunnock's advert offensive, just stupid and extremely lazy thinking.
It seems inconceivable that all questionable adverts must have been signed off by at least twenty people, which makes you wonder if some are just being deliberately contentious.
I don't personally find the Tunnock's advert offensive, just stupid and extremely lazy thinking.
It seems inconceivable that all questionable adverts must have been signed off by at least twenty people, which makes you wonder if some are just being deliberately contentious.
Re: Who's offended next?? Tho it is publicity.....
Gillthepainter wrote:Socially unacceptable.
I wouldn't argue with anyone who was indeed offended by this sexist fodder.
Just thinking out loud, if they'd paired a man and a woman tennis players, both showing their teacakes in the same place (on hip), would that have been acceptable?
- Joanbunting
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Re: Who's offended next?? Tho it is publicity.....
Completely unacceptable for me too. If it were a man doing the same advert they would noy have lifted uo whatever they were wearing. It's a skirt thing.
I just got to wonder why would you put a yucky snack trash item there anyway / It smacks of that way back so poster of the tennis player doesn't it? or am I just showing my age?
I just got to wonder why would you put a yucky snack trash item there anyway / It smacks of that way back so poster of the tennis player doesn't it? or am I just showing my age?
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Good point about the skirt thing. Although I just can't find myself criticising or trying to exclude the idea that men like looking at pretty females or women at dishy men. If there were a sexual connotation, e.g. a man reaching for the woman's teacake, that'd be different. I imagine a feminist might say that a woman has a right to keep her teacake wherever she likes, so there. More things in the world to worry about methinks.
Yeah, the ubiquitious 1970's tennis poster in every boy's bedroom
Or the Harry Secombe quip:
Scene: Boy and girl in pram.
Boy: "I'm a boy."
Girl: "How do you know?"
Boy lifts up blanket: "Look!
Girl: "Ooh! Blue socks."
Yeah, the ubiquitious 1970's tennis poster in every boy's bedroom
Or the Harry Secombe quip:
Scene: Boy and girl in pram.
Boy: "I'm a boy."
Girl: "How do you know?"
Boy lifts up blanket: "Look!
Girl: "Ooh! Blue socks."
- WhitefieldFoodie
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Re: Who's offended next?? Tho it is publicity.....
I do not find it offensive, neither does Tiff. BUT in todays society and the recent upsurge in feminism I think it is an unwise marketing decision. I find it no more "obscene" than the diet coke adverts of men in water drenched tops and pretty much every perfume advert.
Personally, I have no problems with sexualised advertising. In fact I think over censoring such material is worse than over sexualisation and could have massive ramifications on the way society views anything sexualised.
Personally, I have no problems with sexualised advertising. In fact I think over censoring such material is worse than over sexualisation and could have massive ramifications on the way society views anything sexualised.
- Joanbunting
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Re: Who's offended next?? Tho it is publicity.....
WE have a chain of DIY stores in France called Mr Bricolage. Until very recently all there bill-board adverts showed skimpily clad females weilding oversized DIY equipment. It was so un-pc it was ludicrous but I pretended I found it very offensive , much to the amusement of male French friends - until I pointed out that, in this family if anyone is about to use an electric drill or something similar it would be me , not M and I would certainly be more suitably and safely dressed than those ladies.
They have since disappeared. Even the Lidl catalogue always used to show women using household items like irons, brooms,mops etc and men using the more dangerous things like electric drills, sanders and saws. Only a couple of months ago we had a breakthrough. A man using a food processor and a woman weilding a paint brush UP A LADDER
They have since disappeared. Even the Lidl catalogue always used to show women using household items like irons, brooms,mops etc and men using the more dangerous things like electric drills, sanders and saws. Only a couple of months ago we had a breakthrough. A man using a food processor and a woman weilding a paint brush UP A LADDER
Re: Who's offended next?? Tho it is publicity.....
sorry but i find it very offensive, tunnocks teacakes should have been banned years ago - nasty things - and i can think of better places to shove them than in andy murray's tights - though why he's wearing those and a skirt beats me.
- Lusciouslush
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Re: Who's offended next?? Tho it is publicity.....
Well - here I am about to take off my welding mask & gloves..........................
& do I fancy a ' little cake' tucked up a little knicker (er)?
no, I do not...! Who would?!?!
Not at all offended by the ad......but (yawn ) boring..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
& do I fancy a ' little cake' tucked up a little knicker (er)?
no, I do not...! Who would?!?!
Not at all offended by the ad......but (yawn ) boring..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- karadekoolaid
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Re: Who's offended next?? Tho it is publicity.....
I´m not offended by the ad. I absolutely don´t care a fig for PC.
However, the ad is hopelessly lost in space. What on EARTH has a cupcake to do with (a) playing tennis and (b) sticking the damn thing up a woman´s thigh??
The marketing manager who thought that one up should be sacked on the spot.
Somewhat akin to Jacob Rees-Mogg advertising Kim Kardashian´s T-shirts.
However, the ad is hopelessly lost in space. What on EARTH has a cupcake to do with (a) playing tennis and (b) sticking the damn thing up a woman´s thigh??
The marketing manager who thought that one up should be sacked on the spot.
Somewhat akin to Jacob Rees-Mogg advertising Kim Kardashian´s T-shirts.
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