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Confessions of a Homeschool Dad
Nov. 17, 2006
Do You Want to be a Desperate Houswife?
I must be completely out of touch with society.
I mean, I knew I don't agree with most of society's values and mores, but I at least thought I knew what they were.
Recently, I've seen a spate of advertising involving Desperate Housewives and at least the implication that you, American Women, want to be a Desperate Housewife.
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES SHOP HERE
Just the title in itself (divorced, so to speak, from the show) doesn't say really good things, does it?
Does anyone want to be "desperate"?
The above title was on an antiques shop. I was tempted to check in and see if they actually got an increase in business.
If so, I'm going to rent out a store front, but some cheap junk, and put out a sign saying, "Idiotic Morons Buy Here!" Perhaps there's something to this...
SHOP LIKE A DESPERATE HOUSEWIFE
After all, if someone has such a negative view of themself as someone in a terrible, tempestuous marriage while pretending to be friends with their neighbors, who are trying to stab them in the back - perhaps these are people that are easy to sell this.
After someone comes into my "Idiotic Morons" store, they'll be met with an "associate" (we'll actually call them an "abuser") with a random piece of junk in their hands.
The abuser will tell the customer, "Buy this now, you moron, or I'll beat you over the head with it." Certainly, these already-cowed folks will buy whatever you present them with, right?
The above title was from a tourism ad for Palm Beach, Florida.
ARE YOU A DESPERATE HOUSEWIFE
These signs (and others I've seen) were repellant to me. I wouldn't go and buy anything from these places if they were paying me to do so.
What I'm wondering is if you consider yourself, on some level, to be a desperate housewife, and these ads are speaking to you.
Feel free to post anonymously to protect your reputation and the abusive follow-up posts (from me). But tell me where I'm missing the boat on this one! Please!
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