In Contempt » valentine’s day http://incontemptcomics.com Political cartoons by Kevin Moore Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:47:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Valentine’s Dork http://incontemptcomics.com/2008/02/14/valentines-dork/ http://incontemptcomics.com/2008/02/14/valentines-dork/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:27:13 +0000 Kevin Moore http://incontemptcomics.com/?p=20 Comic

One thing (among many) that I hate about Valentine's Day is the way marketers use sexist stereotypes of men and women to hawk their wares. A case in point: last night I saw a Russell Stover's ad featuring three or four different straight guys attest that if they didn't come home with a box of [...]]]>

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One thing (among many) that I hate about Valentine's Day is the way marketers use sexist stereotypes of men and women to hawk their wares. A case in point: last night I saw a Russell Stover's ad featuring three or four different straight guys attest that if they didn't come home with a box of Russell Stover's chocolates on V-Day, their wives would kick them to the couch or perform some other symbolic castration.

That is typical of ads I have heard for the past two weeks: men are neanderthals clueless about the women in their lives, and women are infantile, materialistic shrews. Of course a man isn't in touch with his wife's/girlfriend's/partner's emotions, because if he was, he wouldn't be man!

I'm not saying I am the perfect husband who always knows what to get my wife for her birthday, xmas, whatever. She doesn't always know, either. So we perform this strange ritual of divination: we ask.

Crazy talk!

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