Scantily Clad women and gun advertisements. acceptable or not?

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I am glad that there are ads that cater to heterosexual males.

Man hating feminists banned all the sexy calendars, posters, from the workplace, at least I can see lovelies in gun magazines.

I am more disturbed by the hair and perfume ads for men.

What the heck has our society come to?
 
America has lost her way
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If so, it's been going on for a long time.

Google the Pearl Tobacco ads from 1871.

And these:
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Fortunately, most of us have seen naked women and survived.

Tinpig
 
Indeed they do have a choice. You seem to have assumed in error.


Many a well paid movie star and mrunway model got theirs start doing ads like these. Good for them for making a buck and advancing their careers
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Care to venture a guess as to what percentage of movies star hopefuls that started "like this" end up otherwise?
 
Kids are exposed to scantily clad girls everywhere in my experience. A trip to the mall or walmart in the summertime will run across more than a few dressed in little more material than one of my kerchiefs...
 
I have assumed nothing; girls over 18 are free to live their lives as they see fit, something that many religious zealots would not want them to do.......... ;)
 
Are any of you offended by Fox News?

They do have some hotties.

The ultimate compliment you could pay a woman is to tell her she has the legs for Fox News.
 
Whoa!

"The ultimate compliment you could pay a woman is to tell her she has the legs for Fox News"


You mean there's news on that channel!?:what: (too busy noticing those legs)





I'm getting more easily distracted every year.
 
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A couple of recent generally marketing studies hint that sex might not sell as well as folks might assume. Personally, I think its an insult to my intelligence. If you have a good product, show it, focus on it. Also, there is a growing market of female gun buyers. Dumb to alienate a significant potential market segment.
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Most women I know appreciate a good looking woman too. Not the same way I do, but they still do. Also as to the earlier "exploitation" comment, the women were not forced to pose, and I suspect that they were well paid too. Sounds like WE are being exploited for being human.
 
There is a part of me that enjoys looking at such things, but I do my best not to because I love and repect my wife too much. I know that stuff will be out there regardless of what I would prefer, so I'll do my best to stay away from that stuff.
It does make me lose some respect for the company even if it works. It says something when a company let's its products stand for themselves.
 
You know I have kept that mag on the the table for a long time, Strangley.
but I have reread that mag over and over for a long time. Thats until iI get the next one:evil:
 
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Everyone else seems to have opined.....so here goes:

I find many of the typical ads a bit crass. Not morally objectionable at all, but simply all too "common", if not stupid. Beyond that simple observation, I really don't care what they do.

If the advertisers wish to exhibit women and guns, then I prefer showing a woman and a gun in a self defense or other shooting appropriate context. And if they must show "scantily" then they might well consider doing so in the same way that we see ordinary attractive women "scantily" dressed on the streets of our towns everyday.

If the advertiser feels they must show a model simply "posing" with a gun, to grab our attention, I prefer something more alluring rather than the typical big-fake-boobs and the big-fake-hair and all that in-your-face buffoon. Keep the assault on my senses (however they do that) within tolerable limits.....as with any other ad.

I think the way Kahr does it with Mr. Moon's wife as the "thin is sexy" model comes to mind as a good example of posing for the sake of posing done better.
 
Doesn't bother me in the least.

I like attractive sleek guns and attractive sleek women, and don't mind a bit if they co-mingle.
 
As tinpin posted a few posts up, they have been using sex to sell as long as there has been advertising. The ads have always been risque for that time period to (as has been mentioned) catch your eye so you notice the ad.

I do find it a shame that cities, towns or villages have stopped having nativity scenes because it offends a very small segment of the population and other bans due to a few people who feel their rights are more important than that of the masses. How many schools now say the Pledge of Allegiance? Ridiculous how we all bend over and grab our ankles because a vocal minority feels they are more important than the rest of us. If you ask me, that is what is ruining America, not scantily clad women selling products. We've become spineless and afraid to stand up for our rights as a society.
 
Men are attracted to things with curves, smoothness and beauty. Cars, nice rifles with wood stocks, and women have those attributes.. Black rifles, reloading equipment and handtools do not have those things. A Cooper rifle or sleek sports car will draw your eye much faster than a one in 10 million AR-15.
 
I'm not sure why you all think that only men like pictures of attractive members of the opposite sex.

I still say keep the pictures of the girls in there, but add pictures of guys, too. Tasteful pictures, of course.
 
I'm not sure why you all think that only men like pictures of attractive members of the opposite sex.

I still say keep the pictures of the girls in there, but add pictures of guys, too. Tasteful pictures, of course.
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All you purist prudes saying that these ads turn the women off of guns, WAKE UP, THIS IS A FEMALE POSTER HERE SAYING THIS!!!!!
 
I think it is typical of older, judgmental people, especially religious people, to bicker about things being "acceptable" or not. It's not your place to decide what's acceptable to anyone other than yourself, and you do that by buying it, or not, not by spouting off to the world.

People being judgmental, simply because they are prudes, really turns off the rest of us who have more respect for the sanctity of the opinions of others.
 
Wow, page after page after page of "tolerant" libertines decrying and demonizing those horrible "puritans"... How dare they tell you how to live! Of course, no one here has....

So sad.
 
Voltia said:
I think it is typical of older, judgmental people, especially religious people, to bicker about things being "acceptable" or not. It's not your place to decide what's acceptable to anyone other than yourself, and you do that by buying it, or not, not by spouting off to the world.

People being judgmental, simply because they are prudes, really turns off the rest of us who have more respect for the sanctity of the opinions of others.
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Actually the guy I called out as a puritan was 16. I am 49. Don't stereotype.
 
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