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Old 05-05-2016, 20:29
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and they miss out the acrimonious divorce with the kids going astray, the son selling drugs and the daughter becoming a crack whore, no? so just my family then
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Old 05-05-2016, 20:35
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Pulled Pork - yuk -

Sounds disgusting, sounds obscene.
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Old 05-05-2016, 21:47
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That one with the grass flowing like a river, yuk!
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Old 05-05-2016, 21:59
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Pulled Pork - yuk -

Sounds disgusting, sounds obscene.
But tastes wonderful.
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Old 05-05-2016, 22:51
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is it only me, or am I right in thinking that the female cancer ads are supportive and sympathetic, the prostate one is just insulting and pathetic
When I first saw that hideous and aggressive advert, I came away thinking that they had done the absolute bare minimum to disguise their contempt at producing an advert designed to help solely men. Almost like they're trying to say "sorry not sorry you got cancer".

Every advert is designed to make men feel bad for being men. Or to demean them and make them look stupid. Especially MARRIED men. Even when the man isn't even a human male, like that B&Q one with the beaver (?), he is made to look like a complete berk being frightened by his cheap electric drill whilst his wife literally wears the trousers - but not the gay zebra - he's moved out from his "black and white" (implied: homophobic) parents house and is now some kind of Tommy Walsh and Allan Carr all rolled into one. How lovely and "empowering".

I hate it. I hate the way they are allowed to get away with it and I hate the sort of scum who go around calling this discrimination and bigotry "tolerance" and "equality"
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Old 06-05-2016, 00:55
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Ugh! I just saw that dreadful Kris Akabusi ad again. Anyone who says 'boom!' at the end of a sentence deserves a smack!
When grown adults do that they look like a fricking moron.
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Old 06-05-2016, 01:00
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For those of us who reckon there is trend of making men appear stupid, insignificant, visual punchlines or eye-candy in adverts, well it appears things are only going to get worse in the future.

The ASA is launching an investigation into how women are stereotyped in advertising. The offical statement does have a token mention that they will also look at men being shown in stereotypical roles, but I feel that will mean that in the future that men can't be shown to be masculine and that the mocking and belittling of men will continue unabated.

Here is how the Guardian is covering this:
http://www.theguardian.com/media/201...-women-adverts

And here is the ASA statement, which is dated 28 April. Seems funny how none of the media noticed this until today. I think its because a couple of MPs twitter'd about this and they have all now reporting on it:
https://www.asa.org.uk/News-resource...x#.VyuMS3tv880
There absolutely is.
It's really odd because it doesn't reflect reality in any way whatsoever.
It seems to be the case that if the advert is for something like a bank or insurance company and it's simply a man speaking directly to you through the camera imparting information to you then it will show a man as a normal intelligent person.

But stick a man in a social situation with other people and they make him look like a clown and an utter buffoon.
In social situations men are hardly ever shown as a person people can talk to in order to receive advice from or demonstrate wisdom or knowledge.
In a family situation that's where it's worse, where the man will almost always be depicted as the fool of the family.
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Old 06-05-2016, 01:04
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It totally flopped in the US. RottenTomatos gave it just 17% based on US reviews - and they'll watch any old dross...
Hooray, brings a smile to my face.



I dislike those B and Q ads with the animal heads.
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Old 06-05-2016, 07:55
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But tastes wonderful.
you eat DREK, eeyuk
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Old 06-05-2016, 11:20
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is it only me, or am I right in thinking that the female cancer ads are supportive and sympathetic, the prostate one is just insulting and pathetic
I havent seen the ad, I didnt mind the previous one with Bill Bailey.
Why is there a "Race for Life" for women but nothing similar to raise money/awareness for male cancer?
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Old 06-05-2016, 11:24
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I havent seen the ad, I didnt mind the previous one with Bill Bailey.
Why is there a "Race for Life" for women but nothing similar to raise money/awareness for male cancer?
because it's MALE cancer and so not worth worrying about they are only men
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Old 06-05-2016, 12:03
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is it only me, or am I right in thinking that the female cancer ads are supportive and sympathetic, the prostate one is just insulting and pathetic
You are spot on.
Mens health ads should be made for men which is to give us the facts and how to get help.
No nonsense or messing about.
I swear they are made for women.
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Old 06-05-2016, 13:17
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You are spot on.
Mens health ads should be made for men which is to give us the facts and how to get help.
No nonsense or messing about.
I swear they are made for women.
I HAVE prostate cancer and if I could find the person who made/commissioned that ad I smack them in the mouth, and that is no idle boast, I doubt that a court in the country would find me guilty for it
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Old 06-05-2016, 15:19
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I HAVE prostate cancer and if I could find the person who made/commissioned that ad I smack them in the mouth, and that is no idle boast, I doubt that a court in the country would find me guilty for it
I'm so sorry to hear that, my thoughts and positive energy is flowing your way. I hope it helps bring a speedy recovery.
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Old 06-05-2016, 15:35
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You are spot on.
Mens health ads should be made for men which is to give us the facts and how to get help.
No nonsense or messing about.
I swear they are made for women.
I haven't seen the ad under discussion so can't comment on it specifically, but it's well known that men and women treat their own health very differently. For e.g. as a general rule, men usually need nagging to visit a GP, so an ad targeted at men, giving us the facts about our own bodies, may not necessarily work in actually getting us to bother going, however an ad that targets loved ones with what signs to look out for in the men in their life, may be proven to be more effective. If that means making ads that make the wife or kids sit up and take notice of the old man's cough that he's had for four weeks and constantly says he's just got used to, then so be it.

Like I say, I haven't seen this specfific ad. If I do, I may hate it, but it's too simplistic to say give a man the facts about his health and he'll do something about it. The studies over the years suggests otherwise.
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Old 06-05-2016, 16:32
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I havent seen the ad, I didnt mind the previous one with Bill Bailey.
Why is there a "Race for Life" for women but nothing similar to raise money/awareness for male cancer?
Not an ad on TV, but I saw a poster for Brighton's 'Race for Life' recently. "Cancer! Brighton's coming to get you" it threatened (or similar), with a photo of women all looking really hard. It made me so cross!
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Old 06-05-2016, 19:16
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Like I say, I haven't seen this specfific ad. If I do, I may hate it, but it's too simplistic to say give a man the facts about his health and he'll do something about it. The studies over the years suggests otherwise.
I would like to think that things have changed over the last couple of decades and that men, as a whole, are now more likely to go to their doctors than they were previously. I admit I don't think us men will ever be as likely as women to go to the doctors at the first signs of a problem, but hopefully we're not still ignoring symptoms until its too late.

I wonder if it may be a generational thing. Maybe older men (and women) are more likely to think 'I don't want to bother my GP, its probably nothing and I'd just be wasting the doctors time'.
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Old 06-05-2016, 19:20
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I havent seen the ad, I didnt mind the previous one with Bill Bailey.
Why is there a "Race for Life" for women but nothing similar to raise money/awareness for male cancer?
I take it you are unfamiliar with the concept of Movember.
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Old 06-05-2016, 19:33
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I haven't seen the ad under discussion so can't comment on it specifically, but it's well known that men and women treat their own health very differently. For e.g. as a general rule, men usually need nagging to visit a GP, so an ad targeted at men, giving us the facts about our own bodies, may not necessarily work in actually getting us to bother going, however an ad that targets loved ones with what signs to look out for in the men in their life, may be proven to be more effective. If that means making ads that make the wife or kids sit up and take notice of the old man's cough that he's had for four weeks and constantly says he's just got used to, then so be it.

Like I say, I haven't seen this specfific ad. If I do, I may hate it, but it's too simplistic to say give a man the facts about his health and he'll do something about it. The studies over the years suggests otherwise.
having said all that, when you do see it you will see that it doesn't just give the fact it does it in a thoroughly insulting way, they would never dare make a similar ad for women.
When they make ads or do anything for women, they do it in a supportive way, this is NOT supportive it is degrading, it would not have encouraged me to go for a check, it WOULD have encouraged me to change channel nay ensured that I DID change channels
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Old 06-05-2016, 20:24
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I take it you are unfamiliar with the concept of Movember.
So your answer is....one month where people grow their moustaches? What utter tripe.

Thanks for proving us all right, men really are marginalised.
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Old 06-05-2016, 22:01
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I take it you are unfamiliar with the concept of Movember.
I've met some women who are well qualified to partake in Movember.
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Old 06-05-2016, 22:02
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The new Domino pizza advert where the people are talking with weird mouths
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Old 06-05-2016, 23:04
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When grown adults do that they look like a fricking moron.
A guy on an internet cooking show does that too (Food Busker I think). Like some of his recipes though
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Old 06-05-2016, 23:09
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Looks like Myleene Klass is back with her Littleweods advert, showing what you can buy this summer, because she has got the Littlewoods touch
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Old 06-05-2016, 23:16
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I saw a cancer ad today featuring a woman showing her children the drip going into her arm. There was a man in the room with her (husband? father?) and he didn't trip over the stand and rip the needle out of her arm, or accidentally tip a bucket of paint on his head. Most odd.
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