I was in a room full of women when this commercial came on I got looked at like I was Satan himself.

melb22 · 2012-07-09T12:28:40+00:00

An Australian feminist, Kate Gilmore, got caught out once claiming that 1 in 3 Australian women are victims of domestic violence. She defended concocting the statistic this way:

Fact is an elusive notion ... feminists have no more distorted the truth than any other advocates of disadvantaged groups fighting for public support.

What's going on here is trying to get something up on the public agenda that hasn't had any public attention. For all the excesses of which the field might be deemed to be guilty, it is only through these advocates that law reform ... has come.

The thing is that they don't need to lie. Most people would be happy to see the issue of domestic violence addressed, just so long as it isn't in a biased way that seeks to vilify the average man or to suggest that ordinary masculinity is to blame or to conveniently forget that women are sometime the perpetrators.

home_on_whore_Island · 2012-07-09T03:51:22+00:00

Did that say 1 in out of 2 women in CANADA will be raped? CANADA? really?

Average_Joe32 · 2012-07-09T05:34:28+00:00

that's just fear mongering right there.

ObsidianOverlord · 2012-07-09T04:13:05+00:00

Depending on how broad "abused" is when pair with the physical part that very well may be true.

Granted it would also mean that nearly 100% of men are abused, but men aren't real people.

2012-07-09T04:55:53+00:00

This is ridiculous.

CaptainChewbacca · 2012-07-09T08:32:15+00:00

Does it make me a bad person that I laughed out loud when I saw this? Its so bonkers you kinda have to.

fascistgases · 2012-07-09T15:26:00+00:00

What a coincidence! 1 out of every 2 statistics are pulled directly out of someone's ass!

funnyfaceking · 2012-07-09T05:20:29+00:00

I have a rape whistle.

I bought it after the brother of a woman who falsely accused me of domestic violence came after me in the middle of a crowded restaurant and the police did nothing.

mithinkso · 2012-07-09T03:41:51+00:00

Does anyone know the study that was used for the statistic that 1 in 2 women are physically or sexually assaulted?

accountabilityishard · 2012-07-09T06:17:51+00:00

Do they seriously expect anyone to believe half(50 fucking percent) of CANADIAN women are physically or sexually abused?

KoreanDogEater · 2012-07-09T03:41:59+00:00

1 of 2? Really? They probably just say they got abused whether or not they actually did. I know the rate is high, but 50% is just retarded.

2012-07-09T12:04:46+00:00

So I suppose there should be a commercial where the mother is given a prison uniform, a military issue weapon, or a suicide prevention guide for a baby shower if its a boy.

Gingor · 2012-07-09T16:08:24+00:00

Coming next summer to "statistics" near you: Every penetration is rape

Oh, and, seriously? 1 in 2? That would mean that either the grandma or the ma got raped. And, like 2 others there. How would anyone even go about believing that? By not knowing more than 1 woman?

Scrabblet · 2012-07-09T18:01:02+00:00

They replied this on the video comments:

We use the United Nations definition of violence. “Any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life."

Way to make things seem worse than they are, companies.

samuelbt · 2012-07-09T03:35:54+00:00

To quote the philosopher Shaggy, "It wasn't me."

Gareth321 · 2012-07-09T05:41:10+00:00

The 1 in 2 statistics just completely destroys their message. It's so obviously fake that no one will take it seriously. In fact, it does far more harm to their cause than not making that commercial at all.

Jesus_marley · 2012-07-09T14:35:22+00:00

I flagged the vid as hate speech.

EDIT: It would appear that after receiving much negative commentary, they have since disabled the comments and ratings. Not at all surprising. I guess they don't like having reality thrown back in their faces.

picopallasi · 2012-07-09T06:16:22+00:00

It can also be used for other things: sports, chess matches, tag, cheerleading competitions. Come on now, people. Think outside the box.

theAnalepticAlzabo · 2012-07-09T03:39:36+00:00

THEY'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT ALL MEN, JUST RAPISTS SO YOU HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. HERP DERP!

dellsharpie · 2012-07-09T03:22:08+00:00

We posted this at the exact same time. Must have been watching City?

DoktorTeufel · 2012-07-09T14:51:48+00:00

That room full of women was apparently also a room full of impressionable morons.

Either that, or you're bad at reading expressions....

funnyfaceking · 2012-07-09T16:54:46+00:00

She's an upper class woman getting showered with gifts while wearing pearls. Buzz Killington says "it's a rape whistle" and the look on her face. How is that moving her out of poverty and INTO confidence?

Grapeban · 2012-07-09T18:23:56+00:00

Here, because many of you seem not to be aware of it, is there definition of violence (it's the UN definition): "Any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life."

Jacksambuck · 2012-07-09T20:26:19+00:00

The real question is who is going to help the woman who whistles....

I guess I could be convinced to "do my duty" if the woman next to me is just as ready to step in as I'm supposed to...

Hum. Looks bad. Oh, well.

2012-07-10T00:41:53+00:00

To make matters worse, I'm almost certain this commercial doesn't adhere to the soon to be adopted advertisement volume guidelines. It's offensively loud when it comes on TV.

penikripa · 2012-07-09T04:50:48+00:00

i was watching this few days ago with my mom and we both agreed that its totaal bullshit plus how the fuck is a whistle going to stop a guy from raping you ?

wnose · 2012-07-09T15:42:13+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBecM3CQVD8

AnnArchist · 2012-07-10T04:39:57+00:00

I feel like a bad person for laughing at the absurdity of that commercial.

CMOS222 · 2012-07-10T06:11:46+00:00

I noticed that since yesterday, the comments have been disabled and you can't see how many people approve of the video versus disapprove anymore.

The nice thing is, you can also see the full video here, which also gives information on the ad agency and director/producer.

http://adsoftheworld.com/media/tv/canadian_womens_foundation_its_a_girl

I think we should do a little research on this agency and see how many other similar commercials they have made.

As an aside, notice how they put a "rape whistle" in the commercial, instead of a taser or a pepper spray. Why? Because there is no "rape" in "taser" or "pepper spray", even though both are arguably better ways of protecting against an assault. Using a whistle in the commercial lets them press people's buttons by inserting the word "rape" in the commercial. It's emotional manipulation, pure and simple.

Whisper · 2012-07-11T02:58:33+00:00

Quick question: just whom is that whistle supposed to summon?

penikripa · 2012-07-09T03:15:31+00:00

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Arivanya · 2012-07-09T06:22:21+00:00

I was in a room full of women when this commercial came on I got looked at like I was Satan himself.

It's so funny how that never happened.

Title	I was in a room full of women when this commercial came on I got looked at like I was Satan himself.
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Date	July 9, 2012 3:05 AM UTC (14 years ago)
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