My comments have nothing to do with the ad or about what happened.
WTF are you talking about? This has nothing to do with this thread or the OP. Go create your own thread.anti-white male movement
My comments have nothing to do with the ad or about what happened.
WTF are you talking about? This has nothing to do with this thread or the OP. Go create your own thread.anti-white male movement
I don't know how old your children are, or if they have their own phones, but I can tell you that unless you keep your kids in a cave - they are on or viewing all things social media.
My question about this is this: what does being toxic (aka, being a terrible human) have to do with masculinity? The specificity in homing in on men is the part that bothers me. Imagine doing the same thing right now to a specific ethnicity, the female sex, or cats? Being an asshole has nothing to do with any of those categories, so tying masculinity and toxic together will give people the impression that one begets the other, and that is dead wrong.
So while I applaud the message of “stop being an asshole,” I can’t say I enjoyed the the focus on men. Yes, I understand it’s a razor company, but that doesn’t change the end result. Most masculine men are not assholes!
It's possible to think what happened to OP's daughter is terrible and that the boy/man should face harsh punishment, while at the same time not liking that commercial and or the social movement it's capitalizing on.
A lot of comments in the realm of "companies are money-grubbing punks that only do things to make an extra buck." While I understand this is the unfortunate reality of many corporations (and capitalism as a whole), I also question whether anyone knows the CEO or leadership team at Gillette. Per the quoted text, do you actually know what the company's values are? Has anyone even considered that perhaps this commercial IS representing the company's values? I think it's a bit presumptuous to claim the ad doesn't represent the company's values without actually knowing the company's values.However, this new wave of advertising is actually misrepresenting the companies values.
A lot of comments in the realm of "companies are money-grubbing punks that only do things to make an extra buck." While I understand this is the unfortunate reality of many corporations (and capitalism as a whole), I also question whether anyone knows the CEO or leadership team at Gillette. Per the quoted text, do you actually know what the company's values are? Has anyone even considered that perhaps this commercial IS representing the company's values? I think it's a bit presumptuous to claim the ad doesn't represent the company's values without actually knowing the company's values.
I applaud your passion and wish you luck. I don't know how you'll do it, maybe you're in a small town and your boys can walk everywhere, but I couldn't imagine my older kids not having a phone. Between the odd school hours (tutoring, sports, clubs) for three different schools, 4 different practices a week, and them going out with friends - it would be very difficult to manage without the ability to instantly connect. Are there risks with this? Yup. Kids are brutal and it allows 24/7 "cyber bullying", allows them to post dumb shit they could later regret, and also distracts them from the world around them. You have two, so that's easier, and they are younger - so I'm curious to hear if your opinion and stance change as they get older. We made them wait until 7th grade, and even that was very unpopular - made for some very emotional exchanges. At the end of the day, I'm glad my kids have a phone for MY own peace of mind and the convenience it brings to managing having 4 active (and social) kids.10 and 8. No they don't have phones and won't be getting them.
My kids aren't on social media at all. As their Father, I don't allow it.
Sure, it would be much easier to simply throw my hands up and be lenient about it but I won't do that.
I applaud your passion and wish you luck. I don't know how you'll do it, maybe you're in a small town and your boys can walk everywhere, but I couldn't imagine my older kids not having a phone. Between the odd school hours (tutoring, sports, clubs) for three different schools, 4 different practices a week, and them going out with friends - it would be very difficult to manage without the ability to instantly connect. Are there risks with this? Yup. Kids are brutal and it allows 24/7 "cyber bullying", allows them to post dumb shit they could later regret, and also distracts them from the world around them. You have two, so that's easier, and they are younger - so I'm curious to hear if your opinion and stance change as they get older. We made them wait until 7th grade, and even that was very unpopular - made for some very emotional exchanges. At the end of the day, I'm glad my kids have a phone for MY own peace of mind and the convenience it brings to managing having 4 active (and social) kids.
I completely agree, to a point. I can remember plenty of times sitting at the school because practice was over early and no one was available to pick me up. 25 years ago my coach would just give me a ride - they can't do that anymore. When it comes to kids and cell phones - to each their own. I believe that they are beneficial to the operation of our family unit, and that benefit outweighs any reason to restrict them.Cell phones have only been out for about 10, maybe 15 years now. We did just fine in school and with after school activities without instantly connecting to our friends and family. Just sayin.... I’m not totally against kids having phones at a certain age but I wouldn’t say they need them either. Just my two cents.
If you truly believe that, that's fine.
Many parents allow their kids to have phones because it makes THEIR lives easier, not the kids.
The gillette add is absolute cancer and used to divide genders.
If you want your boys to be raised to be uneducated total cucks, show them the gillette add.
So I got a call from my daughter's principle today to inform me that my 14 year old was sexually harassed at school today by a boy in one of her classes. My kid is a no nonsense, don't give me any drama type of kid, so she's blown it off, but admitted to being kinda creeped out, as it was a graphic sexual advance and she has to go to school with this knucklehead. Anyway it made me instantly think of the recent "The Best Men Can Be" ad that Gillette released. Ironically I showed this to my three sons (15,13,9) earlier this week and used it as an opportunity to discuss how to handle themselves when it comes to how they interact with girls. So please, if you have boys at home, show them this video, have the discussion, and possibly save yourself, and the parents of a teen girl a phone call home from school, the police, and the humiliation and embarrassment that undoubtedly comes with that call.
The Best Men Can Be