As a woman, I think this tampon commercial is hilarious.

[RiffRandell]

I don't want to see women playing tennis. I don't complain too much when I have my period, but bottom line it still sucks.

[Warpy]

1. If they'd show commercials that good here

they'd take all their business away from the ones that show the hang gliders and skiers and talk about how happy we are during shark week. The only time we're particularly happy is when it's an alternative to an unplanned pregnancy and they sure as hell won't show that.

[BlueJazz]

2. Mixed feelings for me. Hard to sort out.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

3. That is horrible

[Quantess]

4. I like that commercial. I'd rather see that than

a mother and daughter in a rowboat talking about feeling "not so fresh".

[LeftInTX]

5. Too bad the YouTube still shows the shark cuz you know exactly where it's going!

Sure beats the "Have a happy period" balony.

[Aristus]

6. I'm just glad they don't show douche commercials anymore...

"Mom? Sometimes, I just don't feel......fresh..."

Summer's Eve...

Let's leave aside for the moment the medical argument that it's not really very good for you.

I'm just glad they don't air those ads...

[ashling]

8. At least they don't use Lysol anymore - warning: sexist ads from yesteryear

OOPS!

[treestar]

13. Funny how fragile and fussy the men supposedly were

[L0oniX]

22. adding to my list...

[RiffRandell]

15. Yep....those were so lame.

Not that I'm a huge fan of Dr. Oz, but I laughed at his comment that the vagina is a "self-cleaning oven."

[Aristus]

27. Well, I wouldn't have put it that way if I had been him.

But, to a certain extent, the vaginal region is self-cleansing, as long as the routine vaginal flora are not disrupted, which is what douching will do.

He could have used a better analogy; or just not used a poor one...

[penultimate]

25. Ohhh, is that what Summer's Eve is?

Those commercials make a lot more sense now.

[forestpath]

7. As a woman, I think it's violent and sickening.

[SwissTony]

9. As a man, I think it's violent and sickening. What were they thinking? n/t

[forestpath]

21. That violence against women is a laff riot.

[11 Bravo]

23. Violence against women? It's a fucking shark attack!

Do you really believe that when sharks feed they pay attention to the gender of their meal?

By the way, I'm a guy and I have had a six-inch semicircular scar on my left calf ever since a small sand shark took a liking to me as I was wading out to fish for barracuda in the Florida Keys many years ago. Could it have been the hair on my legs that attracted the beast? Have I been the victim of a sex crime?

[forestpath]

32. It was a SHARK ATTACK?!?! Really, you don't say!!!!!

Your defensiveness is odd. I have a right to my opinion and your over-reaction won't shut me up.

[WinkyDink]

43. The point, in case you missed it, is misogynistic: The DEAD woman was "leaking."

[RudynJack]

10. That is so wrong...

and so funny. I literally burst out laughing. Thanks.

[Cleita]

14. You have to have a gallow's sense of humor to find it funny.

Many can't go there and I don't blame them, but I find it funny too.

[WinkyDink]

42. I have one, frankly, and you know what? THIS is a VERY POOR example of gallows humor. You know why?

Because the focus is SUPPOSED TO BE the product, NOT the vicious attack.

[Cleita]

55. Lighten up. I don't think you do. n/t

[RiffRandell]

18. That was my reaction as well.

You're welcome....I always love a good laugh.

If you look below, others didn't find it so funny as it was alerted on.

[Cleita]

56. Don't feel bad. There is a little crew of alerters that alert on anything to do with all

things female even when they are just in fun. They even have a list of words they alert on even if the context is not misogynist for instance they will alert on the word bitch even if you are talking about a female dog.

[RiffRandell]

60. Guess so.

Thanks, btw.

[RudynJack]

11. If we're going down this road

this is the most brilliant ad for lubricant:

[RiffRandell]

12. It was brought to my attention this post was alerted on.

I find the alert comments odd and confusing:

REASON FOR ALERT:
>
> This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate. (See <a href="http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=aboutus#communitystandards" target="_blank">Community Standards</a>.)
>
> ALERTER'S COMMENTS:
>
> "As a woman" whose favorite group is the mens' group, she likes a spoof ad (not a real ad) which a lot of women find offensive. Anyone surprised? Anyone?
>
> You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Fri Jun 21, 2013, 10:01 PM, and the Jury voted 1-5 to LEAVE IT.
>
> Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: Your alert makes no sense.
> Juror #2 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: You can't really expect the rest of us to keep track of who posts what where.
> Juror #3 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: No explanation given
> Juror #4 voted to HIDE IT and said: No explanation given
> Juror #5 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: No explanation given
> Juror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: What a fucking lame alert.
>
> Thank you very much for participating in our Jury system, and we hope you will be able to participate again in the future.

[HappyMe]

20. The "alert" is more offensive than the commercial.

[RiffRandell]

26. That's what I thought!

Are they implying I'm lying about my gender?

As a woman, am I not allowed to post in the Men's Group?

Don't care if it's a spoof or not...I thought it was funny.

Where are the "lots of women" that find it offensive? I counted 1 that posted. If you do, feel free to post so, although my intention was not to start a war over a tampon ad/spoof on ads.

It was posted on FB by a guy friend and I laughed my ass off.

Jeepers.

[HappyMe]

29. I guess posting in the

*gasp!* Men's Group is considered a capital offense or something. I don't post in there often, but I do read the threads.

I suppose because we have female plumbing, we are expected to toe the "lots of women" line. I never got the memo. Or maybe I did, and I flung it into recycling. I prefer to keep my sense of humor. It makes life so much more pleasant.

[tabasco]

16. How dare they have a sense of humor!

I'M POUTRAGED!!

[mountain grammy]

17. awful and hysterical.

[HappyMe]

19. LOL!

That's funny.

[Sheldon Cooper]

24. Disgusting.

A woman being violently torn to pieces by a shark is so fucking funny.

[RiffRandell]

28. I take it you hated the movie Jaws.

You must consider the first scene so misogynistic: Girl who is sexually aggressive towards drunk guy then goes swimming naked in ocean is torn to pieces by shark. Remains found include one breast.

[Sheldon Cooper]

33. I didn't find it hysterical, if that's what you're asking.

The rest of your post makes no sense.

[WinkyDink]

44. "Jaws" is one of my faves; your point? I don't recall ANYONE LAUGHING at the first victim's demise.

[Whisp]

30. ugh.

[boston bean]

35. When someone says, "I'm a woman and"

Well..... You know.

[RiffRandell]

36. No, I don't. Please explain.

I stated that because some people have mistaken me for a man because of my user name and I wanted to make it clear that I am a woman and I found the ad funny.

Now it's wrong to state your gender when posting? Is that another rule on your list that I'm unaware of?

Seriously, what is the issue? Do you think I'm lying? Are women not supposed to say they are a woman?

I seriously don't know, so please enlighten me.

[boston bean]

37. Didn't think you would. nt

[HappyMe]

38. ...

Good non-answer.

[boston bean]

40. She knows very well what the answer means.

[RiffRandell]

54. No, I really don't.

Like I said, feel free to enlighten me.

[SwissTony]

61. And I'm the guy who said "As a man..."

Perhaps you could explain it to me.

[boston bean]

34. Yeah it's a frickin laugh riot.

[MineralMan]

39. I find nothing humorous in it at all.

Truly.

[WinkyDink]

41. OMG. THAT IS VILE. And I have a very well-honed sense of humor.

"Let's laugh at the beautiful woman's violent death, because SHE WAS TOO STUPID TO USE TAMPAX. IT WAS HER FAULT FOR ATTRACTING THE POOR SHARK! HAHAHAHAHA!"

[WinkyDink]

47. ETA: NOT a commercial. It's from a movie dubbed "the 'Citizen Kane' of awful," for those who find

some of us humor-impaired.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movie_43

"Released on January 25, 2013, Movie 43 has been universally panned by critics, with the Chicago Sun-Times calling it "the Citizen Kane of awful",[2] and many others referring to it as one of the worst films ever made."

[tammywammy]

45. I found it a little funny.

I have a friend that calls her period "shark week", so I thought of her.

[Prism]

46. DU is an odd place

The only reason I knew of this ad is because female friends and acquaintances shared it on Facebook as humor.

On DU, not so much, not so much.

[WinkyDink]

49. Interesting, which site you chose to label "odd."

[Prism]

51. Is Facebook an odd place?

I suppose it could be, depending on your friends.

[Electric Monk]

48. That's a clip from Movie 43, not a real commercial

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1333125/

[HappyMe]

50. Oh my!

Maybe I'll look for this on On Demand. Sometimes a crappy, funny movie is a good thing.

[RiffRandell]

57. I laughed at that clip, too.

I must be a sick, sick person. And proud of it.

[HappyMe]

58. I fly my sick humor flag proudly.

I really hope On Demand has this movie.

[Aerows]

52. Good grief

If a woman chooses to swim when she's on her period, she deserves to get eaten by a shark because femininity is icky, and sharks are male.

[MotherPetrie]

53. Absolutely horrible.

[LittleBlue]

59. Don Draper is not pleased

Associating your product with death?



Peggy, get the team together, we need some new ideas.