Hot enough or sexy enough? Enough is enough!!
Why does everything have to be 'hot' or 'sexy' to be of any meaning in today's world? Why is everything understood in the language of sex? Are we being force fed with too much sex loaded jargon?
I had to ask myself these questions, when I saw with my own eyes a cookery show on TLC( Travel and Living Channel). No harm watching a cookery show, right? I mean you cannot have anything there that is anything but purely the business of cooking, right? Well, the show did deal with cooking until one of the contestants promoted her dish( composed of oranges and figs and what not) by saying that the presence of the orange turned on the fig!!! What is that supposed to mean? I am no prude but I still cannot enjoy watching the fruit on my plate making out with each other!
Please keep it in mind that I am not moved to expressing my anguish like this even after wading through songs and movies loaded with sleaze that are we are bombarded with on all sides,I know movies keep recycling this rubbish to sell tickets and to make the makers feel that they have come up with something 'original'
But this one instance took the cake, literally! It really made me think seriously if the market is increasing its stranglehold on us. And that each day we are losing out..the customer no longer seems to be the king! :(
I had to ask myself these questions, when I saw with my own eyes a cookery show on TLC( Travel and Living Channel). No harm watching a cookery show, right? I mean you cannot have anything there that is anything but purely the business of cooking, right? Well, the show did deal with cooking until one of the contestants promoted her dish( composed of oranges and figs and what not) by saying that the presence of the orange turned on the fig!!! What is that supposed to mean? I am no prude but I still cannot enjoy watching the fruit on my plate making out with each other!
Please keep it in mind that I am not moved to expressing my anguish like this even after wading through songs and movies loaded with sleaze that are we are bombarded with on all sides,I know movies keep recycling this rubbish to sell tickets and to make the makers feel that they have come up with something 'original'
But this one instance took the cake, literally! It really made me think seriously if the market is increasing its stranglehold on us. And that each day we are losing out..the customer no longer seems to be the king! :(
Kinda agree with you but then sex has been promoted since ages and mindlessly nowadays
ReplyDeleteYou have a very valid point. We have grown so accustomed to getting bombarded with sexual innuendo left, right, and center, that it doesn't even register any more.
ReplyDeleteBut you are right- advertisements of men's briefs and vests, deodorants, even cars, almost always imply that the only reason a man uses these products is to have women pounce on them.
I totally understand the gravity of your concern but the part about fruit in your plate making out had me in splits. That was hilarious. I don't think I'll have another fruit cocktail without having a private laugh thinking how I might be invading their intimate moments.
Ha ha thanks
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