Comments on: Atheist Bust Campaign http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/05/08/atheist-bust-campaign/ by Hemant Mehta Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: kittycat http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/05/08/atheist-bust-campaign/#comment-307930 kittycat Sun, 10 May 2009 14:04:59 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=11356#comment-307930 Stupid stupid stupid. This is just as bad as PETA using naked women to bring attention to their anti-fur campaigns; the message is worthy, but not how you're presenting it. As an atheist feminist I find this very offensive. Stupid stupid stupid. This is just as bad as PETA using naked women to bring attention to their anti-fur campaigns; the message is worthy, but not how you’re presenting it.
As an atheist feminist I find this very offensive.

]]> By: Guest http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/05/08/atheist-bust-campaign/#comment-307910 Guest Sun, 10 May 2009 12:18:13 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=11356#comment-307910 Tony: I'm sure Lacy Green would be more than happy to find that her work in speaking out against atheism has reduced her to a pair of boobs. Tony: I’m sure Lacy Green would be more than happy to find that her work in speaking out against atheism has reduced her to a pair of boobs.

]]> By: Kel http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/05/08/atheist-bust-campaign/#comment-307863 Kel Sun, 10 May 2009 06:35:23 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=11356#comment-307863 I am confused as to what the gender stereotype is here. Human women have breasts: Fact. "Most" human men are attracted to them for biological reasons: Fact. The concept is then based on this biological/physical reaction. I know I am probably the wet blanket bringing science into it, but maybe instead of attacking peoples personal ideologies we can figure out how they got to these ideologies... Sorry for the anthropologists rants... I am confused as to what the gender stereotype is here. Human women have breasts: Fact. “Most” human men are attracted to them for biological reasons: Fact. The concept is then based on this biological/physical reaction. I know I am probably the wet blanket bringing science into it, but maybe instead of attacking peoples personal ideologies we can figure out how they got to these ideologies… Sorry for the anthropologists rants…

]]> By: Vystrix Nexoth http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/05/08/atheist-bust-campaign/#comment-307851 Vystrix Nexoth Sun, 10 May 2009 05:08:03 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=11356#comment-307851 The joke by itself is fairly innocuous. It’s a drop in the ocean, but the ocean is made of drops like these. The joke by itself is fairly innocuous. It’s a drop in the ocean, but the ocean is made of drops like these.

]]> By: Shelley Mountjoy http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/05/08/atheist-bust-campaign/#comment-307787 Shelley Mountjoy Sun, 10 May 2009 00:38:13 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=11356#comment-307787 If it was white with pink and orange (like the bus slogan) it would be more logical to read across rather than down... but who is reading anyway? Another vote for Kelly O'Connor (RRS) here - assuming, of course, that this comes in *much* larger sizes. If it was white with pink and orange (like the bus slogan) it would be more logical to read across rather than down…

but who is reading anyway?

Another vote for Kelly O’Connor (RRS) here – assuming, of course, that this comes in *much* larger sizes.

]]> By: Jennifurret http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/05/08/atheist-bust-campaign/#comment-307710 Jennifurret Sat, 09 May 2009 19:09:23 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=11356#comment-307710 I can see how a national ad campaign based on this would be demeaning, especially if there was no male counterpart...but I stand by my comment that people need to lighten up because it was only a <strong>single joke</strong> based on a play on words. If it was a <strong>real</strong> campaign, that's a different story. <a href="http://blaghag.blogspot.com/2009/05/boobs-and-atheism.html" rel="nofollow">Full rant at my blog</a>, don't want to clutter up Hemant's comments too much. Probably just going to get flamed, but oh well. I can see how a national ad campaign based on this would be demeaning, especially if there was no male counterpart…but I stand by my comment that people need to lighten up because it was only a single joke based on a play on words. If it was a real campaign, that’s a different story.

Full rant at my blog, don’t want to clutter up Hemant’s comments too much. Probably just going to get flamed, but oh well.

]]> By: Stop worrying and enjoy your wife | wongaBlog http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/05/08/atheist-bust-campaign/#comment-307709 Stop worrying and enjoy your wife | wongaBlog Sat, 09 May 2009 19:03:49 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=11356#comment-307709 [...] Update: some slightly-more-serious-than-anticipated discussion here. [...] [...] Update: some slightly-more-serious-than-anticipated discussion here. [...]

]]> By: absent sway http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/05/08/atheist-bust-campaign/#comment-307681 absent sway Sat, 09 May 2009 17:22:46 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=11356#comment-307681 To gribblethemunchkin: I'm down with it if it's equal-opportunity. It might still be tacky but most ads are that without sexual content anyway. At least sexual content is frequently amusing. I get the boobs thing in this post because of the play on words, and I wasn't particularly offended but the point remains that women are more frequently (constantly, let's face it) presented as sexual objects. We are too-often expected to be either asexual or hypersexual, and it's a pain in the ass sometimes. *resists sexual joke* The addition of some nice full briefs might accomplish more in the way of increasing the insecurity of men than in comforting the insecurity of women, though, so what can ya do? IMHO, we would all be seeing more real boobs if we were seeing less advertising and celebrity boobs. Women with perfectly good boobs are being made to feel inadequate about them all the time, and really, that's a losing scenario for all of us ;) To gribblethemunchkin:
I’m down with it if it’s equal-opportunity. It might still be tacky but most ads are that without sexual content anyway. At least sexual content is frequently amusing. I get the boobs thing in this post because of the play on words, and I wasn’t particularly offended but the point remains that women are more frequently (constantly, let’s face it) presented as sexual objects. We are too-often expected to be either asexual or hypersexual, and it’s a pain in the ass sometimes. *resists sexual joke* The addition of some nice full briefs might accomplish more in the way of increasing the insecurity of men than in comforting the insecurity of women, though, so what can ya do? IMHO, we would all be seeing more real boobs if we were seeing less advertising and celebrity boobs. Women with perfectly good boobs are being made to feel inadequate about them all the time, and really, that’s a losing scenario for all of us ;)

]]> By: gnarhl http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/05/08/atheist-bust-campaign/#comment-307677 gnarhl Sat, 09 May 2009 16:52:46 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=11356#comment-307677 Send me the fucking bra and I'll fucking wear it, my man boobs look awesome in a bra. Still think the bus ads are a waste of money though. Send me the fucking bra and I’ll fucking wear it, my man boobs look awesome in a bra.

Still think the bus ads are a waste of money though.

]]> By: EvilPoet http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/05/08/atheist-bust-campaign/#comment-307664 EvilPoet Sat, 09 May 2009 16:09:09 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=11356#comment-307664 Oh goody! Another ad to make me feel inadequate about my chest size. I know - I know - lighten up. BLARGH. Oh goody! Another ad to make me feel inadequate about my chest size. I know – I know – lighten up. BLARGH.

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