[Lauren]

I genuinely can't tell if Sticks here is having our life?

[Nurse57]

Galaxy is marketed towards women, as is Flake. As a man do I find this offencive? No. Would I still buy one? If I wanted to, yes.

[Lauren]

Originally posted by Nurse57
Galaxy is marketed towards women, as is Flake. As a man do I find this offencive? No. Would I still buy one? If I wanted to, yes.

Similarly, McCoys crisps are marketed at men (Think the slogan is "MAN CRISPS" but I might be wrong). There's also a Strongbow (I think) advert that's targeted to men.

I still use both of those products.

Though I still can't tell if Sticks is having a laugh?

[Sticks]

Those products may be marketed at a particular gender, but not exclusively. They were not deliberately excluding a target market

The Yorkie Bar "It's not for Girls" slogan is exclusive. On the surface it was prohibiting one gender from the product. (See the early TV adverts at the time)

I still wonder if with the 2006 campaign for the Yorkie McFlurry any females were barred from ordering it, either by staff or some other third party taken in by the advertising. If I had been working there at the time, I do also wonder if I would have sought clarification if we could sell them to females and pointed out that the slogan did seem to contravene stated equality statements.

The 2006 Yorkie McFlurry advert was portraying putting a woman down, by crushing her with a potof the product, (Shades of violence), and that reminds me of one person I know who thinks men are superior and that woman should be put in their place, implicitly by all means available, including force.

It was refreshing that the 2009 McFlurry made no mention of that imagery.

If I remember I will see if this campaign is continuing. It is possible the garage had cancelled export order for a market where this campaign is not being used.

[Matt08]

I can't believe this is in Serious Debates. Surely there's more important things to be worrying about than whether a Yorkie bar might offend women.

[Sticks]

The Yorkie bars in the newsagent were the ones with the It's Not for Girls slogan, so that boycott continues

The one from the garage must have been some kind of anomaly

[pinkmichk]

but clearly your boycotting idea is null and void if your buying them its a advertising campaign it is not a attack on women why only yorkies in this if your gonna do it then you should like someone said be including mccoys as they are man crisps in the advertising which is the same princple as the yorkie

[:)tom:)]

Originally posted by Sticks

I still wonder if with the 2006 campaign for the Yorkie McFlurry any females were barred from ordering it, either by staff or some other third party taken in by the advertising. If I had been working there at the time, I do also wonder if I would have sought clarification if we could sell them to females and pointed out that the slogan did seem to contravene stated equality statements.

This guy is joking, Right???
Do you seriously think that women were not allowed to buy yorkie products
and i also find it VERY hard to believe that any one that was selling yorkies would have had to of 'sought clarification' whether or not a woman was able to buy a yorkie.

[arista]

No Sticks
is not joking.

[pinkmichk]

sticks do you also boycott mcoys who are promoting as man crisps and there is also something out promoting at mo with man gadgets (mobiles and the like)

[Axiom]

LOL is this a joke thread or what? Ridiculous. Clearly a joke on the makers' behalf. I haven't heard of one woman who's complained about it frankly.

[Sticks]

Originally posted by pinkmichk
sticks do you also boycott mcoys who are promoting as man crisps and there is also something out promoting at mo with man gadgets (mobiles and the like)

McCoys do not have prohibition signs on their product

However I do not buy crisps that often

[Sticks]

Originally posted by Axiom
LOL is this a joke thread or what? Ridiculous. Clearly a joke on the makers' behalf. I haven't heard of one woman who's complained about it frankly.

You forget what happened in Liverpool when promoters handing out samples refused to give any to any women. They were asked to leave by the city council as the promotion violated their equal opportunities policy.

[arista]

Originally posted by Sticks

You forget what happened in Liverpool when promoters handing out samples refused to give any to any women. They were asked to leave by the city council as the promotion violated their equal opportunities policy.

Yes a Clever Promo
its got you talking about Yorkie.