A Very Sexist Super Bowl
Like everyone else, I watched the Super Bowl on Sunday. Like everyone else, I was excited to see the commercials. Unlike everyone else, I was annoyed by the sexist ads that showed up almost every other commercial. So, in case you don’t know what I’m talking about — or can’t remember the ads here is a recap.
First off, besides the obvious, this is the most scripted and awkward comercial I have every scene. Next, godaddy.com has been using the same “idea” for how long? They can’t think of a better ad? Perhaps if their domains were better and more reliable — more people would buy them and then they could afford to pay someone to come up with better ideas.
Message: ?
I hate to break it to you boys, but it’s not that easy. Sorry to ruin your Valentines Day plans. If you don’t believe me, go ahead spend x amount of money on flowers, hang out on the side of the street, offer your flowers to any woman that passes and let me know how it goes.
Message: If you buy a woman flowers — she will have sex with you.
Had I not just watched the previous two advertisements, I probably wouldn’t have picked up on the fact that no women developers were mentioned at all in this commercial. It would have been nice to see a woman featured — just saying.
Message: Best buy created a better way to buy a smart phone.
This ad pleasntly surprised me. They started out by saying, “this is the reinvented couch” with a row of women. As soon as I was going to get mad, they said, “it also comes in male.” I loved that.
Message: Toyota is making things better.
This was my favorite ad by far. It was also the only ad that I laughed out loud watching. It’s funny because it is something that I would do. It’s funny because the female attacks the man and gets back at him for eating her food.
Message: Don’t $%&! with my yogurt!
