Serious Question - Sexist Advert at the Amex...

[Acker79]

Anyone noticed this?

There's an advert on the big screens that has a picture of women and the slogan 'the night before', it then switches to a picture of a crashed car with the slogan 'the morning after'. Is it right of the club to perpetuate this stereotype of women as bad drivers?!

 

[Notters]

It's mourning after, not morning after.

 

[Notters]

..and purely for the purposes of a good old fashioned BINFEST, yes, yes it is.

 

[seagullondon]

Its not a stereotype though? its the truth

 

[Lady Gull]

Its not a stereotype though? its the truth

How very dare you!!!!!

 

[Arthur]

Bring back Archer and Bellotti!! People are running out of things to moan about!

 

[bhaexpress]

Anyone noticed this?

There's an advert on the big screens that has a picture of women and the slogan 'the night before', it then switches to a picture of a crashed car with the slogan 'the morning after'. Is it right of the club to perpetuate this stereotype of women as bad drivers?!

Actually, the statistics show quite conclusively that women are better drivers than men, they have fewer accidents and thus pay lower insurance premiums. Men all to often make drivingpart of their ego, you can tell a man that he's stupid, he's ugly, he smells and even that he's no good in bed but few men accept that they are a bad driver.

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Is this serious question seriously unserious?

 

[seagullondon]

Actually, the statistics show quite conclusively that women are better drivers than men, they have fewer accidents and thus pay lower insurance premiums. Men all to often make drivingpart of their ego, you can tell a man that he's stupid, he's ugly, he smells and even that he's no good in bed but few men accept that they are a bad driver.

You calling me a bad driver

 

[AlastairWatts]

Anyone noticed this?

There's an advert on the big screens that has a picture of women and the slogan 'the night before', it then switches to a picture of a crashed car with the slogan 'the morning after'. Is it right of the club to perpetuate this stereotype of women as bad drivers?!

Ain't you got anything else to worry about than some daft advert?

 

[Acker79]

Is this serious question seriously unserious?

I thought it was now customary to indicate an unserious question by labelling it as a serious question.



For the record, people, the advert is about drink driving. I omitted the fact the women are clearly on a night out drinking, and the picture of the car is followed by an drink driving info screen with numbers or something for advice or whatever.

 

[Dover]

News to me. I never look at the adverts on the big screen as there is this odd thing called a football match and it's prelude to enjoy.

 

[Woodchip]

Actually, the statistics show quite conclusively that women are better drivers than men, they have fewer accidents and thus pay lower insurance premiums. Men all to often make drivingpart of their ego, you can tell a man that he's stupid, he's ugly, he smells and even that he's no good in bed but few men accept that they are a bad driver.

That's no totally true. Women have generally more "minor dinks" but when men have accidents they are generally bigger and more costly. That's why men pay more insurance (until the end of this year when the Gender Directive comes in).

 

[Seagull Steve]

But if it showed a man instead, would that be sexist the other way? I spent a whole millisecond considering this, and all I could come up with is, who gives a shit?

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

Sexy? Whats wrong with sexy?

 

[stss30]

News to me. I never look at the adverts on the big screen as there is this odd thing called a football match and it's prelude to enjoy.

They show them at half time... So unless you are queuing up for a pie, they're quite hard to miss... Or are you enjoying the prelude to the second half in half empty stands?

 

[T soprano]

Maybe they should of used a transexual To keep everyone happy

 

[stss30]

But if it showed a man instead, would that be sexist the other way? I spent a whole millisecond considering this, and all I could come up with is, who gives a shit?

I think it's fairly if not completely obvious by now that he was being sarcastic

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Au contraire, the advert is sexist towards men! Using up valuable resources targeting a female audience when most incidents are likely to involve men.

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Maybe they should of used a transexual To keep everyone happy

But a male-to-female transgender person or a female-to-male one? Decisions, decisions!