UCC feminists outraged at cup size reference...

...apparently the student centre is flogging coffee with the "what's your cup size" tagline...and in some cases using the follow up "cheap looking" mock retort.

http://www.irishexaminer.com/examviral/real-life/ucc-feminist-society-outraged-by-disrespectful-advertising-376185.html

Not sure it should upset the feminists that much, the first thing that struck me was just how puerile the line is. "Ooooooooh someone made a boob reference, snigger snigger". But surprised that someone somewhere didn't point out that not only is it incredibly stupid and clunky, but it IS 2015 and while the feminists shouldn't get too hysterical on the other hand we can actually live without such efforts. The Wonderbra stuff was 20 years ago now.

The Sun King

Perhaps it's a reference to cups worn to protect men's genitals.

Pesky feminists never thought of that.

keano_afc

I have a new game. The aim is to try spot a sentence containing the word "feminists" that doesnt also contain the word "outraged".

c_man

Deleted User wrote: »

but it IS 2015

It's 2016 :pac:

The Backwards Man

Sounds like a scene from a Carry On film

Kenneth Williams; I'd like a coffee please

Hattie Jacques; Would you like one of my extra large cups?

Sid James; That stupid laugh.

sbsquarepants

It is a well known fact that all feminists have small boobs.

keano_afc

keano_afc wrote: »

I have a new game. The aim is to try spot a sentence containing the word "feminists" that doesnt also contain the word "outraged".

True.

But I guess in this world, mild objection gets drowned. It's all about catastrophisation or aggrandisation, everything is the best or the worst.

c_man

c_man wrote: »

It's 2016 :pac:

I usually start to recognise and remember it around the start of February!

miamee

The Sun King wrote: »

Perhaps it's a reference to cups worn to protect men's genitals.

Pesky feminists never thought of that.

The cups and posters in question are hot pink and have the outline of a woman's body. If I can find the images again on Facebook I will link to them here.

iDave

They should stop pretending they don't like it.

Triangla

Just a storm in a c-cup

JPNelsforearm

c_man wrote: »

It's 2016 :pac:

ITS THE CURRENT YEAR

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSCXGAd-leg

Bio Mech

So glad I went to college during the times when the feminist society didn't even exist.

Kev W

The only thing offensive about this is how stupid and unfunny it is. These ads were devised by adults who got paid.

Duggy747

The adverts are shíte from a creative standpoint but the reactions are funny.

Have they complained this one, too?

And this one?

:pac:

strelok

Bio Mech wrote: »

So glad I went to college during the times when the feminist society didn't even exist.

they existed, twitter and online 24 hour news didn't.

Bio Mech

miamee wrote: »

The cups and posters in question are hot pink and have the outline of a woman's body. If I can find the images again on Facebook I will link to them here.

Could be a transsexual body. Don't discriminate and assume its a woman. People will get incredibly outraged.

Bio Mech

strelok wrote: »

they existed, twitter and online 24 hour news didn't.

They didn't exist in the college I went to.

strelok

Bio Mech wrote: »

They didn't exist in the college I went to.

institute of technology riyadh?

Sleepy

sbsquarepants wrote: »

It is a well known fact that all feminists have small boobs.

I'm confused, I thought it was a well known fact that all feminists were short-haired land whales.

Does not compute.

Red King

Outraged.

nokia69

Sleepy wrote: »

I'm confused, I thought it was a well known fact that all feminists were short-haired land whales.

Does not compute.

In general they are

I wonder which comes first, the ugliness or the feminism, there is a definite link between the two

Mod: banned

Bulbous Salutation

That continuous need to be outraged can't be good for a person.

jimgoose

It's getting to the stage now where the only place you'll be able to see a bit of brassiere-inspired schoolboy humour is in Garda stations and insurance offices. :pac:

Bio Mech

strelok wrote: »

institute of technology riyadh?

No I didn't have the points to get in there, Irish University in late 90s. There just wasn't a feminist society. There was a biology soc, fencing soc, LGBT soc, wrestling soc and a chess soc but no feminist soc.

It was quite harmonious, I even went to an LGBT night in the union and they let me in even though I am straight. Simpler times.

Herb Powell

Deleted User wrote: »

...apparently the student centre is flogging coffee with the "what's your cup size" tagline...and in some cases using the follow up "cheap looking" mock retort.

http://www.irishexaminer.com/examviral/real-life/ucc-feminist-society-outraged-by-disrespectful-advertising-376185.html

Not sure it should upset the feminists that much, the first thing that struck me was just how puerile the line is. "Ooooooooh someone made a boob reference, snigger snigger". But surprised that someone somewhere didn't point out that not only is it incredibly stupid and clunky, but it IS 2015 and while the feminists shouldn't get too hysterical on the other hand we can actually live without such efforts. The Wonderbra stuff was 20 years ago now.

You know, I actually agree with them tbh, stupid ad campaign to have in a university. People deserve better. Outrage is probably the wrong word for them to use.

The comments on their facebook post are filled with 'hilarious' intellectual heavywights, posting ****ty memes they read on american sites about the spooky SJWs.

Sheeps

That feminist society is shite.

RWCNT

nokia69 wrote: »

In general they are

I wonder which comes first, the ugliness or the feminism, there is a definite link between the two

All the feminists I know are total rides.

strelok

RWCNT wrote: »

All the feminists I know are total rides.

would they be comfortable with you objectifying them like this on a public website?

RWCNT

strelok wrote: »

would they be comfortable with you objectifying them like this on a public website?

Im not posting pics or names and I'm under an alias, so probably, yeah.

To be fair, the sign in the article has a drawing of a woman's boobs with 'Cheap Looking!!' written beside it in huge print.

It's tacky and tasteless but it doesn't offend me. I repeat, IT DOESN'T OFFEND ME.

I'd like to see the reactions if there was a drawing of testicles with 'Nasty Looking' or something similar beside it though.

Them ugly landwhale feminists though, being offensive by being offended and all that stuff. Again. Sure they're only jealous.

jimgoose

Candie wrote: »

...It's tacky and tasteless but it doesn't offend me. I repeat, IT DOESN'T OFFEND ME...

That would be like Ginny Rometty or Carly Fiorina being offended by Beavis and Butt-Head.

Wibbs

Candie wrote: »

I'd like to see the reactions if there was a drawing of testicles with 'Nasty Looking' or something similar beside it though.

Work away. They're pretty bloody daft looking anyway.

Zulu

Candie wrote: »

... I'd like to see the reactions if there was a drawing of testicles with 'Nasty Looking' or something similar beside it though.

Which reactions?

The feminists reactions? I'm betting there'd be none.
The patriarchy's reaction? I'm still betting none.
The Boards reaction? Easy - the usual rabbit hole echo chamber, with someone else posting "I'd like to see the reactions if there was a drawing of tits..."

Depp

Wibbs wrote: »

Work away. They're pretty bloody daft looking anyway.

dont you oppress me!

K-9

Bulbous Salutation wrote: »

That continuous need to be outraged can't be good for a person.

And then you've the outrage at the outrage, and the whole becomes outrageous.

Wibbs

From the article/ArseBook page;

UCC Feminist Society are incredibly outraged by this so called 'advertising' seen in the Student Centre advertising the smart card service.
This campaign is not only disrespectful and overly sexualised, it also slut shames women with the 'cheap looking' poster.
We are shocked that the Student Centre would feel the need to stoop so low to advertise to students, more than half of whom are women. We have already taken action and will continue to be a thorn in their side until this is rectified.

"incredibly outraged", Incredibly folks. Apparently this also "slut shames" women. :rolleyes: "More than half of whom are women", indeed, it's a bit more than half, but you don't hear the harpy harridans noting that disparity. Doesn't suit them. A "thorn in their side" eh? Sounds a bit phallic and penetrative too. I'm incredibly outraged at your cisgendernormativesexualised reference. OUTRAGED!!! I tells ya. :pac: Must be hard to go through life walking around like an open wound surrounded by perceived salt on all sides. Sheesh.

super_furry

After Hours has gone weird recently, feels like there's a concious effort from a group of MRA's to try and stir up outrage against 'feminists'.

Some group of fringe student feminists says something, the anti-feminists run to their keyboards to try and whip up ill feeling and we end up with 20 page threads going around and around in circles. It just seems tedious.

jimgoose

Candie wrote: »

...I'd like to see the reactions if there was a drawing of testicles with 'Nasty Looking' or something similar beside it though...

Do you want "Last Chicken In The Shop"? Do you?? Because that kind of talk is how you get "Last Chicken In The Shop"!!

Wibbs

Wibbs wrote: »

Work away. They're pretty bloody daft looking anyway.

Oh you can say that, but I wouldn't dare!




I might be thinking it though, so there!

c_man

super_furry wrote: »

After Hours has gone weird recently, feels like there's a concious effort from a group of MRA's to try and stir up outrage against 'feminists'.

Oh please. Yes everything is the fault of MRA... Or you know, it could be like 50% of AH threads where a boardsie reads a story while doing other browsing (particularly on national paper sites) and links to it here because they think it's funny/interesting. But nah, conspiracy it is.

I got a hearty laugh from the link in the OP to the story in the Examiner. It's childish but c'mon, the Feminist society have a big fist as their logo?!

SEPT 23 1989

Scary to think these hysterical women will actually be released into the real world in a few years time

Zulu

super_furry wrote: »

After Hours has gone weird recently, ...

"recently"? Really??

jimgoose

c_man wrote: »

...the Feminist society have a big fist as their logo?!

<SNORT>

El Guapo!

Any time I see something in the news or on here to that has the word "feminists" in the title, I immediately roll my eyes as I know it's some ridiculous new thing they're outraged about. The evil men are at it again. :rolleyes:
I've no problem with old school "equal rights" feminism. I'm all for equal rights. But these imbeciles that get offended about everything and bang on about being "mind raped" or whatever new bullshít they come up with.....
Well they can go fcuk themselves tbh.

Tigger

jimgoose wrote: »

Do you want "Last Chicken In The Shop"? Do you?? Because that kind of talk is how you get "Last Chicken In The Shop"!!

is red dwarf back this year

Tigger

super_furry wrote: »

After Hours has gone weird recently, feels like there's a concious effort from a group of MRA's to try and stir up outrage against 'feminists'.

Some group of fringe student feminists says something, the anti-feminists run to their keyboards to try and whip up ill feeling and we end up with 20 page threads going around and around in circles. It just seems tedious.

i had to look up MRA
do you think MRA's are anti-feminisim? surley that would be mysogonists

Zulu

El Guapo! wrote: »

I've no problem with old school "equal rights" feminism. I'm all for....

Stop mansplaining, and check your privilege. Yo.

My name is URL

If this was a discussion on say, breast feeding; those same feminists would be shouting about how breasts are not sexual objects etc etc

But a picture of cleavage on a cup is 'overly sexual' to them? You've gotta laugh really

Wibbs

99% of the problem these days is that too many of the daft have too much of a voice because of the interwebs. A mindless minority of morons who shout/tweet/blog/Like the most. The vast majority of people, men/women/other don't give a tuppence hapenny about such things.

Samaris

Eh, okay, from the opening post it looks very puerile and silly - but actually reading the link, nah, I think it's a bull**** bit of advertising with a rather unpleasant and -totally- unnecessary poster that frankly, doesn't even make a great deal of sense.

It's not so much the cups or the smartcard, it's the posters with "what's your cup size" showing the silhouette of a woman on pink with a low-cut top and the caption "CHEAP-LOOKING!". This relates to coffee..er...how?*

Speaking of outrage, perhaps people could a) read the source material and b) not be so quick to get outraged at the mention of feminists making a point. It's not the aggravation that they're showing that's puerile, it's the fecking advertisement.

https://www.facebook.com/UCCFemSoc/photos/a.544390752323596.1073741825.326727754089898/916142168481784/?type=3&theater

Seriously, can anyone who's mocking the feminists for being "outraged" explain to me why exactly this is a bit of advertising that would make them want to buy a coffee? Are you -really- so easily swayed by the silhouette of boobs that you'll buy anything that has them on it? I'm honestly curious to know.

*And to the people saying "lol, easily-offended feminists!", I'd just like to point out again that this is actually insulting. It's an advertising campaign for COFFEE based around a woman in a low-cut top - or with large breasts, either/or being cheap-looking. Given the rest of it is "what's your cup-size", it very much implies the latter and all I can say is "well, that's just bloody charming." I want a cup of damn coffee, not to be told that the size of my breasts mean I look cheap, thank you. Now gimme my coffee.