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[kerosinkanister]

This commercial sucks.

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Dad's an idiot man-child and mom's been reduced to saying no to everything her family does. It'd be nice to portray a more balanced and nuanced family dynamic.

Comments

[pennswoods]

This trope is so old. Sucky commercial is sucky.

[amamama]

Aaargh. So dads are unable to be sensible and really care for their children? Their only role is providing sperm and that's it? I wish men would rebel more against this picture of them as totally irresponsible idiots, whose only cance of long term survival comes through being married to a sensible woman. For instance through totally boycotting the products advertised in this way. Meh. Totally agree with your wish.

[oncelikeshari]

Haven't you heard?

Feminism isn't about equality, it's about female superiority.

It's totally FINE to be sexist if you're being sexist against men.

[tjs_whatnot]

I don't understand how this shit gets made. If advertising (and showbiz) is a male dominated profession, is this a stereotype they find humorous? Is this a stereotype ANYONE finds humorous?

*looks at TV line up*

Nevermind, clearly it makes someone laugh ...somewhere. :(((((

[i_am_girlfriday]

Gross.
But honestly...slightly off topic, but follow me anyway...

After all the hype about Modern Family, I thought I should give it a chance. So I've watched quite a few of the first season. Nothing appears all that modern in the story. All three of the households feature one breadwinner, and one caretaker. The 2 of the 3 caretakers are the mothers, and the other person is a gay man with feminine hobbies (flower arranging, busy bodying). The caretakers are portrayed as having a lot of "me" time--one reads books and goes for long runs, and another is very sexy and put together (so one assumes she works out and shops a lot). It's RIDICULOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT IS MODERN ABOUT THIS STORY? THE MERE INCLUSION OF A GAY COUPLE, AN ADOPTED FROM ASIA BABY, AND A SEXY IMMIGRANT FROM COLOMBIA IS TOKENISM, IT IS NOT A NEW OR INCLUSIVE FORM OF STORYTELLING.

So to go back to your commercial...no, I am not surprised that this is on TV. Ugh.