I could be wrong here, but I’m sure there’s more ads on the telly talking about how we look. One of them has the catch-call “because you’re worth it”. Come on. What’s wrong with a few wrinkles, what’s wrong with lots of wrinkles?
And when did it become so important to have hairless legs. The recent batch of ads is saying that if you want to be attractive to me, you need to have silky smooth legs. ummm…. ok….
And what about lippy. You can buy the stuff these days that won’t wear off your lips. It stays put all day long, just right for looking sexy in all those high powered meetings, because we all know if you’re going to do a presentation worth millions of dollars, we’ll all be looking at your lips and not your work.
And what about eye lashes. I mean really. I take points off if your eyelashes aren’t long and if I can’t see them individually.
And what about your hair. Woe to any of you who has frizzy hair.
Talk about play on your fears. All aimed at making you feel like shit.
My gender doesn’t get off free either. You know, I’ve been shaving whiskers off my face for 30 odd years, now I find that if I want a smooth shave, I need a razor with 5 blades. I now know that unless I have a full head of hair my sex life will be nil (that explains a lot). To be atractive to the opposite sex I need some really good smelly stuff under my arms, and if I want sex to last longer, I can spray some crap up my nose.
What would we do without advertising?