Letters to the Editor
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what I don't see
I don't see anyone or anything doing anything to the woman in any objectionable sense--just a reference to her "beaver". So I can't see what there is to be offended about, unless you think any reference to a woman's privates is inherently offensive.
And I don't see any way to sell tampons without mentioning vaginas.
Yeah, you can say it's kind of dumb, but "offensive"? Why?
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how exactly is something like this degrading or damaging women in any way?
It isn't: the ONLY way that anyone can think it is if they believe that prudery/puritanism are essential to womens freedom from abused, etc. Obviously most, or at least a great many, people do believe this.
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It's OK Australia....
Just imagine the even more retarded version america would have if we chose one of the most commonly used nick names for the va-jay-jay-jay(I thank you oprah...)
A stuffed muffin perhaps????
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Hi-Larious!
This is waaaay better than someone running through a field or talking about their "not-so-fresh" feeling. If we're to celebrate our vaginas, we ought to be able have some humor about them.
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Why the ?????, Editor?
I mean, really, why are you shocked that most women use euphemisms for their vaginas?
When I'm in bed with a man I'm not calling it my vagina, and neither is he.
If I'm a teen I know my friends will think I'm a dork if I call it "vagina" so I use another word.
Pretty much doctors, douche and tampon instructions, and articles trying to avoid euphemism will use the word "vagina". Most times the rest of us are even talking about it are not so clinical.
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Seems like we have a consensus!
I can't watch the ad right now, but it sounds cute and fun. And vastly preferable to ads featuring virginal looking women in white speaking vaguely about freshness and security, and carefully avoiding all reference to the area of the body concerned.
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I'm amazed that this hasn't happened in the U.S.
I mean, now that we're de-sensitized to those Charmin ads featuring (wink, wink) a bear in the woods...what do you expect?
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not nearly as offensive
as the condom commercial in which all men are literally pigs.
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Not offensive, but...
Not offensive, but not necessarily good marketing. I mean they do know that men don't buy tampons right? At least not unless we're forced for our darlings. Maybe they need to do some polling and find out who their core demographic is. (I think its chicks)
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You bet I'm offended!
As I am offended by the picture of milk in a jug.
A woman holding a hoe.
Two hills in the distance.
Hourglasses in any context.
Muffling sounds.
The word "below".
The term "wide berth".
Pillows.
Bushes.
Pendulums.
Life.
The Universe.
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Yes, I'm that special. Love me!
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More ineffective than anything else
My problem with this ad is that it is directed at women (the purchasers of tampons) yet it uses a euphemism that women don't use very much. At least in my experience, "beaver" is a word men use, not so much women. And it seems to be used by men who are being fairly derogatory. I mean, no one says it in a complimentary way, do they? So, not so effective in reaching this woman, but it is a somewhat amusing twist on the word.
We all use euphemisms, but can I just say I HATE va-jay-jay? Can I start an anti-va-jay-jay movement?
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Offensive is an understatement!
As a man, I am DEEPLY offended by the comparison of a woman's most delicate parts to a big-toothed, furry animal. The vagina is not an animal to be used and abused, nor does it build dams. Completely and utterly disgusting!
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That was funny...
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Hilarious!
That's an awesome ad. I wish I lived in Australia, the land of hilarious commercials for women.
(See, I've come to notice something. The commercials on, say, ESPN are way funnier than the commercials on, say, Lifetime. But they're "guy" ads, for beer and such. I say funny ads for women! We can take it. Despite what Christopher Hitchens has to say, women have great senses of humor.)
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Oh, please
I emailed this video to everyone I knew last night when I found it on copyranter - I thought it was adorable. First, the beaver is hilariously cute, and second, it's clever. Americans are so squeamish about bleeding vaginas that you'd think we'd be pleased with the work-around found here.
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silly
Personally, I found it silly but kind of cute. I didn't feel it was demeaning or offensive.
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I am completely, devastatingly offended
whenever I hear --
- Hidden Valley
- cornucopia
- periscope
- Dick Butkus
- heinie
- asterisk
- peacock
- wombat
- ornery
- Whiffle Ball
- platypus
- Hillary Rodham Clinton
oh. my virgin ears..
please stop using these terms or I will have to sue the world.
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Seriously, please, we need more information.
"Kotex research found people in that age group [18-to-24-year-old women] had 181 alternative names for the vagina and 94 per cent said they used nicknames for their own genitals. [Ed. note: !!!!]
The term 'beaver' was the 11th-most used by the people surveyed."
PLEASE POST THE LIST!
"181 alternative names" I WANT TO SEE THIS LIST!
Me personally, "va-jay-jay" has been the my favorite for the last year or so. Has kind of a hip, not dirty, almost playful quality.
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very South Park...
In the episode (I believe it's called) "Are You There, God? It's me, Kyle," Kenny dies from having a "Beaver Dam" brand tampon shoved up his ass.
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crazy people
Who cares? Get a life and a little perspective people.
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Wha?
I think it's a cute ad. Better a sense of humor than the kind of pussy-footing around the subject you see here in the States. (Pun intended.) People really should lighten up.
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Correct terms
Am I the only one to use correct terms for body parts? It seems prudish/childish/illogical to use euphemisms.
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American's don't get it
The term "beaver" in Australia (and NZ) is only used in a derogartory and offensive context. Might as well call women "cunts"
But I guess its to much to expect American's (looking at you BS) to have a clue outside their own narrow viewpoints.
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Laughed my arse off
Yeah, loved it. And hey, it shows a woman in a healthy, loving relationship with her own genitalia, right?
On the euphemisms front, my boyfriend uses the term 'vadge', which suits me fine -- it's not cutesy, it's not food, it's not an aberration or a penis-hole. Of course, now I refer to his own goods as his 'niss'.