To be fucked off by this advert??

[LurpakIsTheOnlyButter]

Vicks. Man ill, wife sooths him with some Vicks rubbed on his chest. Child ill, she does the same.

Obviously mother/wife is never I'll, never requires care. Too bloody busy pissing around rubbing bloody Vicks vaborub on all the useless twatting men.

The advertisement fails to mention later on when she is chucking her guts up having contracted campilobacter and no one can be arsed to see if she is still alive or make her a cup of tea because the footy is on and they have to ring for a pizza.

Why is this still ok in this day and age??

Talking about Vicks up the bum reminds me of the time that my BIL put deep heat on his balls. Glad I didnt personally witness it but it was funny.

That Alexa ad annoys me. Not all men are morons incapable of childcare, nor do they need instructions.

I'd like to give special mention to the new Boots christmas ad. Just because its really fucking annoying.

@greendale17

Get a life

Was that to me?

yes it annoyed me too, DP commented on it too.

The child, yes, but grown men are more than capable of rubbing their on Vicks on. Christ!

The Alexa one has already been mentioned for the utter patronising shite that it is.

In fact most ads featuring the bumbling eejit of a dad who can't do anything (household chore/book a holiday/buy insurance) ever without fucking it up or having to rely on the all knowing wife stepping in to rescue the situation.

The new coke advert with the hipster bloke walking towards the camera telling us how much he likes coke. Fark off as well.

Thank God, I thought it was just me who hated it

@GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER

This one? They do have a point, adverts aimed at women are shite!

LOVE that advert

LOL it's not as bad as the one where the daddy is looking after baby, and the computer voice keeps telling him where stuff is and how to do stuff. 'The teething ring is in the fridge!' Then it says says 'your wife says you're doing fine!' Patronising as fuck. Like men can't look after a baby without mumzy

But YANBU, the ad you talk about is annoying yes.

Like men can't look after a baby without mumzy

According to some on this thread, they can't be left unsupervised with an infant without him accidentality feeding them bleach or mistaking the microwave for a cot.

It's true that some men can't or won't - partly because of the endless messages throughout our lives that tell us women should be doing all the caring and picking up the slack for domestically useless men. That's why ads shouldn't be sexist!

It's not just adverts it's even in schools I picked up my DN from nursery and was waiting outside and looked up at the primary school attached to the nursery unit. their motto on the wall was along the lines of teaching children they can be anything they want to be. The pictures however were a boy dressed as a Policeman, a boy dressed as a chef and a girl... in a ballgown.

So annoying but identifiable still to many women out there (including me and yes I'm fucking, fucking sick and tired of it) and the only thing worse is the thought that a lot of these women wouldn't think twice about it or will make excuses for such bollocks.

I'm sure there are also men out there fed up with the infantilising adverts which represent them as useless, laughable fathers, incapable of cleaning, knowing where shit is around the house, looking after themselves ect

No one benefits from this patronising crap.

My mum and I screamed at the tv the first time we saw that ad

There aren’t enough rye rolls for that.

FFS

Reflections

he's got a cold not dying ffs. He can put his own fucking vicks on his chest!

There are lots of things we could say that about. It’s nice to do things for each other 🤷🏻‍♀️

I'm sure there are also men out there fed up with the infantilising adverts which represent them as useless, laughable fathers, incapable of cleaning, knowing where shit is around the house, looking after themselves ect

Yup

Forget the Vicks, OP please come back and tell me you have since refused to drive MIL and disloyal husband anywhere since your return?

I am hoping you and your husband are both drinkers, and you’re currently enjoying him being designated driver Every. Fucking. Time.

Glad not just me. Nauseating advert.

'but when it comes to the fit looking guy in the bed,with a bit of a cough,its all very naff,, the ad maybe saying, oh yeh,we all know men have serious man flu when they cough four times'

Oh those silly men and their man flu, lying in bed while their equally ill wives do all the housework and shopping and childcare, naughty silly men but it's all a bit of fun isn't it hahaha 😐

'Perhaps the woman should be sticking the jar of vicks up his arse and telling him to fuck off out to work. '

I'd actually quite like to see that. Or maybe the woman could do what her husband is likely to do for her - ignore the fact that she's ill and offer no medication or any support whatsoever.

Up there with the Dolmio advert, where mum is cooking dinner and dad and son are sat on their backsides playing computer games.

Forget the Vicks, OP please come back and tell me you have since refused to drive MIL and disloyal husband anywhere since your return?

I am hoping you and your husband are both drinkers, and you’re currently enjoying him being designated driver Every. Fucking. Time.

Seconded.

You couldn’t have a man putting Vicks on his wife, he’d basically be rubbing her boobs and I guess they’re trying to get across that Vicks isn’t just for kids?

Oh op I'm withyou. Also the Alexa ad. The one withthe dad looking after the baby and she sets Alexa to remind him of things and tell him what a great job he's doing.

All the time I'm shouting at the screen 'he's bloody parenting his own child'!!!

Even got my mum doing it now :-)

@blackchina that's the Alexa ad I hate that one too and shout at the tv 'it's parenting your child'!!!!

@fenchfancy.

Being a genetics researcher, and in the medical field I would have to disagree with your comment that there is not any scientific proof that woman are genetically more inclined to be the care giver.

I would be happy to give you a crash course in the endocrine system but I fear pointing out that there are in fact, differences between men and woman would cause others to label me patronising and sexist. I shall therefore refrain from doing so... besides, I need to go and beat my husband to that arm wrestle we were having.

In my house, my dad the hot whisky when we had a cold. Age 5 or thereabouts. My.mun took charge after that point.
Still do t.like whisky