Well, door #2 had it. The account must’ve expired. For those of you who didn’t read the previous post, here it is.
The demeaning, sexist, and misogynistic myspace ads are back – I mean the worst ones from match.com. Maybe I’m getting a little too ticked about this to sustain loyal readers but I’ll risk it. Partially because I had a talk with a friend last night and realize even more how much this stuff really hurts women.
Here’s my second intolerant response:
Myspace -
Apparently your last message about having removed the “It’s not OK to stare” ads was temporary or untrue.
About one in three women are sexually assaulted in this country. When I as a man see ads that feature women as objects, it tempts me to dehumanize them. This ad is very bad for the self-esteem and safety of women. Can your marketing team understand that?
I could apologize for the intolerant tone of this email, but I won’t. I’m not “tolerant” of these demeaning ads. Please forward this email up your chain of command until someone who has loved ones such as a wife, mother, or daughter can stop your site from selling out to match.com.
I am not pleased with your lack of honesty in informing me that this content has been removed when it has not been.
Thank you very much.
Nathan / Rock Prophetic
If this letter resonates with you, I dare you to copy the other letter in this post and send it from your myspace account. To do this, you need to click the “report inappropriate content” link from the inbox. Or perhaps you are just more tolerant than I am.
4 responses so far ↓
isabellaebb // May 23, 2007 at 8:22 am
Unfortunately these things are rarely resolved with just one round of protests. Think about how long it took for us ladies to no longer be legally considered a man’s property, let alone the right to vote and the opportunity to work in diverse professions.
It is only when people get outraged enough about some injustice that they are willing to continue with the fight, even in the face of discouragement, that things have a chance of changing. While great strides have been made in addressing issues of overt sexism, we still have a very long way to go in addressing the issues of subtle sexism. This is especially true when certain forms of media exploit women under the guise of supposed empowerment, as I would guess the creators of these ads would attempt to contend.
Keep up the good work. Galatians 6:9.
n // May 23, 2007 at 1:25 pm
If you really want to get to the MySpace people why don’t you try using the contact MySpace link at the bottom of your home page. It asks you to select a topic and a subtopic. Select Other for topic and for subtopic select it’s not on the list. You’ll get a prompt to either select one of the pre-chosen questions and click yes to go to the FAQ or NO to email customer service. Reporting Inappropriate content is just for content in profiles not advertising on MySpace.
retroman // May 24, 2007 at 12:33 pm
@ IsabellaEBB: Sounds like you have either done some homework or also experienced some of this junk. Sure you don’t want to start a blog? You could develop quite a following…
@ n: Good idea – I missed it. Thanks for the voice of reason.
IsabellaEBB // May 26, 2007 at 5:43 am
Actually it is a bit of both. My main prof in my Community Psych classes was/is a die hard, ultra-liberal, radical feminist. I got lots of fem theory. Plus, I worked in the hardware dept of a certain major retailer for a number of years. Took a lot of flak from both men and women.
RE: the blog… I recently did start one at http://www.communitypsych.wordpress.com. Thanks for encouraging me to do so. I think that it helped to brake a block I was experiencing with getting my master’s project started.
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