Rantsalot
There is this ad on the television right now: To summarize: hapless dude burns his dinner before his date. Goes to attractive female next door neighbor for help. She shows him how to make this easy pasta. She asks when his date will be arriving, and SURPRISE! She's the date! Okay, to me there is SO MUCH WRONG with this ad. Shall I break it down? Yes, I shall! 1. Plays on the stereotype that men can't cook. 2. She unknowingly cooks dinner for her own date. How kind of him to let her do that! 3. Assumes that she should be falling over herself because this guy is paying attention to her. 4. She's on a date she wasn't even asked on, like she has no agency in who she dates. In fact, it looks like for a split second she is NOT AMUSED by this turn of events. Which leads to 5. She quickly covers up that she's not happy, because women must always be pleasant. I know, I know. It's just an advert. But it's stuff like this that perpetuates sexism/ gender discriminatio...
