do men get pandered too, while women are patronized?

[Vault101]

Eh, most women like pink. I personally think pink is the epitome of all evil, but that's a minority opinion among vagina owners.

What's up with your gender and yogurt? Seriously, my TV would have me believe that 30% of what women eat is yogurt. Do women really need that much help being "regular"?

because women need yogurt to function aparently (as for me I HATE yogurt)

 

[BabyRaptor]

Eh, most women like pink. I personally think pink is the epitome of all evil, but that's a minority opinion among vagina owners.

What's up with your gender and yogurt? Seriously, my TV would have me believe that 30% of what women eat is yogurt. Do women really need that much help being "regular"?

I have no idea. I'm not a huge fan of yogurt either...Something about the texture grosses me out. I'll eat it frozen once in awhile.

If I had to toss a guess out, it would be because yogurt is hyped as uber-healthy with tons of benefits and women tend to be really concerned about shit like that.

 

[Vault101]

It's an interesting topic because it's borderline sexism with presumptions about the gender... but it works.

If I were to target, oh I don't know, Batman The Dark Knight to a gender neutral audience, it might be the morally right thing to do, but smarter marketing towards a broader male audience sells better. I mean you know those trailers with the big explosions, the juxtaposition of sound levels and the excessive use of "MANLY" colours? It's not a coincidence they don't use that stuff for Eat Pray Love. It's because whether we like it or not, people lean towards stereotypes subconsciously. In a perfect world, this "women like pink" stuff would be outright misogynistic, but the fact that we still hold many ideas about masculine and feminine concepts in our heads proves that it's not patronising.

Let me give you the simplest of examples.

Mainstream skirts for males. Why not?

well I would argue that while yeah talking from an advertising/media point of veiw the dark knight is definetly more apeal to males

but I would go out and say it pretty much IS made to apeal to a gender neutral audience, theres not a huge focus on boobs..mabye some explosions but its an action films, thats what you excpet

the main focus of the promotion is the joker, and with inception as well both movies pull is more "this is gonna blow your mind!" rather than "boobs! explosions!"

how else would you promote the dark knight? by focusing on the romance aspect? women arnt all totally shallow that they wont see somthing unless its a romantic comedey, the dark knight as alot of wise apeal and good reveiw going for it, regardless of gender somoen will see it if they want a really good thrilling blockbuster

now as opoased to say...inglorious basterds that was definetly promoted with males in mind, which is really interesting as it had some really kickass female charachters..but yeah I understand the reasoning behined it plus you have the name of Tarantino

anyway female movie goers like most people will go and see almost anything if its popular/good enough

 

[dOrOrOwait]

Eh, most women like pink. I personally think pink is the epitome of all evil, but that's a minority opinion among vagina owners.

What's up with your gender and yogurt? Seriously, my TV would have me believe that 30% of what women eat is yogurt. Do women really need that much help being "regular"?

I have no idea. I'm not a huge fan of yogurt either...Something about the texture grosses me out. I'll eat it frozen once in awhile.

If I had to toss a guess out, it would be because yogurt is hyped as uber-healthy with tons of benefits and women tend to be really concerned about shit like that.

Well at the risk of being gross, most women SHOULD eat yoghurt daily to keep their vaginal bacteria at the right balance. =D
Pink used to be a boys colour because it was closer to RED which was fierce and bold. Blue, being the more sombre was for females, so this is a 20th century issue. Im not sure if someone wants to correct me on this but its rumored it was changed to blue because of a famous woman dressing her daughter in pink and it became fashionable.

So really, boys should be the ones buying those grotesque pink ps2's. Its only the media and film that have bombarded us with stereotypes since the 50's.

 

[Dags90]

because women need yogurt to function aparently (as for me I HATE yogurt)

Is it a milk thing? I've seen tons of milk and cheese adverts aimed at women, too.
I think I've got it:
"Milk brings sunshine to a land devastated by your period tears."

I love how she just sits there waiting for princes to come save her. Very forward, milk industry. I thought you guys had pills to stop you from having periods...

Well at the risk of being gross, most women SHOULD eat yoghurt daily to keep their vaginal bacteria at the right balance. =D

You know most women don't eat with their vaginas, right?

 

[Jonluw]

There are differences between the sexes. People who are trying to sell something will adjust the product to fit the target demographic. It works. *shrug*

men frequently over-buy for their needs, we don't just want a drill, we want the most powerful goddamn drill in the store!

If it isn't attached to a giant mech, I don't want it.

I guess you've earned your fair share of internetz. go out and buy something nice. like a pony!

...
I shall only accept a pony that comes with a drill attachment!

Gleeeee!
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[sub]See, the drill cancels out the unmanliness of the pony...[/sub]