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Ashley Madison, a company that helps married people connect with people for affairs, is advertising that time is better spent with a thin woman than a larger woman. They used the image of a plus size model for an ad campaign she opposes, although their use of the photo is legal.
My thoughts on this are two-fold.
One, this is essentially parroting the idea that thin women are inherently more attractive than larger women. further, as mentioned in the link, this essentially states that men are more likely to cheat on larger women, meaning they should remain perpetually thin, perhaps even dangerously thin to maintain their relationship. This is potentially dangerous for a variety of reasons. One, normal life activities, such as pregnancy, working in an office, or in the home, or just growing old tends to result in weight gain, however slight. More importantly, the average woman is not as thin as say the first woman presented in the ad, especially as she's probably been photoshopped to near oblivion. This establishes a non existent ideal, which, if not upheld, may result in a terminated relationship.
Two. The model of Ashley Madison, the idea of finding married people mistresses and... masteresses? is infantile. Aside from the fact that they're love vultures, the thought of the customer is essentially that they're in a relationship, they're not happy, understandable, and their solution is to cheat. rather than attempting to find the root of the relationship's problem, explain the issue to the partner to see if that solves anything, find an agreement for sleeping outside the marriage with permission, or ending the relationship, they cheat. Granted some must have of course exercised some or all of the options mentioned, but my guess is that the majority said, "bah this sucks. I'ma stick my dick in someone. where's that computeratron." Okay, maybe not in that language, but you get the idea. This juvenile behavior is further evidenced by the CEO who blasts the model, "Juicy Jackie" for complaining, stating she new this could happen and should be grateful for the exposure.
From making what amounts to shallow fat jokes, to the business practices of a frat boy, I say boo to Ashley Madison.
Ashley Madison, a company that helps married people connect with people for affairs, is advertising that time is better spent with a thin woman than a larger woman. They used the image of a plus size model for an ad campaign she opposes, although their use of the photo is legal.
My thoughts on this are two-fold.
One, this is essentially parroting the idea that thin women are inherently more attractive than larger women. further, as mentioned in the link, this essentially states that men are more likely to cheat on larger women, meaning they should remain perpetually thin, perhaps even dangerously thin to maintain their relationship. This is potentially dangerous for a variety of reasons. One, normal life activities, such as pregnancy, working in an office, or in the home, or just growing old tends to result in weight gain, however slight. More importantly, the average woman is not as thin as say the first woman presented in the ad, especially as she's probably been photoshopped to near oblivion. This establishes a non existent ideal, which, if not upheld, may result in a terminated relationship.
Two. The model of Ashley Madison, the idea of finding married people mistresses and... masteresses? is infantile. Aside from the fact that they're love vultures, the thought of the customer is essentially that they're in a relationship, they're not happy, understandable, and their solution is to cheat. rather than attempting to find the root of the relationship's problem, explain the issue to the partner to see if that solves anything, find an agreement for sleeping outside the marriage with permission, or ending the relationship, they cheat. Granted some must have of course exercised some or all of the options mentioned, but my guess is that the majority said, "bah this sucks. I'ma stick my dick in someone. where's that computeratron." Okay, maybe not in that language, but you get the idea. This juvenile behavior is further evidenced by the CEO who blasts the model, "Juicy Jackie" for complaining, stating she new this could happen and should be grateful for the exposure.
From making what amounts to shallow fat jokes, to the business practices of a frat boy, I say boo to Ashley Madison.
