I can't believe those ads exist

nick012000 · 2014-05-22T06:45:44+00:00

Their shirts say "Awaiting instructions", like they're supposed to be robots ready to be programmed or something. It's disgusting.

IcyTy · 2014-05-22T17:03:33+00:00

My daughter was watching her older sisters soccer game. She's 7. There was a boy who was 6 who was sitting in a chair. He got up for a minute to do so something for his mom and she sat down in his chair. She knew she was being a stinker. Another dad told him he had to "be a gentleman" and let her keep his chair. I told him, "never let a girl take your stuff." And made her give it back.

rogersmith25 · 2014-05-22T07:19:27+00:00

Teach your child to respect everyone.

Was that really so hard?

SnowyGamer · 2014-05-22T06:53:23+00:00

How can people possibly think this is alright? Because men commit the majority of sexual assaults? Why not show pictures of black kids with a message like "teach them not to murder", or middle eastern kids with something like "teach them not to be terrorists". How is something so blatantly sexist acceptable?

Their website won't even load.

Ucanthandledatruth · 2014-05-22T08:57:17+00:00

What is there to respect?

I was always taught you earn respect, although we should be civil to everyone regardless of gender until they give us just cause not to. Seems the makers of that advertising campaign want a societal standard what women should be respected by men for simply being born women, regardless of their earning and deserving it or not.

wildfire2k5 · 2014-05-22T08:13:12+00:00

This is why boys are lagging behind. While girls are taught, boys are taught to behave.

vaelin23 · 2014-05-22T10:34:42+00:00

These posters are implying that all males are born to disrespect women unless taught otherwise. All males do not need to be explicitly told women are worth respect, that's insulting to our core, like we are severely defective in comparison to them. Why do women not need to be taught to respect males? Are women inherently better people?

Grubnar · 2014-05-22T08:57:52+00:00

Respect is earned, not taught.

veyron1001 · 2014-05-22T06:56:10+00:00

Women need to learn to earn respect. No woman is entitled to it and no man should willingly give it.

HQR3 · 2014-05-22T17:21:48+00:00

The ad is sinister. Historically, Always Respect Females, is an indoctrination foisted upon boys by mothers the world over. Female respect for males is considered optional--if not a bad idea. The closest "instruction" a little girl will have regarding respect of males is the directive to respect everyone.

In a society where women are respected--and valued--10 times as much as men, the fems want to up that number to 100 times as much.

But the real message behind the ad is an appeal to mothers: further condition your boys to the point where even disagreement with a female is seen as disrespect, where without further external prompting they will grow into men who naturally Know...Their...Place. Even if they don't actually become feminists, they'll mature into the biggest white knights the world has ever seen.

writeonbrother · 2014-05-22T19:31:41+00:00

Respect you earn. Your genitalia doesn't entitle you to it.

nannuq · 2014-05-22T14:01:45+00:00

Where are the "teach your daughters not to hit" ads? Just last night my son's now ex showed up at his house and just started punching him. Why you may ask? Because he had picked up her twin boys, not his kids at all, took them back to his house and put them to bed in the rooms he made sure they had when they started dating. Why would he do this? Because at 10 pm the babysitter called him because on a school night his ex dropped the kids off with a 14 year old to babysit and didn't pick them up at 8 pm like she was scheduled to because she had been out drinking with friends. So she got pissed at my son for being an upstanding guy and covering her ass. She showed up at 2 a. M. At his house.

AtomicBLB · 2014-05-22T12:53:23+00:00

I normally don't have issues with messages like this. However I am really offended by this particular ad. "Awaiting Instructions" like seriously, when you dehumanize a group (like a lot of radical feminists tend to do with men) it is much easier to attack them. Every tyrant in the history of our existence and even numerous places today still has/have used this philosophy to destroy basic human rights and any attempts to understand one another. That's not equality, not even in the same ballpark.

As /u/rogersmith25 said "Teach your child to respect everyone" is not hard.

Since it's a popular word in the comments, let's talk about respect. It is kept through ones actions and nothing else. The idea of "earning" respect is such a foolish notion to me because of what I see in the world. You should respect others initially because every person I have ever asked always says they deserve to be treated with respect immediately and often without explanation. Therefore should you not be equally as willing to give yours if you think so highly of yourself? Something to ponder.

SpanishM · 2014-05-22T14:36:58+00:00

I smell fraud here.

As I said time ago, the "Non-profit" orgs are an excellent way to commit low-profile fraud, not necessarily by avoiding taxes, but by "earning" one or more salaries while doing nothing. And lobbying.

The server does not respond for endabuse.org, however the domain name is registered by "Organization:Family Violence Prevention Fund" (no response either). A quick search leads to:

Futures Without Violence (formerly Family Violence Prevention Fund)

Some name changes (the ad seems to be a little old) and the usual yadda yadda yadda.

Interesting:

Public policy

Futures Without Violence assisted in drafting the first comprehensive national legislation ever to address violence against women - the Violence Against Women Act of 1994[citation needed] - and in expanding and reauthorizing it in 2000 and 2005.[4]

Website: http://www.futureswithoutviolence.org/

Lots of well-known rhetorics, and the "Men & Boys" section is the worst.

How many thousand organizations like this are there in the U.S.?... How many million dollars do they move (often without paying taxes)? How many thousand unproductive jobs (except for the lobbying part) is that?

Edit: Oops... I forgot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXoofIKU-Go

avantvernacular · 2014-05-22T20:04:58+00:00

I believe it. I don't like it, but I absolutely believe it.

2014-05-22T06:56:54+00:00

These posters would not be allowed in the UK

zeanxe · 2014-05-22T13:02:57+00:00

Don't most male abusers of women have a history of child abuse from a female guardian?

Tyrien · 2014-05-22T17:26:46+00:00

Why? Should be part of a larger, inclusive, campaign for sure bit it hits on a very serious issue.

There ARE a lot of teens and young men who hold zero respect for women because they are women. A lot of that comes from how their dads treated women.

SammichHeist · 2014-05-22T19:11:28+00:00

I answered to this campaign before: http://www.avoiceformen.com/women/respect-a-meme/

ion9a · 2014-05-22T21:34:23+00:00

I'm not going to teach my child that they should give someone respect because of their gender, respect is meant to be earned.

IcyTy · 2014-05-23T08:21:28+00:00

Can we set up a contrast advertisement with a young girl wearing a 'waiting instructions' shirt saying 'teach your daughter to respect men' ?

MisterJaggers · 2014-05-22T14:06:53+00:00

teach black people to not mug people

Hahtag:ItsTimeForAChange

AlongAustower · 2014-05-22T08:21:58+00:00

this is australia, isnt it?

Ninjorp · 2014-05-22T16:31:00+00:00

Which women? All women? No, not all deserve my respect. Actually, just like men, the only women who get my respect are those who have earned it. I'm not giving out respect willy-nilly here.

scottsouth · 2014-05-22T12:34:40+00:00

Because women never disrespect women.

IIHotelYorba · 2014-05-22T12:45:06+00:00

Teach feminists to respect human beings.

Fuck their shit up.

McFeely_Smackup · 2014-05-22T15:45:39+00:00

change the sexes and ask the question "is it offensive now"?

If so, then it was already offensive.

MattClark0994 · 2014-05-22T12:33:35+00:00

Women are 'deserving' of respect simply for being female?

In other words, Female Privilege.

f3rk · 2014-05-22T08:21:16+00:00

And this was how the Male Holocaust began...

themostlegit · 2014-05-22T13:19:14+00:00

As a real man, I think this is meant to target father's. By respect women, I think they mean not to treat them like they are below you.

aledlewis · 2014-05-22T09:26:29+00:00

Seems like a fair advice to me. Kids are very impressionable and there is no manual for parenting.

Title	I can't believe those ads exist
Author	please_take_my_vcard
Upvotes	287
Comments	121
Date	May 22, 2014 6:05 AM UTC (12 years ago)
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