Archive for the 'Sexist' Category

You’ll Remember Hardee’s Miss Turkey, Her Bikini, and Her Charbroiled Turkey Burger

Published on April 18, 2011 in 2010s, Bikinis, Commercials, Fast Food, Food, Hardee's, Meat, Sexist, Sexy and USA.

Gizem Memiç (born May 16, 1990) is a Turkish beauty pageant titleholder who won the title of Miss Turkey 2010 on Thursday 1 April 2010. As “Miss Turkey” she was in a 2011 American television commercial for Carl’s Jr. restaurant and its sibling Hardee’s restaurants, promoting their new broiled turkey sandwiches, where they claim is under 500 calories. Gizem is seen in a bikini, eating the sandwich as she strolls down a walkway.

Several Hardee’s ad campaigns in the 2000s have been criticized by groups such as Parents Television Council for their sexually suggestive nature. Recent campaigns targeted include “More Than a Piece of Meat” featuring scantily clad women appearing to receive sexual gratification from consuming Hardee’s products, and “Name Our Holes” — an ad campaign and website promoting Hardee’s Biscuit Holes.

Padma Lakshmi and Hardee’s Western Bacon Thickburger are more than just pieces of meat

Published on March 30, 2009 in 2000s, Bacon, Carl's Jr., Cheese, Commercials, Condiments, Fast Food, Food, Hamburgers, Hardee's, Meat, Sexist, Sexy and USA.

Padma Parvati Lakshmi (born September 1, 1970) is an Indian American cookbook author, actress, and former model who has described herself as the first well-known model from India. She has been the host of the reality television program Top Chef since season two. Lakshmi was brought up as a vegetarian and has admitted that because of this, she sometimes becomes “squeamish” when sampling other cultural delicacies. However, in 2009, she starred in a commercial for the Carl’s Jr. restaurant chain eating a Western Bacon Cheeseburger and credits the chain from bringing her away from vegetarianism.

Hardee’s is a restaurant chain, located mostly in the Midwest United States and Southeast regions. It has evolved through several corporate ownerships since being established in 1960. It is currently owned and operated by CKE Restaurants. Along with its sibling restaurant chain Carl’s Jr., Hardee’s is the #4 U.S. fast-food restaurant burger chain after McDonald’s, Burger King and Wendy’s.

Are You Too Busy To Do Your Monthly Breast Self-Exam?

Published on September 22, 2008 in 2000s, Canada, Commercials, Funny and Sexist.

An intimate examination is a physical examination for medical purposes that includes examination of the breasts, genitalia, or rectum of a patient. Such examinations can cause patients stress or embarrassment.

Breast self-examination (BSE) is an easy but unreliable method for finding possible breast cancer.

Breast cancer is a cancer that starts in the cells of the breast in women and men. Worldwide, breast cancer is the second most common type of cancer after lung cancer and the fifth most common cause of cancer death.

I Am Man

Published on October 25, 2007 in 2000s, Burger King, Cheese, Commercials, Fast Food, Food, Funny, Hamburgers, Music, Parody, Sexist, USA, Violent and Whopper.

In May 2006, in promotion of the Texas Double Whopper, Burger King released a campaign called the “Manthem” which parodies Helen Reddy’s I Am Woman. It depicts a man and his girlfriend at a fancy restaurant. Disappointed by the meager portions he is served, the man bursts into song, expressing his desire for a Texas Double Whopper, in place of what he deems “chick food.”

“I Am Woman” is a song cowritten by Helen Reddy and singer/songwriter/guitarist Ray Burton and performed by Reddy. Released in its most well-known version in 1972, the song became an enduring anthem for the women’s liberation movement.

I like Carl’s Jr’s Flat Buns

Published on October 15, 2007 in 2000s, Carl's Jr., Cheese, Commercials, Fast Food, Food, Funny, Hamburgers, Meat and Sexist.

In mid-August 2007, Carl’s Jr. introduced it’s “Patty Melt Sandwich”, in a television ad.

A bun is a sweet or plain small bread or a round roll. It can be consumed as-is, made into a sandwich, or or designed to be cut in half and filled with ingredients.

The buttocks are rounded portions of the anatomy located on the posterior of the pelvic region of the apes, including humans and many other bipeds or quadrupeds.

New Hai Karate drives women right out of their minds

Published on October 12, 2007 in 1960s, Aftershave, Commercials, Funny, Martial Arts, Sexist, USA and Violent.

Hai Karate was a budget aftershave on sale in the United States and the United Kingdom during the 1960s and the 1970s, and derives its notability from its position as an icon of nostalgia. As a unique marketing ploy, in the early days each bottle of Hai Karate came with a small self-defense instruction booklet, to help wearers defend themselves against women.

Karate (空手, Karate), or karate-dō (空手道, karate-dō), is a martial art developed from indigenous fighting methods from the Ryūkyū Islands, Chinese kempo, and classical Japanese martial arts. It is known primarily as a striking art, featuring punching, kicking, knee/elbow strikes, and open-handed techniques, but grappling, joint manipulations, locks, restraints/traps, throws, and vital point striking also appear.