Father’s Day
June 11, 2008 11:05 pm
Christine
i'm on a rant, just stuph
It’s this Sunday. I’ll be glad when it’s over. I’m really sick of the sexist commercials that around both Mother’s Day and Father’s Day.
I mean, look at them. It is ASSumed that all women want frou-frou stuff, such as flowers, jewelry, and other girly things. When the family takes Mom out for a Mother’s Day meal, it is always to some frou-frou place that probably doesn’t even have beer. Even though ballparks often have Mother’s Day giveaways, they are usually something pink and girly. Gack.
The Father’s Day gifts are cooler…big screen TVs, cameras, iPods, and other cool toys. One store is advertising free tickets to see the new “Incredible Hulk” movie with certain purchases. If “Sex & The City” had come out before Mother’s Day, they may have offered tickets to that.
Not all men like comic book movies, and not all women like chick flicks.
I also get annoyed about the ads pushing stuff like power tools and air tools as Father’s Day gifts. Yet these same stores push kitchen appliances and such for moms. I guess it’s not occurred to these people that some women like power tools and would love to get them as gifts, and many men love to cook, and would love a blender of an electric mixer.
Gack. I’ll be happy when it’s over for another year.
