So everyone’s been talkin bout this here JCP commericial, seen here.
“It’s so funny!”
“Worth the wait! Watch til the end!”
Sure, it’s hilarious…if you like sexism.
First of all, I give the man props for wrapping a vacuum cleaner sans the box. That shit it hard to accomplish. Secondly, the dog house? Really? Where the man is punished by having to fold laundry? Is that because folding laundry is a boring chore or because it’s a “woman’s” chore? I’m not completely certain. And then there’s a review board, where three women damn this man for a longer sentence in the dog house because he agreed that a gym membership would have been a better present.
Frankly, I think a gym membership would be a great present.
And then, it’s not that the man didn’t spend enough money or that he didn’t think it would be a good gift (since he repeatedly said he thought she’d like a new vacuum,) that got him a sentence in the dog house, but that he didn’t buy jewelry.
Because jewelry, and only jewelry, shows that he cares. Ladies, didn’t you know that if your boyfriend/husband/SO buys you that digital camera you’ve been looking at, or that kitchen aid you’ve been drooling over, it’s punishable by dog house.
Dear JC. Penney,
FAIL.
No love,
Shaba
Fabulous Feminist
Want more on the annoyance of jewelry store commercials? Watch Sarah Haskins.
