Target Stores Weekly Ads

	posted by Hombre on Monday January 26, @01:03PM from the Fathers-ignored dept.
	Raegan writes "Twice in January Target stores weekly advertisements have had statements for sale items such as MOM & BABY Stock up for your new life together and MOM & BABY Savings for you & your little one too. I feel that this advertisement and statement is disrespecting fathers suggesting that only mothers do the shopping, especially for baby. You can view one ad this week at Target.com weekly ads"

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Old prejudices die hard (Score:0) by Anonymous User on Monday January 26, @07:50PM EST (#1) It appears that there is still the lingering prejudice, that since the mother carried the baby for 9 months she is somehow more closely bonded to the child once it is born. Of course there is probably the traditonal stereotype of Mother as main care giver of the infant at work here too. It's really funny how Women's Studies storm troopers don't go after such advertisements with a vengence. I guess in one sense this ad reenfoces the power and control that Mother's today have over their children, but shouldn't radical feminists be upset that this advetisement's imagery is somehow oppressing the female with the burden of Motherhood so she can't go out and get that prime factory job? Perhaps being a baby factory is still more profitable and fulfilling than working in a real factory, especially when you can tag a man to pay for the 1st eighteen years of the child's life and not have to be accountable for how you spend the money. Ray

Re:Old prejudices die hard (Score:2) by Thomas on Monday January 26, @08:19PM EST (#2) (User #280 Info) shouldn't radical feminists be upset that this advetisement's imagery is somehow oppressing the female with the burden of Motherhood I think that the radfems are waking up to two important facts: Traditional motherhood is a source of great power for women, since mothers traditionally instill their children with fundamental beliefs that the offspring will, in most cases, carry their entire lives. The feminist degradation of motherhood has contributed to population collapse, which is getting worse and which threatens society with implosion into utter chaos. A current tactic of the radfems is to encourage motherhood and insist that it be a profession paid for by the government. One problem that they'll have is that the taxes will be paid largely by women, since men will earn less and less as a result of being driven out of the educational system. The radfems don't want to utterly destroy society and with it the human species, they want to transform society into a totalitarian system that they will rule. Thomas -- Creating hostile environments for feminazis since the 1970s.

Re:Old prejudices die hard (Score:0) by Anonymous User on Monday January 26, @08:22PM EST (#3) "shouldn't radical feminists be upset that this advetisement's imagery is somehow oppressing the female with the burden of Motherhood"                   No. Feminists wish to simultaneously portray women as helpless/defenceless/nuturing on the one hand and macho/independent/and devoid of maternal instinct on the other hand.                   By this means, women will enjoy all the privileges and immunities of the traditional female role whilst simultaneously eschewing all the duties and constraints of the traditional female role.

Re:Old prejudices die hard (Score:0) by Anonymous User on Thursday January 29, @01:14PM EST (#4) interestingly enough... a target store was asked to be a sponsor for the vietnam veterans memorial wall and their response was "veterans do not meet our area of giving. we only donate to the arts, social action groups, gay&lesbian causes and education" a follow up email was sent to the target us headquarters where the response was the same. facts about target: -they do no allow marines to collect for toys for tots -during the iraq deployment they wouldnt allow families of employees who were called up for active duty to continue their insurance coverage while they were on military service -target is a french owned corporation WITHOUT THE AMERICAN VETS, WHERE WOULD FRANCE BE TODAY? maybe i'm getting ahead of myself here and perhaps this doesnt apply to the general topic of discussion on this web site, but i figured it would be my duty to notify people of targets anti-veteran policy.

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