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Not MY daughters, Reebok! « Golden Acorn Homeschool « curlykidz — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:03:08 +0000

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By: Becky

Becky — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:09:32 +0000

Cyndi, of course! :-)

By: curlykidz

curlykidz — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:12:27 +0000

Becky, can I crosspost? I’m still dumbstruck, and you said it SO well…

By: Warren

Warren — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:31:20 +0000

My wife tells me that Avon sells toning sneakers AND sandals. Same effect, none of the poor-taste advertising. $40 or so, vs. $110 for the Reeboks.

By: Rowana

Rowana — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:52:51 +0000

You go, girl!!!!

By: AF Wife99

AF Wife99 — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:43:58 +0000

That is completely unbelievable! But I don’t know why I am surprised. I haven’t seen those commercials in Hawaii, but we don’t watch a lot of tv either.

By: Beth C.

Beth C. — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:44:03 +0000

It’s really insidious. Justin and I got into a discussion last Father’s Day about the content of something as “innocuous” as Mother’s Day and Father’s Day cards. I was appalled when I went to buy him a card at the number of cards that were not complimentary AT ALL, about 2 or 3 just at the grocery store referred to farts! Then he told me that he experienced a similar feeling trying to buy a Mother’s Day card for me, because while most of them were supposed to be complimentary, many of them were basically… I love you because you do such a great job cooking and cleaning for me. I am SO with you on the sit-com thing of men being idiots and the wives running the show. That “theme” is in far too many commercials as well. Apparently, men are basically just boobs who ogle women, bumble household chores and child care, and slack off at work. And their TV wives (sit-com or commercial) simply roll their eyes and smile and fix things because, well, we can’t REALLY expect more from men, can we?

Anyway, the gender stuff really hits a button with me. I could go on and on, but won’t. I’d be preaching to the choir. ;)

By: Becky

Becky — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:05:24 +0000

Beth, I agree with you about the sitcoms and more subtle messages. It’s just scary to me how many comments on Youtube were asking what the big deal was with these commercials. UGH!

I have a lot of issues with sitcoms (in particular) taking the feminism overboard approach…essentially saying that all men are idiots and that their wives “keep them in line,” so to speak. There are plenty of other issue there as well. *sigh*

We parents have a LOT of work and talking to do.

By: Beth C.

Beth C. — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:00:48 +0000

You’re absolutely right, of course. I’m sort of torn on Reebok altogether, though, because they did sponsor the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer that I walked in this year, so I have a bunch of shirts and hats with their logo along with the Avon logo and a personal attachment to them as they played a part in MY experience raising money. So, they do put money into a huge women’s health issue which is great, but those commercials have got to go! I think that parents of girls are very aware of advertising campaigns like this and their negative effects, but I WILL remember as my boys grow how detrimental they can be to boys as well. Not my SONS, Reebok!

During a discussion about Ralph Lauren ads with their DISTURBINGLY distorted, badly photo-shopped photos of extremely thin women, a friend pointed out to me that it’s not these OUTRAGEOUS ads that are most dangerous. They’re really so ridiculous that we can EASILY point out their faults to our children. It’s the more subtle ones, the subtle roles played in sit-coms and on commercials, etc. that are truly dangerous, because those we let slip by without talking about their implications.

Just keep talking to them, like I KNOW you will and it WON’T be your kids that pick up those attitudes.

By: Brandi Page

Brandi Page — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:59:09 +0000

I could not agree more!