To think the We Buy Any Car Is Sexist.

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It features a little girl and her mum. They say they made extra on their car and the little girl says "daddy is using the money for a season ticket". Which is met by the mums sour face.

I happen to be female and a season ticket holder. I say many females watching football every week.

It's always the women wants to buy clothes or shoes. I hate generalisations.

Sorry title We Buy Any Car Advert Is Sexist.

Sounds more like looking for something to be offended about TBH.

You'll no doubt be told you're overthinking, it's just an advert, have you got nothing better to worry about, etc. But constant little bits like this just keep re-enforcing the old stereotypes. I agree with you.

Oh FFS - really? Sexist? Really nothing better to think about OP?

"You'll no doubt be told you're overthinking, it's just an advert, have you got nothing better to worry about, etc. But constant little bits like this just keep re-enforcing the old stereotypes"

Which is exactly why I find myself becoming more and more irritated by these "harmless" things. I also cringe a little because it's the steroetypical man does something stereotypically wrong and wife is annoyed by him and infers she'll be having words with him later. Ugh. Surprised they haven't done another advert where it's the husband talking to his mate about how he's spending the money on a season ticket for himself rather than something for the family, and says how "her indoors" isn't pleased (whilst rolling his eyes), followed by a bit of lads banter.

What would have been acceptable for the man to have spent the extra money on? Surely the sole point is that he has been selfish and spent it on himself rather than something for the family.

Save your offendedness for ads where Mum has gone to Iceland, mums doing all the cleaning, the product is so good that "even a man can use it"...

Well I would buy clothes and shoes and my partner would get a season ticket? Liking different things... blokes liking blokey things and girls liking girly things isnt sexist. We ARE different, nothing at all wrong with that.

Believing in equal rights for both is what feminism is about.

Surely the sole point is that he has been selfish and spent it on himself rather than something for the family.

Yup, spot on. A man could post on here to complain about the sexist nature of the advert, because it's suggesting as soon as any extra/spare money comes into the house, the idiot bloke will piss it up the wall on nonsense at the expense of the whole family.