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Just posting a blurb. The link's below.

Bloomingdale’s creepy “friend zone”: Male entitlement, rape culture and a dangerously stupid holiday ad
A Bloomingdale's ad is criticized for being a rape joke, but it also feeds the creepy concept of the "friend zone"

Every time a feminist uses the term “rape culture“—a term that describes a culture whose ostensible disapproval for rape is belied by the tolerance and even winking approval of forcing sex on non-consenting women—they are met with a series of skeptical jeers from people who think that it’s ridiculous to think that anyone actually thinks rape is funny or cool.

How then to explain this ad from Bloomingdale’s—which is just one in a series of ads from other companies making similar jokes—which only works if you assume an audience that thinks it’s funny and even sexy to refuse to take “no” for an answer.

Bloomingdale’s apologized for the rape joke in the face of widespread outrage, and many media outlets used this as an opportunity to educate audiences on the way that rapists use alcohol to facilitate their crimes, by either targeting women who have had too much to resist or even by drugging them to get the same effect.


http://www.salon.com/2015/11/12/bloomingdales_creepy_friend_zone_male_entitlement_rape_culture_and_a_dangerously_stupid_holiday_ad/

Since now we can post pics (didn't work yesterday for shit)...

I assume this is the ad in question:

Other than the text which is...wow.

To be a fly on the ceiling during that creative process.

Director (to woman): Look happily to your right, like laughing at some attractive guy's jokes. Lean in that direction to show how attracted you are.
Director (to man): Summon the most creepy look you are capable of. Look stern, you mean business. More intense gazing, mouth posture indicating how you disapprove of their entire dynamic. A bit of a smirk because you have it all planned out from henceforth.

Posted by Damnata
Since now we can post pics (didn't work yesterday for shit)...

I assume this is the ad in question:

Yes, as that was illustrated in the article. :p

Posted by rockyroadicecream

Posted by Damnata
Since now we can post pics (didn't work yesterday for shit)...

I assume this is the ad in question:

Yes, as that was illustrated in the article. :p

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I was confused because I first thought it was a video and that part only a screenshot.