To Foodstamp:
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Yet, in our societies, sexuality is more taboo than these other things. Makes no sense at all, period.
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Well, the society with taboo on sexuality was the one which conquered most of the Earth's surface and got into space.
You can call it amazing (which is the best
), illogical or even perverted, but you shouldn't doubt its efficacy.
And it's all about efficacy, right? (At least so positivist science tells us).
And so you probably shouldn't wonder that people who are fascinated by this conquest are less-than fond of overt demonstrations of sexuality... However, this isn't the case here at all!
To All:
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but because it is insulting. The ad is basically saying "We know our target audience
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This is the key. (I don't want to place long quote here - the thread is long enough already!
) For people who feel insulted by such ads it's just a sign - of not exploitation of women, but of their own exploitation which is waved before their noses. So the Foodstamp's analogy is quite off the mark: while there are pornographic computer games, there aren't those in which player is just an object of outside manipulation (sorry, forgot the TV!
But we are speaking of the computer gamers here - and they by definition prefer to be somewhat active...). And just as everybody had had sex, everybody also is quite familiar with marketologists who "know what you want" MUCH better than yourself.
And this is why I both find ads humorous - as they just bring the fact that these "knowing" ones actually just don't care the freck into light - and the humor somewhat sick - as the fact that ones who don't care are considered knowledgable isn't actually THAT funny.
Dixi.
Hope that it's the last post in this thread.