The Crazy Rants of Samantha BurnsNaughty Nurses
Not quite a naughty nurse but she is naughty! I've decided to be nice to my readers and I've found a non-scam site where you can view your "needs". Just follow the link link here. Now back to the article...
Has anyone seen this Mott's Clamato nurse ad; this may only apply to Canada as it seems Canada and the US sometimes get different Motts ads, but maybe it pertains to both.
To give you a summary of the ad, you first see a pvc clad woman in a nurse's uniform walk up to an apartment door, a man opens the door, the woman holding a Mott's Clamato bottle enters, they claim to have part of the ad banned due to it being too spicy for tv, and then she soon after leaves. That is all; the rest is left up to the imagination.
I was going to write this article about the oddness of the commercial. I mean, if you've seen it, you might realise that the man who opens the door to the woman wearing a PVC mini-nurses uniform, looks extremely homosexual (not that there's anything wrong with that... please refer to Not That There's Anything Wrong With That. But really, what does "looks homosexual" mean? But, I digress...
I was going to write that not even a bombshell like that could sway a man such as him to turn straight.
I'm not going to write about that, however. I am instead writing about this pathetic letter I found from some American Nurses Association on why it is a shame to show such a thing on television.
Contained in the letter is this paragraph,
"We urge you to immediately remove this offensive and misogynous advertising campaign from your Web site and stop running these ads on television. We also demand a written public apology."
Okay, to some, this commercial may be offensive, but how could they consider it misogynous? I, for one, do not see any hatred of women in this commercial; I, for one, am not offended by this commercial; and I, for one, do not "demand" an apology of any sort.
The woman in this commercial is sexy, and there is nothing in our society that says looks can't be sold as a commodity. How many models do we see out their selling their wares. Woman are more than just a pretty mind, you know.
To read another perspective on why it's a shame to show beautiful nurses in the media, go to nursingadvocacy.org where they claim,
"The naughty nurse is always "fun," but that has not stopped her from reinforcing the pernicious idea that nurses are sexually available to patients and physicians in the workplace."
Now for those of you who have seen the ad, do you see in any part of the ad where the nurse is being available to patients and physicians? I only see either a girlfriend or a prostitute coming to a guy's house for a night of fun and games. The guy certainly doesn't look like he's ailing from any disease and requires treatment, nor is he wearing a doctor's outfit, which is the only way we'd know he was a physician.
My only statement to this whole ordeal, which is likely giving the folks at Motts a headache, is... lighten up people. Have a Bloody Mary or Bloody Caesar for gosh sakes and chill!
Warning: the following link contains a picture that may offend some as it contains sexuality, but not course language. Viewer discretion is advised.
For those of you who want a peak at a type of nurse uniform I'm talking about, here is a linked picture, this is not the actual woman or outfit from the ad http://www.costumesballoonsnstuff.com/media/legavnurselg.bmp
Comments
Sam
I remember ad when I was in Austrailia for hungary Jacks (same burger king), where three half naked blonde guys jump around singing oiy, oiy, oiy. after that everything else seems tame but that does sound bad
Posted by: Alan Kennedy | August 31, 2005 03:30 PM
We need more visuals on this nurse.
Posted by: mice | August 31, 2005 03:33 PM
I can see why 20 years ago such an add might have caused offence, as there was no corresponding sex exploitation of men in advertisement then. Now, however, there is a flux of 'sex sells' advertisement portraying the flesh of both genders, so it seems to be levelling out.
Posted by: J | August 31, 2005 04:35 PM
I agree with mice, we need more visuals on the nurse. I am not prepared to comment further without EXTENSIVE research on this subject ;)
Posted by: the english guy | September 1, 2005 06:29 AM
How's any of this more "offensive" than an Animaniacs cartoon featuring the Yacko and Wacko line "Helloooo, nurse!" (with an appropriately-semi-sexy nurse or other female figure in the frame)?
Ban Animaniacs!
Not from my TV...
Posted by: David | September 1, 2005 06:43 PM