Same for men's shaving ads really. They're all about an already perfectly shaven guy just scooping soap out of his face with a razor.
this post was submitted on 06 Feb 2026
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- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
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- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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Razors want you to see what you could look like, floor cleaner wants you to fear what your floor could look like.
Funny how toothpaste commercials can go either way.
Toothpaste is bi
-carbonate of soda.
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Body hair is deeply stigmatized. Bodies and bodily functions are stigmatized.
It's the same reason why sanitary pad commercials use clear blue liquid for absorptive demonstrations and not body temperature strawberry preserves. Or heaven forfend actual uterine lining....
Smiling happy women reclining in a bath, shaving off foam to reveal glossy perfect legs, is shorthand for the reality of what actually happens.
Body hair is stigmatised, but bodies in general are not; bodily functions are taboo which is not the same thing.
In modern Western society people don't really think that women are "unclean" for having their period, no more than they think anyone is a bad person for pooping. (Notably this has not been true in all times and cultures). But talking about periods and shitting is nevertheless taboo and not considered polite. I think it's an important distinction to realise, because you can try to push back against stigma, but pushing back against taboo is harder (and often pointless).
Speaking for myself I no more want to see actual uterine lining in an advert than I want to see an actual turd - they're both fairly gross. Advertisers generally want to associate their products with positive feelings, not disgust.
I’d never even thought of this before. Can you explain the difference between taboo and stigmatized? I thought you generally risk being stigmatized any time you break a taboo.
I don't think I'm using technical terminology, so I'm just explaining how I see two different concepts.
The important difference I'm getting it is that taboo things can have a "proper place" - pooping in the toilet is fine, doing it in the woods is not. You can expect stigma if you violate the taboo by pooping on the woods, but doing do in the right place is fine!
doing it in the woods is not
I keep wondering if Westerners lug a porta-potty with them when they go camping, or just plug their ass for a day or more.
It's the plug one
Ahhh so you would say some sexual fetishes are stigmatized rather than taboo? Like if someone walked in on a person doing various sexual acts, the situation would be embarrassing regardless but only certain things would be scandalous.
Yes, I'd after with that
So it should be fine to hang dong, as long as it's shaved 🤔
Dong is also taboo, so it's not "fine", but also not disgusting, same with pussy.
Like, there's a reason why Western societies don't approve of people just wandering the streets naked. It's not because anyone thinks there's something inherently wrong with being naked - pretty much everyone is naked at some point after all. Just that there are certain situations where it's not considered appropriate.
I think most situations it isn't appropriate
I hate how hair on a woman has become shameful for the past few decades. When I first saw my now-wife, it was with "hairy" legs because she was done with dating. Hairy like you can see a bit of hair, not like thick or dark. When I asked her out, she came on our date shaved.
She doesn't care now that we were married. But even she mentions that back then a lot of guys called it out as a problem for her.
yes they do. they spill products onto clean floors and immediately mop them up. maybe i'm thinking of feminine hygiene products or adult diapers. i don't watch a lot of commercials.
They should throw some hairs on the legs before shaving them then
imagine this gallon of hairs is your hairs
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The culture around women shaving is so dumb. So dumb, in fact, I don't shave anything other than my armpits. And I only shave my armpits because I don't like how the hair feels when sweat accumulates.
If I ever get a gf and she doesn't like my fuzzy legs and magnificent bush, then she ain't the girl for me.
I use clippers to shorten my pits and bush because my pit hair pulls in weird ways and my bush will mat with blood clots and it helps trap less smells in both but other than that yeah there's no reason. I once had an A&P professor who went on a mini rant one class about how "the leg and arm hairs are for detecting the movement of fleas ticks and other parasites and how could women be asked to give up such protection? "
If I ever get a gf and she doesn't like my fuzzy legs and magnificent bush
On the other hand, shaved bush has essentially made the pubic lice an endangered species.
(This is not to say that you're not magnificent)
I actually preferred shaved armpits on any gender. But I'm also lazy AF so I only trim mine like 3 times a year and shave them if I'm going real fancy.
Thats a good ass shower thought
And toilet paper -- clean asses.
Benzin -- clean roads.
Drugs -- cemeteries.
Alcohol -- liver.
Signs of depression:
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holding a paper plate over ones face that has a smiley face
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having children show you drawings of happy people
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being constantly stuck in the rain
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I need to see a toilet paper ad that shows asses!
Don't they get around the obvious issues with this by using cartoon animal butts?
hairy cartoon animal butts
Yes, and by using blue water, too. If the commercials are to be believed, we're anthropomorphic bears that occasionally jet azure fountains from our butts.
Wait. You aren't?!?
You want political toilet paper?
If they make toilet paper and bidets woke and MAGA wanna own the libs by shitting in diapers like their leaders, sure!
Those guys already stop short of wiping clean and avoid touching their asshole in the shower
The ones with the bears
Yeah I don't care about softness and ply count.
Show me wiping in-between the cheeks!
And feminine hygiene products use Andorian blood.
That's because advertising is as fake as a Hollywood movie. Never believe an ad.