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DoberDaddy:
Absolutely agree with the video!
For too long, mostly White, Straight, Christian men have ruled the world. Women, at worst, were considered property, at best, second class citizens. This "BULLY" culture is toxic and needs to end.
As for companies pushing a political agenda, you are fooling yourselves if you think it is limited to occasional ads like this (and NIKE, as another example). Companies do it all the time, it's called political donations, you just are not aware of it (and considerably more dangerous).
I have worked with women in power positions for decades in the corporate world and became friends with them, and heard their stories. No need to repeat them, they are all too common.
Here, in Israel, the "macho" army culture makes it even worse. Men need to be tough, to be "fighters". At some point, society here said "enough". A sitting president, Moshe Katzav was indicted, and went to prison for sexual harassment, to this day, he denies it, despite the preponderance of evidence against him. And I will add, there is no "trial by jury" here. You are tried by a panel of judges, so no "fancy lawyering" and "show trials" like in the USA, and other places.
OK, so maybe the pendulum has swung a bit in the other direction, but will certainly move to the center. Women are going to continue to demand to be treated fairly, with respect, it's their right.
All the whining and BS of boycotting just means that this commercial struck a cord, otherwise you would not be getting all your knickers into such a twist. See how the boycott worked for Nike?
FYI, in the USA, the ERA has STILL yet to pass. We got on here, in 1951, just saying.
nohairnow:
--- Quote from: DoberDaddy on January 17, 2019, 05:48:18 AM ---Absolutely agree with the video!
mostly White, Straight, Christian men
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In caps no less. Wow. Biased much?
Tyler:
@DoberDaddy I'm not fooling myself regarding political agendas. Most top corporations have one, but they don't push them onto the public through advertisements.
I think the main problem I have with the video is that it confuses masculinity with abuse. A person can be masculine and not be abusive. And a person can be feminine and be abusive. To paint masculinity as the root cause of abuse is to be as ignorant as someone who says all people of particular skin color are the root of crime.
DoberDaddy:
--- Quote from: rongv on January 17, 2019, 11:13:58 AM ---
--- Quote from: DoberDaddy on January 17, 2019, 05:48:18 AM ---Absolutely agree with the video!
mostly White, Straight, Christian men
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In caps no less. Wow. Biased much?
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if so, would have used ALL CAPS, I seem to have touched a nerve?
DoberDaddy:
--- Quote from: Tyler on January 17, 2019, 11:25:55 AM ---@DoberDaddy I'm not fooling myself regarding political agendas. Most top corporations have one, but they don't push them onto the public through advertisements.
I think the main problem I have with the video is that it confuses masculinity with abuse. A person can be masculine and not be abusive. And a person can be feminine and be abusive. To paint masculinity as the root cause of abuse is to be as ignorant as someone who says all people of particular skin color are the root of crime.
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Tyler, totally respect your opinion.
I can understand you not liking when companies take a stand, especially when it's something provocative, it makes people uncomfortable.
I watched it a third time, and I still don't think that it paints all masculinity as bullying and abusive, but you need to step out of yourself and see it from the other perspective, it's a huge problem, with many of the surveys saying that between 75-80% of women in the USA reporting having been sexually harassed or abused, by men. This is huge, this is a problem, these are your wives, mothers, girlfriends, daughters, etc. (as well as other men) They needed to make a point if people were not upset by it, then they didn't do their job.
S.
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