Wednesday, March 11, 2009

On The Media: Some advertisements you will never see

The media has come a long ways in gender equality. There are more women working today in news, television, entertainment, and advertising than ever before. But I'm afraid there's still sex discrimination in something.

Where are all my women's products spam??!!

I get emails all day long to increase the size of my non-existent penis, to hold erections longer, to grow back my hair. It's as if every spammer out there believes I'm a man.

Here are some spams I've never seen in my inbox:

Vagina tightening pills- no more hot dog down a hallway!
Breast enhancement- Get off the itty-bitty-titty committee!
Cheap breast reduction- Relax the back pain!
Super tampon sale- Be super-prepared for Aunt Flo!
Yeast-B-Gone- I've yet to get spam about ancient Chinese medical secrets for zapping away a yeast infection fast
And finally, the one I've never seen in my mail:
Free Birth Control Pills! Just register on this list!

I'm not saying I want spam. No one likes spam. I'm just saying I want to be spammed with things that at least apply to my sex.

1 comment:

  1. In Laurie Notaro's book We Thought You Would Be Prettier, she has an essay on how she wishes she had a penis so that she could take advantage of all the special deals she gets in her email inbox. Me, I agree with you, if people are going to spam me, don't you think they could at least have the decency to acknowledge that I'm a woman and I might prefer to get my cyber sex offers from lonely hot foreign men instead of lonely hot foreign women?
    A friend pointed out that perhaps the content of my spam filter is more a statement on who actually falls for that stuff. So perhaps we should look on it as a compliment. Women are too smart to respond to spam, therefore all spam is male-centric?

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