[drblast]

The ads and sitcoms aren't targetting men. That's why they don't care if you're annoyed.

The commercials say a lot more about women than they do about men.

Watching the commercials, it's hard to deny that a lot of women must like feeling superior to men, and that feeling will eventually cause them to buy a product.

Why this patronizing and sexist tactic works on anyone but a 13-year-old girl is a mystery to me, but it does. I guess it's the female equivalent of the dumb college buddy movie and beer commerical.

[natnat]

Ads that target men are a lot worse, IMO, than ads that target women. Have you ever seen a commercial for GoDaddy.com? They typically involve lots of blonde women with huge tits doing vaguely sexual things. The same goes for ads for Bud Light and most sports.

Ads targeted to men are just as, if not more, patronizing and sexist. One wouldn't think they would work on males older than 13 years old, but they apparently do.

[Dylanlacey]

It gets worse if you're a gay male. Then you either get patronizing and clueless "Straight" advertisers that try to appeal to stereotypes, OR you get patronizing and embarrassing "Gay" advertisers deciding that what you need is men. Buff, BUFF men.

Fuck off. Maybe it's just that advertising is mostly patronizing. Sad for their industry, really... Why not learn how to relate to people?