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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Same old story from down under.

21 replies

Hazchem · 03/06/2014 10:11

Not sure if you are interested but an new coffee shop is opening in Australia. It's using very sexulized images of women to sell it's products but doesn't think women should be offended.
www.facebook.com/freshonebeans
Outrage is better then a cup of coffee to wake me up.

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CaptChaos · 03/06/2014 12:46

Just wow.

Not only using over sexualised of women images to sell coffee, but also using drug terminology and paraphernalia. I agree with several of the posters on their FB site, that their advertising team is obviously made up of porn obsessed teenagers, who smoke crack.

ReallyFuckingFedUp · 03/06/2014 14:36

did you see this photo?

It's pornography, please report it. Fb doesn't allow fucking BF photos but that is OK?!

ReallyFuckingFedUp · 03/06/2014 14:39

notice it was published under #spankfriday. That's pathetic

ReallyFuckingFedUp · 03/06/2014 16:27

I reported it. FB has said they won't be taking it down. Breast feeding photos ger removed, but a PORN shot on a site for 13 year olds of a woman touchign herself is OK.

Fuck you facebook. Seriously. FUCK YOU. This might actually be what finally gets me off that bloody site. arseholes

squishysquirmy · 03/06/2014 16:36

Is this for real - it's so bad it could be a parody!

AnyFucker · 03/06/2014 16:44

All publicity is good publicity in our woman-hating, hypersexualised world. Unfortunately.

ReallyFuckingFedUp · 03/06/2014 22:15

But is it anyfucker? I'm trying to think of who I see in coffeeshops.. and it's always women. Yes, the odd male student, nursing a cofee and stealing the Wifi and not spending any money... but overwhelmingly it seems to be women meeting up with each other. Probably because it's not full og blokes and they can relax with out being hassled. SAHM's looking for a comfy place to BF..

The people they are selling to in those adverts are 20 something misogynist males who prefer coffee to beer. Is that a massive demographic?

AnyFucker · 03/06/2014 22:19

There are quite a lot of women that hang out with 20 something misogynist males that wouldn't have a problem with that kind of advertising. Unfortunately.

SavoyCabbage · 03/06/2014 22:21

There's no location, only a PO box so I don't see it being a real business.

ReallyFuckingFedUp · 03/06/2014 23:06

Apparently they will give the location when they get a 1000 likes some sort of marketinng ploy (assuming they are real)

Hazchem · 03/06/2014 23:23

I reported it too Really . I can't believe facebook think it's ok. I showed the picture to my partner and he was like huh huh really shocked and totally shocked when I said it was an add for a coffee shop.

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DadWasHere · 03/06/2014 23:40

There's no location, only a PO box so I don't see it being a real business.

It appears to track back to a real company of a different name. I assume its an extreme shock marketing ploy of a distribution company.

ReallyFuckingFedUp · 03/06/2014 23:44

Same general reaction from DH, another male they've alienated. While I agree generally with AF's assertion that misogyny sells I do think they have gone too far in this case and that their customer base of Nutz magazine readers and ladette girlfriends are not the people who actually hang out in those places. Even if you get past the sexism you have the casual drug references. Does Oz not have any kind of advertising standards body?

Hazchem · 04/06/2014 09:43

There is also further down some with racist overtones. Much subtler then the sexist and drug ones but you don't need to think about it too much.
We do have a board but I;m not sure it has much bite. we also have a Minister for women but that is a man.

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RiaOverTheRainbow · 04/06/2014 09:57

The links are redirecting for me so I assume it's finally been taken down.

CaptChaos · 04/06/2014 09:57

I can no longer access the FB page. I didn't comment, so it's unlikely that I have been blocked, does this maybe mean that FB have given their heads a wobble?

Hazchem · 04/06/2014 10:05

I can't see it either. I've contacted Destroy the Joint to see if they know what happened.

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ReallyFuckingFedUp · 04/06/2014 14:10

ooh not workign for me either

Hazchem · 07/06/2014 11:31

It's back up fresh one they have made an apology or more correctly they have blamed minority women for not getting the advertising and shouting about it. Oh and it appears I have been banned from commenting on their page. I wasn't even very shouty just pointed out they were not fresh and used the #Yesallwomen

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CaptChaos · 07/06/2014 21:46

That has to be the most ridiculous apology I've ever read from adults! They are still getting a pasting though, from the 'tiny' minority of people who don't think as they do.

Hazchem · 07/06/2014 23:17

I think they may have underestimated how large the minority is.

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