I was right to hate this ad! Thanks NEDA and General Mills!
@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
United States
June 17, 2011 11:49pm CST
Let me explain. For months now I had the instant hatred for an ad fore Yoplait. A regular sized woman stands in front of a open fridge, there is a raspberry cheesecake . The woman agonizes over how can she have a piece of cake and what size it should be. Then a thinner co worker comes by and says "raspberry cheese cake!" and takes raspberry cheese cake Yoplait. The first woman compliments the second for losing weight. Well. NEDA, The National Eating Disorder Association , asked and got general Mills to pull the ad because it could cause an eating disorder. Yoplait didn't mean to but they sent the wrong message.Yoplait wanted to show that one could get the same flavor of cheesecake in yogurt but... Young girls and women can see this ad this way. Even if you are a regular size, you Must forgo a dessert and anything else you want to eat to get even more thin. So General Mills pulled the ad. Bravo! and I thought it was me. I never thought of food as the enemy. I never could understand why women had to weight the pros and cons of eating certain things. This will make me fat.See I have always been in shape, Round. I eat what I like when I like. so I saw this ad and thought it was so sad. and now it is gone!
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@lilbabycatapillar (497)
• United States
18 Jun 11
I personally think that society has become too sensitive about weight, because we all have to worry, now, about causing eating disorders.
I don't really think most weight loss commercials are accurate in that they always show those thin women anyway.
I don't know what it is about this topic that makes me uncomfortable. I think it's because I'm very underweight for no fault of my own. I feel like I am always judged for being too thin, even though I can't help it.
Weight loss is such a huge issue in America. And yet, so many people are overweight. How does that work out?
Maybe I think weight should be between a woman, or man, and her or his doctor. People are just monopolizing on women trying to lose weight, marketing dumb diet after diet, bananas are the miracle fruit, kiwis take ten inches off in a week, everyone takes advantage of this and makes money off it, and nobody loses weight!
I think what I'm trying to say that this commercial isn't really to blame for anything, and removing it hasn't really helped anyone. I don't think anyone acquired an eating disorder from it. If anything, it's just more freedom of speech going down.
But I was watching George Lopez the other day, and one of the characters was on a blind date. The date came in, and she was a heavy woman, not ugly at all. And it was obvious that the characters were making fun of her, and disgusted by her. But.. I wouldn't have been disgusted by her. So she was heavy!
I think that part of the show was more offensive than the yogurt commercial.
I know beautiful, charming women of all sizes.
@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
19 Jun 11
I'm glad it is gone. There are enough commercials and media influence telling our young girls what is an acceptable weight and how they are supposed to look. It really burns me up when I think about the things that promote eating disorders and low self esteem. Even women that have had children for their husbands have to suffer and fight with themselves over the new "imperfections" that have with their bodies according to the media. I just hate that too.
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