Guys who make a point of saying that they don’t care about shoes/makeup/whatever trapping of femininity are generally the ones who are the most invested in maintaining gender roles.
Huh? Can you elaborate and/or back this generalization up?

“It’s the credit.com thing where the guy with his band is singing in a basement apartment as the guy’s wife does laundry. It has a jingle along the lines of “I married my dream girl..but her credit was bad.” and ends with “if only I had…I’d be a happy bachelor with a yard and a dog.”

It might be OK if the woman wasn’t in the background doing housework.”

The thing about this ad that bothers me the most is that it doesn’t make sense given the situation. 1) The guy could still apply for a mortgage by himself, even if he is married, and then his wife’s credit score wouldn’t matter at all. He might not be able to get a large enough mortgage to buy a house with a yard without her income, but then he wouldn’t be able to buy a house as a bachelor either. 2) Presumably his wife didn’t tell him about her credit score, so why would she give him access to it through this credit report service? Does it give you credit reports on anyone? The ad doesn’t seem to be trying to imply that.

I have to agree that they’re advocating polyamory, I have four pairs of pumps alone, that’s a lot of hot headless guys!

(BTW, the loafers guy is built just like my hubby. Shame on me for liking comfy shoes, I’ve ruined his physique with my selfishness!)

You wouldn’t wear any of those shoes for all occasions, right? So pick several boyfriends so you have the right one for every occasion.

No, I don’t really think that was what they were going for, but it would make more sense than any other interpretation I can think of.

Now, your fixed version makes an awesome ad! I would really love to buy those shoes after seeing that ad.

And I don’t know, I think it’s the tightie whiteys, or the lack of heads, but I’m not digging any of those boys. I guess I’m a man-hating feminist! Them’s the breaks.

Also, I like the new credit report jingle, realityfighter. I can’t stand that commercial, for all reasons mentioned, but mostly because IT IS NOT A FREE CREDIT REPORT. Not when you go through that site, anyway. You get automatically enrolled in TRIPLE-ADVANTAGE CREDIT PROTECTOR or some shit, for which you have to pay. That’s not free!

And I don’t know, I think it’s the tightie whiteys, or the lack of heads, but I’m not digging any of those boys. I guess I’m a man-hating feminist! Them’s the breaks.

Also, I like the new credit report jingle, realityfighter. I can’t stand that commercial, for all reasons mentioned, but mostly because IT IS NOT A FREE CREDIT REPORT. Not when you go through that site, anyway. You get automatically enrolled in TRIPLE-ADVANTAGE CREDIT PROTECTOR or some shit, for which you have to pay. That’s not free!

This is completely ridiculous, you know.Straight men compliment my shoes all the time, and I can’t even wear high heels. Men like boots, I’ve noticed. They don’t even have to be sexy boots. Just… boot-shaped.

And, because it bears repeating, heels change the shape of your legs. And your ass. And your walk. In ways that men are conditioned to find sexy.

Plus a lot of men who say they don’t care about this stuff would actually be quite annoyed if their groomed girlfriend started going round in sneakers. Guys who make a point of saying that they don’t care about shoes/makeup/whatever trapping of femininity are generally the ones who are the most invested in maintaining gender roles.

Here, I fixed it so that it would make more sense.

http://www.halfrobot.com/imgs/harveynichols.revised.jpg