Super Bowl Ads Promote Same Old Stereotypes
Even the “good” ads feature far more men than women, and the genders are often split into stereotyped roles. But that’s nothing compared to the bad ads, and there were a bunch of them this year.
Category: Media Hall of Shame
‘Mass Bloodshed’ and CNN Shouldn’t Mix
NOW believes that a mainstream media outlet like CNN has no business employing a radical propagandist like Erick Erickson.
Rape Fantasies Played for Laughs on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher
Even though there are countless sexist and demeaning comments throughout the show, let’s focus on the term that has the potential to become the new euphemism for rape: f*cking angrily. Is this the trendy, politically correct term to use when you want to describe violently raping someone you don’t like?
NOW to Media: Stop Reducing Women Candidates to Sex Objects
Sexist, misogynist attacks against women have no place in the electoral process, regardless of a particular candidate’s political ideology, states NOW President Terry O’Neill.
Marc Ecko Demonstrates How to Objectify Women
This campaign is a striking example of what it means to sexually exploit, objectify and commodify women. That it incorporates the identity of a troubled young woman celebrity makes it even sadder.
