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wicked_g

This? Is Public.

Apr 04, 2009 12:55

Ok, so that? Is right. And I honestly don't think it's one of those 'shock commercials', you know? Like, let's show something deliberately off the wall to make people pay attention. It's not that.

And yet, some people think it is.

What an asshole. It's 'too much'? Think about the women who get beaten on a daily basis, and ask them if what their ( Read more... )

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Comments 13

humbuggirl April 4 2009, 11:36:13 UTC

The man's an idiot. The ad is clearly not just about encouraging victims of abuse to get help, but to remind the rest of us that it goes on and precisely what goes on. People sort of... block out how bad things can be. It gets dulled in their minds.

Actually, the ad isn't nearly as bad as I expected it to be. And those clips that they shows aren't nearly as upsetting or graphic as some of the shock ads we get on tv over here. The road safety ads are the worst. 1, 2, 3

wicked_g April 4 2009, 11:49:06 UTC

HOLY CRAP! Jeez. JEEZ! Wow. You have to watch those? Jeez.

The clip they showed didn't really show the sheer gruesomeness of that commercial. And they aired it SO MUCH in Canada. Well, you know, because it's a Canadian ad...

Here's another one.

Christ, I hate it when people go 'oh, it's just trying to be shocking' and 'nobody actually *needs* to see that'. Um, ok? So we should just continue on while young children watch their mothers get abused by their fathers? Because we don't need to see it? Because we aren't experiencing it?

Eugh, it just kills me that this is being picked apart like this.

jeremybrettfan April 4 2009, 12:29:44 UTC

OH FFS. It's not too far by any means. It's not shocking for the sake of it, the topic is shocking material. It's horrific what some women have to endure.

wicked_g April 4 2009, 12:35:38 UTC

Yes, exactly! And in that video link, the woman who actually got out of an abusive household? She had like, two seconds to speak! Argh.

jeremybrettfan April 4 2009, 13:57:07 UTC

Exactly! I don't know what GMA does, but the shows that have like a whole segment dedicated to like how to get high end fashion looks from the high street should dedicate a whole segment to women like her.

wicked_g April 4 2009, 14:03:36 UTC

I know, the "report" on this made it look like GMA were very against the ad in the first place. So the rest of the report seemed very one-sided and almost random with it's information. Especially since they placed the interview with the advertising guy before the Woman's Shelter woman and the abuse victim. It made him out to be this Word of God, because of the emphasis they put on his status, you know?

I just...ugh.

cheekanzoop April 4 2009, 16:35:46 UTC

That advert in particular is not taking it too far. And it's only covering physical abuse. Women (and men) can go through so much worse than that. Just ask victims about it. I hate it when people start voicing opinions like that when they haven't been through it themselves. They have no freaking clue.

The advert about the accidents in the work place? DUDE! DNW.

wicked_g April 4 2009, 16:52:22 UTC

Dude, those commercials for accidents in the work place? God, they played ALL THE TIME in Canada. Well, they probably still do, and EVERY TIME, I cover my eyes, or my sister goes 'ugh!' and changes the channel for a minute so it's over by the time we switch back.

It's kinda like how people have this idea that rape victims subconciously "ask for it", but if any of those people were to be raped? They'd be saying "I didn't ask for this to happen, I didn't want this to happen!" just like every other rape victim.

It just makes me sick, really.

cheekanzoop April 4 2009, 16:57:08 UTC

I HATE people who say rape victims are asking for it. Or anyone else who has suffered sexual abuse. Whoever they are, they need a serious look at their heads. No one ever asks to be scarred for the rest of their lives. 'Cause, frak, you never forget.

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wicked_g April 4 2009, 16:53:43 UTC

It's brutal.

Exactly. Just like real life abuse.

moltobene1925 April 6 2009, 05:49:51 UTC

Speaking from someone whose been in an abusive relationship I hate saying this but no one can help unless the person truly wants it. All my friends tried to get me to leave him but I always made up excuses. I know these ads are meant to make the public realize what really goes on but it doesn't matter what the public realizes unless the woman wants to leave.

But then again the one time I asked for help when he was causing a scene in public four people walked by and ignored me. It took a woman to call the cops like I had been asking someone to do.

Idk what to say.

wicked_g April 6 2009, 07:00:36 UTC

Oh yeah, for sure it ultimately comes down to the woman actually *wanting* to leave the relationship, but people should still know. And who knows? Maybe watching one of these ads is the push a woman needs to realise that she's in an abusive relationship and needs to get out. Seems unlikely, but it all depends on the situation.

And that one time you asked for help? Maybe if more people knew, they'd be more willing to get their hands dirty.

Or maybe I'm just very optimistic.