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News & ArtsWednesday, September 21, 2011
Health / Video of the Day Lunchtime Quickie: Now THIS Is How You Make a Cancer Awareness Video! (NSFW)
Posted by Kelly O on Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 12:10 PM
Now this is a memorable commercial. Go art director, whoever you are!
NSFW NSFW NSFW NSFW NSFW NSFW
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My sons are going to hate that their mom sent them this link but I also know they will pay attention to it.
Good job, Rhian.
Good job, Rhian.
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I'm watching this with the sound off, so perhaps someone could explain: why is this woman pulling figs out of her vagina?
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@ Comte: because men will only pay attention to something if they think they'll get to see nekkid puss, better yet, women touching their own nekkid pusses for their insatiable porn-gaze.
Thus, this was a trick; ooh la la, she will masturbate on teh teevees! Oh, wait, balls? Oh, no, ball cancer?
Not very sexy. Then again, I don't believe that men are controlled by their biology or that they can't take something seriously, a la their health, without having to associate that something with sex. But, then again, I'm a humorless feminist, so what do I know.
Thus, this was a trick; ooh la la, she will masturbate on teh teevees! Oh, wait, balls? Oh, no, ball cancer?
Not very sexy. Then again, I don't believe that men are controlled by their biology or that they can't take something seriously, a la their health, without having to associate that something with sex. But, then again, I'm a humorless feminist, so what do I know.
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@8 - Maybe she wasn't hungry earlier. Is she supposed to just carry them around all day in her hands?
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I just had a calf castrated last week, and it looked a lot like that. A detached scrotum with a couple balls. The vet didn't look like Rhian though, unfortunately.
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As usual, all the most creative cancer campaign work is being channelled into boy cancer (movember / Rhian), while breast cancer (predominantly girl cancer) is all pastel pink baloons and bake sales.
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@16 - Correct me if I'm wrong, but a lot of women's cancer research has to appeal to a broad range of women of all ages, whereas testicular cancer primarily affects younger men, hence the appeal to sex here. The branding of women's health (and the pink breast cancer ribbon) was established a while back, when the women getting breast cancer were embarrassed to say "breast" in public, so I'm not terribly surprised they went with pink balloons and bake sales. It's a pretty innocuous and inoffensive way to talk to women.
As an alternative, would you have them put a man on the screen talking about how he'd like to see all the women out there fondling their boobs?
As an alternative, would you have them put a man on the screen talking about how he'd like to see all the women out there fondling their boobs?
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I see there's a new version of the testicular exam model, making this one obsolete:
http://amzn.to/eEfRoY
(Read the reviews. They are the best.)
http://amzn.to/eEfRoY
(Read the reviews. They are the best.)
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