To think Poundland ad is not “genius” and is actually a bit I appropriate?

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Most comments on Facebook are proclaiming it “genius.” I don’t think a sexual innuendo is that genius TBF.

Plus why is it a woman lying on her back with a t shirt saying “power” and a man standing over her dominating her. They could have at least chosen another sexual innuendo.

Also difficult to explain to kids.

Or have I got the wrong end of the stick?

Lyyod

Are you thick? You sound a bit thick.

To rephrase, less rudely:

Someone chose those doll and chose to pose them in that way. A way that is representative of something else. Geddit?

To be clear, I will discuss apparent consent or otherwise in posed doll adverts as long as consent or otherwise is an issue in real life.

Which it is.

At best, it is deeply unpleasant, at worst it perpetuates the idea of abuse being not just acceptable, but amusing.

ugh.

I find the ad juvenile, misogynist and cheap (in style, I don't know how much it cost). But I'm not going to ascribe human conditions to inanimate objects. Dolls cannot consent - I know that makes me thick - clearly the image shows the barbie refusing but the elf continuing nonetheless to dangle a teabag over her face. The barbie clearly didn't consent to having a teabag dangled over her face. I must be so obtuse to have not realised that. Perhaps I'm the most obtuse feminist on Mumsnet.

I think we're going to have to go back to first principles here. Do you understand the concept of images? That's a start. Do you know that images represent things? The thoughts in people's heads, for example? How certain groups are perceived?

Oh look, dolls mocking of the objectification of women HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Hilarious.
I imagine the kind of people who find this funny probably go and see Roy Chubby Brown live

But if you can't ascribe human conditions to inanimate objects Vladimir then it can't be misogynistic either. Either you're open to bits of plastic representing a man and woman or you're not.

They probably watch Jim Davidson DVD's too @CherryChasingDotMuncher

Its a good job children don't have access to the internet when it actively pushes sexist images all the time isn't it?

Kids shouldn't be on social media anyway. Ones in high school who are more likely to be on Twitter/FB will have heard it all at school anyway. Unfortunately.

Facebook is full of people saying that 'itz just a bit of fun innit

Probably the same people who thought the couples wedding photos that involved the bride pretending to give the groom oral in front of a picturesque landscape was the height of hilarity

I don't really care if people think I'm a prude for not liking this advert. I'm over it at this point.

Lyyod

Are you thick? You sound a bit thick

As thick as not being able to spell Lloyd?

Probably the same people who thought the couples wedding photos that involved the bride pretending to give the groom oral in front of a picturesque landscape was the height of hilarity

Nope, that was totally disgusting and not acceptable at a family wedding and at a religious type ceremony too.
So, try again.

Are you one of the people on Facebook pp was referring to then pumpkin?

You got me. My fingers are literally thick

You're entitled to your opinion, I'm not going to patronise you or tell you you're thick. Oddly enough I was having a discussion with someone I assumed to be a man (male name and avatar) underneath the original picture on Twitter and he also called me thick for disagreeing with him that it's just a bit of a laugh and I should untwist my knickers. Hey ho.

This is grim. Also grim is Poundland altering the advert so they don't offend a tea brand but seemingly don't give much of a fuck about offending women.

Yep. It's fine to degrade women in this way but god forbid they upset a major tea brand. Money talks I guess.

Absolutely grim. Any reason why it wasn’t a man lying on the floor?

Are you one of the people on Facebook pp was referring to then pumpkin

No,I am finding the tweets and all the reaction funny on Twitter though.

Silly Waitrose What would be funny about that?

Exactly. I don’t often get pissed off by stuff like this, I like a laugh but what the fuck is this. Seriously. What is it saying? I’m confused.

All I see is an elf teabagging a barbie?

The only positive that has come from this is that I've discovered how easy it is to complain to the advertising standards agency.

Ffs. How pathetic, think I'll avoid the store in future. No great loss as it's full of cheap shit and I can get my cleaning stuff in home bargains

Clearly they are idiots