Fairy's advertising is stuck in the 1950s!

[TartyMcFarty]

According to the advert I've just seen, a mother's role is to stay home washing the dishes so that her male children can become Olympic athletes. Erm, why can't she be out on the track showing them how it's done?

Can anyone recommend a different brand of dishwashing liquid?!

Ask your sons

There are plenty of brands in the supermarket.. you dont HAVE to buy fairy.

Method

obvs

I won't!

I probably will but am feeling exercised about it right now

Aldi's own is loads cheaper and I think Good Housekeeping recommended.

What was the slogan in the 60's. Hands that do dishes are as soft as something and the little girl was helping too and admiring her mother's hands. Irritates my Eczema so I don't use it.

You're very true. P&G seem to think that a mother's role is the cleaning and cooking for some reason (apart from Ariel).

I do like my fairy cheaper stuff dosnt compare and tbh its probably mostly woman who do the washing up generally

God that ad is a crock of shit. It really is unbelievable.

I'm with ya sister

Are all the future athletes really only male?!

The ad is terrible, get a dishwasher

All advertising for cleaning products make me feel stabby. Like as women we spend our time judging our friends on the state of their bathrooms and we're overly concerned with the state of the rim of our bog. And lets not forget the vax steam mop that lets us clean up after the kids, the dog and our toilet missing piss dripping husbands! What more could we want!!

The latest Philadelphia macaroni cheese one is deeply annoying. Something about needing to keep 3 fussy boys happy (one of which is her DH). Grrrrrr

Has anyone else noticed how washing up bottles are female shaped? All curvy bodies...

i use star drops for dish washing.

hate the fairy ad.

Aldi's own brand is called Magnum and is remarkable good, pretty much the same as Fairy and only 59p or something!
I keep meaning to stock up :o

What annoys me more is that as a mum I am apparently sponsored by Proctor & Gamble. I want to know where my sponsorship money is.

I'm so happy that someone else is annoyed by the Philadelphia ad. It's so patronising and infantalizes men.

marriedinwhite it was "now hands that do dishes can feel soft as your face...with mild green fairy liquid" and the little girl was patsy kensit!

Ahem. As you were.

OMG that picture of the male athletes and a young girl with a fucking shopping trolley is so sexists. Do dad's not raise children too?

And there's a mop one at the moment that boasts about it being able to clean up after anything, 'Even husbands'

i buy cheapist washing up liquid in the shop, as it is normally just for the washing the meat roasting tray before it is put in the dishwasher.

It's nice to know my role in life is to fret about getting vegetables into my family and tidy up after everyone.