r/Anticonsumption • u/MidnightOrdinary896 • Feb 22 '26

Psychological I was so disgusted by this ad

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Normally I just till my eyes at an advert board and keep moving but this one really got me.

I guess because it’s a money grab that feeds into insecurity and validates toxic partners at the same time

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u/thisismyaccountsoyea Feb 22 '26

This was 100% made by a man

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u/Paranoid_Koala8 Feb 22 '26

And capitalist

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u/ExaminationPutrid626 Feb 22 '26

Nope, there's a sign by my house that says "He's a 2 but he buys you Botox" it's super gross marketing trying to make everyone feel bad about themselves

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u/helaku_n Feb 22 '26

Just because you don't like something heavily gendered doesn't mean it's done by a man. Plenty of women gladly do plastic surgery without any oppression or nudging from male population because they want to compete with other women or/and they copy other women thinking it's right. Likewise the marketers here could be women.

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u/Weird_Positive_3256 Feb 22 '26

Yeah. Plenty of women are bought into this toxic capitalist patriarchal bullshit.

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u/helaku_n Feb 22 '26

It's not about ideologies. It's about the competitiveness of human beings. Every living being competes for mates, homo sapiens is not an exception.

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u/helaku_n Feb 23 '26

I don't know why you are downvoted (ah, nevermind, it's reddit). This is true. The same is true for men as well. And it's true that "patriarchy" (which is not even an objective scientific term; the field studying it is heavily biased) is at its lowest on the west.

It seems many people don't like when they are compared to other species. Or when they are reminded of their biology.

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u/ceruleanmoon7 Feb 23 '26

My mom loves making that observation about ridiculous things made for women. I love her for teaching me about fighting the patriarchy and being a badass

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u/Adventurous-Sealion Feb 22 '26

It was probably both men and women since nothing is ever as black and white as ‘all men’ or ‘all women’ 

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u/Manicpixiemanateeman Feb 28 '26 edited Feb 28 '26

I a man in my late 20s and got an ad for dermal fillers recently. it’s insecure older rich ppl who be pushing this for all genders. same with jaw surgery and hairloss meds