Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Herbal Essences

Has anyone seen the latest Herbal Essence commercials? The one where the woman is in the bathroom on the plane? And she basically expresses herself very loudly- sounding most exactly like she is having an orgasm-from washing her hair with Herbal Essences? This, in my opinion is very disgusting and demeaning to women.
Why?
- It basically says, women love Herbal Essences so much they get orgasms from using it- they value beauty products so much that the act of using them causes them to have an orgasm. Deeming us women as shallow, sex hungry fiends who only value outward appearances.
-Having an orgasm is a private & in many cases an event that occurs when a woman is with someone she trusts. In this commercial by belittling a private, wonderful, & natural sensation for a woman by downgrading it to something a woman can supposedly achieve by washing her hair in public on an airplane (which is strange in of itself that someone would do that) and then broadcasting it on said plane  with no shame is telling us women that we should A) not feel bad about making others uncomfortable and B) think that keeping our sexual lives to ourselves is somehow wrong or strange. Why not just orgasm loudly for tons of strangers to hear?
-This commercial is seen by young girls, who do not need anymore overly sexualized images/situations thrown in their lives. They get enough by just going shopping or turning on the TV to watch a children's show & having to search for modest clothing or immediately see a young girl with makeup on dressed like a twenty something.
-The woman in the commercial is already dressed up unrealistically, she is dressed so overtly sexy, & then she orgasms over shampoo? If a young boy sees this, what does this commercial tell him about women & how to think of them? It tells him that women dress up like sex pots on a normal basis & will just orgasm for other's pleasure (meaning the others on the airplane not complaining when she turns on the loudspeaker) without a second thought.

Honestly, this commercial is just horrid.If you don't agree I really don't mind- just don't expect that women actually behave or should behave & look like the woman in this commercial.

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