Do you believe that this ad "to promote a line of female beauty product" is "sexist"?

[Anonymous]

Scent of a woman-hater?

Procter & Gamble (P&G) raised a stink on Chinese social media after releasing a controversial advertisement that claimed women’s feet smell “five times worse” than men’s. The odiferous ad, posted to the China-based social networking platform WeChat, aimed to promote a line of female beauty products, per the South China Morning Post.

“Women’s feet smell five times worse than men’s. If you don’t believe it, smell it,” read the caption to the now-deleted infographic, which included a series of unsubstantiated claims regarding feminine hygiene.

The sexist advertisement — which has since been slammed by detractors — asserted that women generally forgo wearing socks, which turns their shoes into veritable “sauna rooms,”

Source: New York Post

[jshm2]

Meh, marketing and advertising can be hit and miss. There is a collection of shitty ads on Youtube. As well as some other sites.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/6y2SNXb73eQ

https://www.boredpanda.com/bad-advertising/

https://www.businessinsider.com/15-worst-ads-of-the-decade-2010-2019-2019-12?r=US&IR=T#pelotons-the-gift-that-gives-back-2019-15

[NathanDavis]

well... as a soccer coach I've been a few times

I have walked into both lockers full of girls after games... and also lockers full of boys after their games

and it was always clear to me, who didn't give a damn about the scents... lol

[love_conquers_lust]

This is why I wear socks with sandals despite some people mocking them.

The messaging platforms I've used like Kik have some annoying advertisements like that. I liked it more years ago when it was simpler without the ads, it felt more private. Signal has that same clean look and is one of the more secureones used in the US funded by a nonprofit. Apps like TikTok are bad about advertisements too.

I think companies or governments will do whatever they have to to get inside your head. While Proctor & Gamble may have been over the top, no one is forcing them to buy their products. That's actually one of the great challenges as an American, keeping envy in check dealing with advertising. But we always have the freedom to say no and choose what we wish to consume for ourselves. We don't let a ruling government monitoring an ad heavy app like WeChat to make that decision for us.

[SnowedIn]

I don't think it's sexist so much as misinformed.

[Avicenna]

It's stupid more than anything else