"Progressive.com" ads still at it

	posted by Adam on Saturday February 22, @05:49PM from the News dept.
	IncredibleTulkas writes "It seems Progressive.com is still at it with their "voodoo doll" commercials, which portray a woman torturing a man for fun. Apparently this is considered "humorous" despite the fact that the man is always in the receiving end-- or, more accurately, BECAUSE of this fact; the message is clearly that, the image of a man torturing a woman is considered horrendous, while the image of a woman torturing a man is hilarious. Although Progressive.com has apparently toned down the ads from former portrayals of genital mutilation (I'm not sure since I refused to dignify the new commercial by watching it to completion), Progressive.com's simple history of misandry makes even the appearance of impropriety to be as unacceptable as Lorena Bobbit selling steak knives. Furthermore, the violent misandry portrayed in this commercial is unacceptable on its own."

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Branch in LA? (Score:0) by Anonymous User on Sunday February 23, @02:42PM EST (#1) In the past I tried to find a branch of Progressive in L.A. but couldn't. An address on the info line was no good. If anyone happens to know of a branch in L.A. please let me know. We might then do a protest. angelucci2000@alumni.law.ucla.edu Marc

Why those ads don't get pulled... (Score:1) by mcc99 on Sunday February 23, @07:00PM EST (#2) (User #907 Info) I have done a little research. The Chair of the Bd of Directors of Progressive Insurance is one Dr. Bernadine Healy, M.D. (see http://progressive.net/Investors/healy.asp). She has the following CV: http://www.lordly.com/Catalogs/CatalogExtended/Hea lyBernadine.old She's an "old girl", lads. And I imagine she finds "those ads" most amusing.

To; IncredibleTulkas (Score:0) by Anonymous User on Wednesday February 26, @11:11PM EST (#3) 'Tulkas, Did you mention something earlier (a few months ago) about a possible law-suit against Progressive and\or the F.C.C.? If so, Do you know any more about it, or how it's going? Thanks.     Thundercloud.

Lawsuit (Score:1) by incredibletulkas on Friday February 28, @09:33PM EST (#4) (User #901 Info) I was just watching Brent Bozell today on C-span, claiming that the FCC had never fined a television station for indecent broadcasting, so I don't imagine they are overly concerned. I did send a legal demand-letter to Progressive.com that they cease and desist from general misandry in their advertisements, however it seems that they feel safe in any such lawsuit amounting to nothing more than a tax write-off, and they furthermore seem take this as a carte blanche to air such hate-messages until a court of law orders them otherwise. I don't have the means to wage such a lawsuit myself, however the filing of written complaints to the FCC might be a good start. My local broadcast station seems to have ceased to carry Progressive.com as a sponsor in response to my letters, however my local cable station seems to have picked them up instead.

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