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"Vampire Diaries" TV commercial styles date-violence against men is "spunky"

Submitted by Matt on Mon, 2009-11-02 16:53.

Via email:

"I've been seeing this television commercial for a new TV show set to air this fall on the CW television network called "Vampire Diaries". In the commercial a man asks a woman for a kiss, then the woman hits the man. She is then referred to as "spunky" for hitting him.

To add to the apparent unapologetic attitude of the network in airing a commercial depicting violence towards men, CW actually named this particular promo commercial "Spunky". Appalling. So if a man hits a woman it's shameful but if a woman hits a man, she's spunky... gotta love that."

Ed. note: The slap is at around 00:23 in the commercial. Comments to the studio can be submitted via their site here.

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Submitted by axolotl on Mon, 2009-11-02 20:16.

"Question: why do you think female-on-male violence is okay, whereas not the reverse?"

-ax

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Well isn't it obvious?

Submitted by mcc99 on Mon, 2009-11-02 21:22.

Girls are weaker (usually), cuter (usually) and smell nice (usually). End of story.

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Submitted by anthony on Mon, 2009-11-02 21:42.

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