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Hotel apologizes for 'sexist' ad of couple enjoying breakfast in bed
- Thread starter Trojita
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What?
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this almost seems like orchestrated controversy to get people to spread their magazine ad around online
It's true, no woman would be attracted to someone who reads the Australian Financial Review in bed
Ah come on with this shit. No matter what, someone somewhere will have a problem with something.
It's a micro aggression.
May seen miniscule, but this stuff adds up. If people are offended by it then it's a valid concern, and we should respect that. Given their response the hotel seems to respect that as well.
May seen miniscule, but this stuff adds up. If people are offended by it then it's a valid concern, and we should respect that. Given their response the hotel seems to respect that as well.
I mean this is only a bit better than an ad where the guy is reading the paper and the wife is in the kitchen getting dinner ready. But I guess youre fine with that as well. Good for you.
Seems mostly fine to me. These are things two people could do in a bed, their interest is their own. I mean sure, it could have been a bit more aware and just had them both reading the paper, but, seems fine. But I'm also not one to say what people should or shouldn't be offended by, so if they are, they probably feel they have a good reason.
Yeah... I guess I mean.... yeah. If anything it shows how subconsciously this stuff seeps into every day life. I don't think there is any agenda here, but rather a symptom of systemic sexism ingrained in our culture.
This is way different. I know plenty of career oriented, modern women who enjoy reading about fashion. Especially if they're just lazing around relaxing. The ad is harmless.
Edit: nice attempt at moving the goalposts in a "gotcha" move btw. You really caught my horrible sexist views.
The Chanel book looks infinitely more interesting and likely more relevant.
Not the same thing at all, but hey. Nothing matters besides the perception anymore anyway.
I'm confused.. Are financial reviews associated with power and by that extension masculinity? Is she not intelligent enough to understand anything further than the decorative appeal of coffee tables?
She is smart to not want to be bored to tears reading about finance while on vacation.
There is often an art director behind it all who was too concerned about picking props depending on what things looked best on camera.
I don't think the hotel has the right to assume what a man and women enjoy eating. Should have had them just doing nothing.
It's exactly this kind of over-sensitivity that makes people vote their freedoms away.
Also, it's such a non-newsworthy story when you consider that the second the hotel realised how the advert could be construed, they immediately said "Shit, you could be right, sorry, we stopped it". Job done. Whoop-di-doo!
(Except now the story can be used to wind up right wing types.
Also, it's such a non-newsworthy story when you consider that the second the hotel realised how the advert could be construed, they immediately said "Shit, you could be right, sorry, we stopped it". Job done. Whoop-di-doo!
(Except now the story can be used to wind up right wing types.
I don't think the article, nor the person calling it out in the report, are saying that the photographer or hotel is sexist, but it does speak to how institutionalized gender roles are in our culture.
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