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Bonobo

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14. Yes, you have a point. I should change the thrust of what I am trying to say...

Mon Jan 7, 2013, 12:09 AM

Jan 2013

Advertising works because it preys on feelings of inadequacy, yes, such as men's fear of impotence or small size or women's fear of being fat or having wrinkles, etc.

SO what does this tell us? Yes, it could be that women buy diet food because they fear being fat and yes, it could be that you can sell guns by preying on men's fear of sexual inadequacy... I agree.

But what I am saying --or rather what I WISH I had said in my OP is that it is wrong --EVEN in the service of promoting sensible gun control --to further this sexist, anti-male message of inadequacy being tied to genital size --by ourselves (at DU) promoting this connection.

Does that make sense?

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Could we stop promoting the message of genital size as being connected to men's worth? [View all] Bonobo Jan 2013 OP

don't I know it. K&R Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2013 #1

The gun manufacturers disagree. Warren Stupidity Jan 2013 #2

Is that some sort of comment on sex in advertising? ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jan 2013 #6

Yes it is a comment on how the big money of guns markets guns. Warren Stupidity Jan 2013 #7

So when Penthouse magazine says something sexist... Bonobo Jan 2013 #11

Yes, but there's another angle here: caseymoz Jan 2013 #12

Yes, you have a point. I should change the thrust of what I am trying to say... Bonobo Jan 2013 #14

So... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2013 #15

No, bro, yer perfect. nt Bonobo Jan 2013 #16

Well then... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2013 #17

You shrink Confusious Jan 2013 #19

But I... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2013 #22

It makes sense caseymoz Jan 2013 #18

Now there's an act we all should be following Major Nikon Jan 2013 #23

I think it's odd that size criticisms of certain sex organs are okay and others get hidden. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #3

I'm really sure... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2013 #4

OTOH... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2013 #5

I think I know the posts to which you refer ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jan 2013 #8

there is No Point. I quit alerting last January. Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2013 #9

Well, statistically, there are millions of male gun owners. Denninmi Jan 2013 #10

You have to admit caseymoz Jan 2013 #13

What I do.. Upton Jan 2013 #20

If the shoe were on the other foot libodem Jan 2013 #21

We could... ElboRuum Jan 2013 #24