I don't have enough saved reaction gifs for this burn. Damn.I remember seeing a tweet that said you could sell anything to insecure straight men if you claim it cures ED.
It's like RGB for gamers.
That's what I thought, too. The old dangly car air fresheners aren't really a gendered thing.Ok... if they marketed this better I could see a market for something that doesn't hang from your mirror, looks a little nicer, and doesn't smell like the restrooms from gas stations (like the scents they use to mask it). They don't need all that "manly smell" stuff, it's a good idea without it. But makes it a joke when they add in that whole manly crap.
If you can't find what's wrong by saying men that buy a product marketed for them emotionally stunned, then I don't want to waste my time talking to you.
Pfft, real men buy tacticool products.
Baby carriers? They're for women, what a proper red blooded man needs is a tacticool baby carrier.
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If you can't find what's wrong by saying men that buy a product marketed for them emotionally stunned, then I don't want to waste my time talking to you.
I actually like the look of the product itself more, but that marketing and the feedback from customers reads like a parody.
It is, and it was on Shark tank. It was a good deal apparently for Mark Cuban. It's basically a wet-wipe not scented for frat boys. It's crude marketing and it's not worth the price, but I don't think we should belittle the men that buy it?Dude wipes is 100% stupidity and they're probably (hopefully?) not serious.
Yeah, marketing aside the product makes sense. In the air but nothing tacky dangling from your rearview or stuck in your vents.
Dude Wipes is 100% stupidity and they're probably (hopefully?) not serious.
Any man who defines themselves by how much of a man they are IS emotionally stunted, thats the whole point being made.If you can't find what's wrong by saying men that buy a product marketed for them emotionally stunned, then I don't want to waste my time talking to you.
It is, and it was on Shark tank. It was a good deal apparently for Mark Cuban. It's basically a wet-wipe not scented for frat boys. It's crude marketing, but I don't think we should belittle the men that buy it?
Yeah, marketing aside the product makes sense. In the air but nothing tacky dangling from your rearview or stuck in your vents.
Dude Wipes is 100% stupidity and they're probably (hopefully?) not serious.
Edit: Didn't realize it was a subscription service. Everyone's jumping on the sub train these days. Good luck getting people to sub to car air fresheners.
It is, and it was on Shark tank. It was a good deal apparently for Mark Cuban. It's basically a wet-wipe not scented for frat boys. It's crude marketing and it's not worth the price, but I don't think we should belittle the men that buy it?
Gendered marketing for ubiquitous products is, unfortunately, something that will take ages to get rid of.
Who enforces this? It's a free market and if it sells then it's all you need for these profit driven companies.The way to change this is in part by stopping frivolous products like this from being marketed as they are. Every little way we can stop this idea that men are a certain way and woman are another is a good thing for society as a whole.
Government should.Who enforces this? It's a free market and if it sells then it's all you need for these profit driven companies.
Look, it's a stupid wipe, just like a stupid razor, black or pink, I think paying a mark-up for the same product with a different color is unnecessary. I am still not going to insult the people that buy it though.
do you think products advertised to women play up to female fragility?
Government should.
Society as a whole would be better if products weren't advertised specifically as a gendered product, unless its something specific like sanitary products but even that can be done without having to enforce its only for one gender. People are still free to market their products but they cant try to enforce gender stereotypes in doing so.
Well I'm not American so it's a little different here but whether it will happen or not isn't what is being discussed here, it's what SHOULD happen.The same government that is funded by these private companies? What you're saying will never happen.
I bet you the mansized tissues are built sturdier so they are perfect when rubbing one out.
You want the government to force companies to market their products as gender-neutral?Well I'm not American so it's a little different here but whether it will happen or not isn't what is being discussed here, it's what SHOULD happen.
If your car gets that funky that you have to change the air freshner monthly, you got other issues
Yep. People are so weird about this stuff. Marketing by demographics is a thing.I dont see how this is much different from the different gender marketing for everything else. i.e. soaps, shampoo, shave gel, razors etc. Its all the same shit but you get "for men" or "for women" plastered all over it and a color palette swap.
On a broader note...clean your fucking car, thats why it smells like shit in the first place.
Your annual reminder that gender-based marketing is one of the most effective types of marketing. There's nothing troubling, toxic, gross, problematic, or anything else about it. It's just gender marketing, it's been around for centuries and will continue to be around for millennia to come. Everyone is susceptible to some form of marketing, most people are susceptible to gender-based marketing.
With that said, scents are something that are easily marketable to different genders. I don't like any car fresheners, I think they're all pretty gross, ya'll don't like my scent get outta my car. I've used those ... charcoal bags in the past, but more because they're just easy as opposed to if they actually do anything.
I wouldn't buy this stupid baby carrier because I'm not into military shit and I'd look like a goddam idiot with that, but FWIW, most baby products are marketed to women and it's frustrating. I have a very high tolerance for not being embarrassed about anything I do, but I think it's kind of bull shit because it strongly reinforces the stereotype that "Women should be doing the baby-raising, while men should be out doing the man stuff," and I generally dislike that. There were lots of $20-$40 baby carriers, but most were marketed and designed for women, and you had to go up to $70-$100 for gender neutral carriers, which is what I got... the Baby Bjorn.
Gender marketing for baby stuff definitely works on me. If you exclusively show me photos of women holding babies in all of the marketing stuff, I'm less apt to click into that product than if you show a man holding the baby. Sure, push come to shove I'll buy the products exclusively marketed to women taking care of babies and I won't think twice about it. But when a company takes 2 extra seconds and adds marketing materials showing a man caring for his child, then that is something that instantly resonates with me and I'm more likely to look at the product and influence my buying decision.
I Get why they do it, women usually influence the buying decisions for baby products, and it's definitely better than it was 10+ years ago, but it's frustrating and reinforces negative sexist stereotypes. I Think the camo carrier is probably the full on opposite of this, but it's the reflection of baby/woman marketing for a century, over-compensating.
The mayor of London has already banned a specific advert because it was enforcing the idea that only super fit, skinny women could go to the beach in a bathing suit.You want the government to force companies to market their products as gender-neutral?