Super Bowl Ad: Because Female-on-Male Domestic Violence is So-o-o Funny!

caitlinbc · 2011-02-07T07:27:20+00:00

I felt bad for the guy.

If a commercial showed a guy doing that to a female, there would be protests and law suits.

phukka · 2011-02-07T10:39:28+00:00

It's okay when you make light of domestic violence on men. After all, that never happens. Right?

Traveler80 · 2011-02-07T09:20:06+00:00

Cute jogger girl. But yes, were this reversed it definitely would not be approved to run during the super bowl.

2011-02-07T13:48:45+00:00

Also they hit a white girl with a full soda can. OH MY GOD RUN.

PierceHarlan · 2011-02-07T08:08:20+00:00

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DICKDUNCAN · 2011-02-07T12:01:37+00:00

i think its funny that when a girlfriend puts her man on a diet its all right, but when someone says to a girl "maybe u should go on a diet" ure a terrible person and that she is perfect the way she is lol

fatbeard · 2011-02-07T08:44:47+00:00

Here are some other ones I saw (might get taken down quickly b/c of copyright) I really think that these don't speak well of women either, especially making them out to be controlling and possessive. I used to snicker at these a bit because of the stereotype, but it's just getting old now.

Tires>wife (Bridgestone tires or wife) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR-__IZ7YRo&NR=1
We're illiterate and everything is about sex (Budweiser book club) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ1ve6GJTxE
I help around the house because I'm a spineless pussy, not because I'm helpful. Thank god I have a car to escape to, the only place I can be a true man. (Dodge Charger - man's last stand) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RyPamyWotM
Yeah time for me to take back my relationship and "wear the pants" that I lost. Again, I was a total pussy and have let my controlling bitch SO run the show for too long. I'm taking it all back again and fuck equality. (Dockers pants suck anyway. Cheap pos pants.) (Dockers wear the pants) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojMh0VCBv0g
Go Daddy commercials, need I say more. Don't have exact URL, but they are on this channel. http://www.youtube.com/adblitz

Off topic of this subreddit, but I think there are some racial undertones too in the OP. Since I'm white, I tried imagining this with a white couple, and it just wasn't working as well because of stereotypes. They seem to be playing up image of a domineering black woman.

Also, I wonder if they writers thought about the fact they have a black couple "assaulting" a white woman then running away.

Or I could just be analyzing this way too much.

Edit: I added the Go Daddy commercials to this list. Meant to last night, but forgot. (thanks nallyo2)

As I mentioned above, I just think these jokes are getting old and I probably had too much time on my hands last night :) I'm not offended at most, unless you take the meaning of offended to be annoyed. Even then, I'm just annoyed that they cannot come up with more original commercials, rather than it hurts me or I feel particularly insulted.

The Go Daddy commercials were about as close as I got to offended because they just reinforce the always horny, think/buy with my penis male stereotype which leads to many of the problems discussed in this subreddit. Also, something like what alanpugh mentioned would make me feel a bit offended though because, as mentioned, the whole male => pedophile (implied premise that anything female is a turn-on) has real implications that are frustrating and hurtful. If someone thinks I don't wear the pants in my relationship or that I'm forced to help around the house, oh well I move on with my life.

Thanks for the feedback as it helps me think more (maybe or maybe not a good thing)

pcarvious · 2011-02-07T04:30:53+00:00

Honestly, I feel it's sad. When I saw the commercial segment in question I was angry. Honestly I was. Then the other girl got hit in the face with the can and I laughed. The more I think about the commercial the angrier I get about it, but most people won't pay it another thought. Either that or it will be a guy throwing the can.

PierceHarlan · 2011-02-07T15:42:05+00:00

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I_call_it_like_it_is · 2011-02-07T15:34:00+00:00

I took it as it is ok for blacks to be violent against whites.

PierceHarlan · 2011-02-07T14:08:07+00:00

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molrobocop · 2011-02-07T14:20:31+00:00

I lol'd irl when the chick to a can to the melon. I also lol'd irl later when the guy got shot in the package with a pepsi can.

brunt2 · 2011-02-07T09:24:58+00:00

If she would have hit him with that can of pepsi, I would say yeah that's domestic violence...although the pie-face and soap in the mouth don't seem as bad, clearly they are signs that this woman probably beats him down when the cameras aren't rolling.

jesusburger · 2011-02-07T10:08:13+00:00

I hope that this is all one scarcastic troll threads... fuck i hate what reddit has become

FloopADoop2 · 2011-02-07T06:45:11+00:00

Ten seconds into that commercial I knew I'd be seeing a MensRights post submission about it, you hypersensitive crybabies.

PierceHarlan · 2011-02-07T13:53:49+00:00

Aggravated Assault is ok in tv land. If I threw something at the head of another person, I would be up for 7 to 15.

joecool42069 · 2011-02-07T04:45:40+00:00

Don't be so sensitive, it was funny.

Title	Super Bowl Ad: Because Female-on-Male Domestic Violence is So-o-o Funny!
Author	PierceHarlan
Upvotes	66
Comments	72
Date	February 7, 2011 3:51 AM UTC (15 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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