<p>garland, I made a similar comment about the ads but didn’t see it as misogynistic, though I now see you point. The men were so immasculated, but I see that as their problem, not mine, LOL!</p>
<p>CNN.com had a best list of best and worst superbowl adds. The Godaddy ones and the Dodge charger one both got Ds. The writer (a male) commented that the Advertising people must be unaware that 50% of their audience are women. And made a comment something like the godaddy ones succeeded in introducing softporn to the superbowl.</p>
<p>I’m a woman and I’d rather see the girls on the godaddy commercials than the bevy of fat men in their underwear. Does anyone want to see that?</p>
<p>Who wants to watch a commecial at all? (or a half time performance for that matter)
Oh well…I guess I and a half dozen other people are the only ones who actually watch football on Super Bowl Sunday.</p>
<p>Someone (maybe ag54?) on the Tebow thread said why are people in an uproar about that ad when the Godaddy ones are so offensive. In honor of that sentiment, I turned off the Godaddy ads.</p>
<p>youdon’tsay -yeah, I hate those Go Daddy Ads - but I read today that they were among the most successful ads in the SB. Traffic to the site spiked and they have a huge number of folks signing up. Guys I presume. Really. we think we’ve come a long way, but it seems we have lots of caveman out there pretending to be enlightened males. And, to be fair, just plain cavemen too…</p>
<p>I wonder how many females will rush to godaddy to register their web domains after that ad campaign? :rolleyes:</p>
<p>Loved, loved, loved the game. I felt bad for Manning for throwing the pick, but he threw it, and that’s life. What a wonderful win for the Saints. I thought Peyton’s gutsy calls were very exciting and a great thing for the game.</p>
<p>As for the ads, I agree with the comments regarding the advertisers’ perception of their audience. There are more and more women football fans, and the ads seem to be saying, “we don’t want you girls, go back to heating up the chicken fingers for your men folk”. A bit surprising. I mentioned this to my H after the first ad, and he said “Oh you’re too sensitive.” The second such ad came along, and he said “gee, maybe you have a point here.” Then the third sexist ad, and he said “wow. What’s with these people.”</p>
<p>hayden - the conversation on the men vs women ads went exactly the same way in our house! I am intrigued by advertisers and what audience they (think) they are selling to… I agree, so so many women football fans and I’d bet more than half of them oversee the finances in the house.</p>
<p>SO godaddy is just a site for registering domain names? I imagine there were some disappointed men when they found that out! Of course I’m sure most of them really went there to register Domain names :rolleyes:</p>
<p>They offer web hosting too. It is a good deal. I know people who host their websites there. I would consider them for hosting. The marketing strategy may not be in good taste in most people’s minds, but it has worked.</p>
<p>I was worried that that was the site my H is using for his class website, but it turned out he uses fatcow, whom he says is very progressive and unlikely to run ads like that. Was glad to hear it.</p>
<p>Men have long been teasingly stereotyped and lampooned in advertising. Why is that that women get so upset when occasionally it’s their turn in the barrel? </p>
<p>I say “Take it like a woman!”</p>
<p>Um, the guy dumping his wife in favor of his tires was not exactly just “stereotyping” women. Not that I agree at all that men have long been stereotyped and women not. Here’s a generalization that is true–corporations and ad agencies have been historically mostly run by men–so if there’s stereotyping of both men and women running rampant, who’s to blame? And why is either ok?</p>
<p>And on a different note, love hearing the Arcade Fire song on the NFL promotions.</p>
<p>I was so thrilled for The Saints! Didn’t watch any of the ads! The Who were truly awful(I had seem them often in concert in, well the olden days)…someone said their music was prerecorded…is this true? Anyway, we fast-forwarded through the ads and some of The Who. But I was so glad to see The Saints stop the Colts juggernaut. Great game (*Pats fan here)!</p>
<p>^^I can believe the Who was prerecorded. I was watching on the guitar solos and it sure looked lilke he was just playing air guitar on the big strums, and on the fast fretwork he always managed to turn away from the camera instead of showing it off.</p>
<p>I would think it might be difficult to do it live,live in that stadium with all those people in the stands.</p>