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To think there are no 'normal women'

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Fritatayay · 17/06/2024 09:24

I mean in terms of the ones that advertisers portray. Women who just like spa breaks and gin 'with the girls' and bland flowers and dress in the fashion regardless of their identity/ lifestyle/ preference. I don't know one.
I know feminine women, but usually they have hidden quirks like they love true crime or trains or rock climbing. I have never met anyone who is just like the women on the adverts. Women who laugh whilst eating salad, with pearly white teeth.
I was saying this to a male friend and he said 'well you're not a normal woman' and I thought 'but none of us are!'

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IsabelleHuppert · 17/06/2024 09:33

Quittingwifework · 17/06/2024 09:27

I am dying a little at “liking true crime”
being some sort of “unusual personality quirk” 🤣

Yes, that’s definitely tiresomely ordinary.

OP, these are ads. They are designed to sell you something. Do you likewise complain that chisel-jawed men do not usually spend their days driving spectacularly clean cars through lava fields to stirring music? Or that extremely pretty dentists don’t dash about wincing at icecream talking about their own choice of sensitive-teeth toothpaste, middle-aged couples dance happily around their houses in nightwear (Viagra), or that Claudia Winkleman’s fringe almost certainly benefits from something other than a bog-standard anti-dandruff shampoo?

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Fritatayay · 17/06/2024 09:33

But this is what I mean. Why do we get dove and spa break vouchers pushed at us not things related to our interests?
Or why can we only exist in the media if we are dressed in a 'standard' sort of way?

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Leidenschaft24 · 17/06/2024 09:33

Most people aren't 'normal' imho. We all have our likes, dislikes and different temperaments. Someone saying 'you are not normal' doesn't bother me.
I feel like the word 'normal' is best reserved for situations where it is actually meaningful, such as in a scientific context or describing how something works/is - e.g. it is normal for the temperatures to be lower in December than in July.

DoYouSmokePaul · 17/06/2024 09:32

I’m pretty sure millions of women love gin and spa breaks etc. Aren’t normal women charmingly referred to as “basic bitches” anyway? So they must exist if they’ve made up a new term for it.

Bjorkdidit · 17/06/2024 09:32

Is this a joke? Adverts aren't real and no-one is like people in adverts.

yumyumyumy · 17/06/2024 09:32

I like wearing pink dresses and watching horror films but I'd say I'm pretty average like most people!

MermaidEyes · 17/06/2024 09:30

Quittingwifework · 17/06/2024 09:27

I am dying a little at “liking true crime”
being some sort of “unusual personality quirk” 🤣

😬😬

Catza · 17/06/2024 09:27

Not sure the two are mutually exclusive. A woman who enjoys rock climbing and heavy metal gigs can also smile while eating a salad. But, unless, the advertiser is recommending something climbing or heavy metal related, I doubt s/he needs to put a focus on that.
I honestly don't know anyone who takes advertising quite so literally.

mossylog · 17/06/2024 09:27

That kind of normality is like a costume for women to put on, not any different to the sashes hen party goers often wear.

Quittingwifework · 17/06/2024 09:27

I am dying a little at “liking true crime”
being some sort of “unusual personality quirk” 🤣

keylimedog · 17/06/2024 09:26

But those women on the adverts aren't telling you all about themselves - they're just showing one part of it in a moment on an advert, you've never know if they're got weird toes / only eat dry cereal / love a headbang.

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