Dirty Pictures Maybe?
I surfed onto a site about blogging. It had some interesting information about generating traffic and making money. The traffic generating ideas had merit. The money making techniques were on the smarmy side. It was also filled with pictures of women with suggestive facial expressions, in sexy poses, and on gyrating gifs. That doesn’t cause me to take a site seriously.
The written content of the blog was about blogging, as a business. But the media was completely unrelated. I’m female, so maybe that’s why it turned me off. Perhaps men would like it. However, I like to think that men, or at least not all of them, are so stupid as to be lured onto a site that uses such pretenses.
A local restaurant chain here has their wait staff (mostly female) get up and do a dance routine in the walkway that includes a lot of bottom shaking. I would tell you which one, except I get them mixed up and would probably point you the wrong way. When my DH and I went there a while back I said, I guess it is probably more entertaining for you than for me. He said actually, he’d prefer food to be separate from the bottom shaking.
One could argue the authenticity of such a statement to a spouse, and suggest that I am naive. But seriously, I like to think men capable of thought above the trousers. So today I mention this web site and that I think it is stupid to alienate the female audience with gratuitous vamping. He says, well since most of technology readers are guys… the vamping is just a bonus.
Ugh.
It is interesting when businesses find scantily clad women the best/only way of advertising. I’ll be the first to admit though, an attractive female doesnt dissuade me. Though Jeff and I go to strip clubs, so my opinion as a female may not be as relevant.
Liz, of course your opinion is relevant. Just because it differs from mine doesn’t make it irrelevant, but rather makes for more interesting discussion.
I find scantily clad women irrelevant to conversations about technology. It annoys me to have to scroll past photos of anything that doesn’t contribute to the subject being presented. And for whatever reason, women and their various body parts seem to get in the way of my reading. Clearly, I am not the target audience.
An open minded discussion?? Neat.
Finding completely irrelevant things paired always makes me wonder about the conversations the developers had. What will create more hits on this page? By George, I’ve got it…Naked ladies!!
I find scantily clad females belong in the entertainment area. And anyone who says they go to Hooter’s for just the wings is lying. I do go because I like the BBQ sandwich and cheese sauce, but I also like boobies and pitchers of beer.
It can be annoying when you want to watch/read something when you aren’t the target audience. I’ve learned I’m not the target of daytime television watchers. No need for an injury lawyer, Pampers or Viacord information kits here. Though I find Playskool to have fascinating toys nowadays.
I have a feeling that if I put scantily clad pics of myself on my site I would not be getting the audience I am seeking. There are enough places out there for men, and women, to look at boobies, let’s leave some places free of that so that we can talk of mammograms and childbirth and sagging parts and all the other things that are the flip side of the perkiness.
When I went to a strip club in Miami, the girls were just an added bonus. The place had 30 plasma tv screens around the establishment!!! Plus strip clubs always have buffets. It only sucks when 3am rolls around because the sports channels start showing bowling reruns and I’m forced to watch the girls at that point.
Liz, if you like the Playskool toys, check out Fisher Price Little People too – hours of entertainment.
Laura, I’m with you. I need a variety of topics, some of them more serious than boobs.
Aaron, you are the only person I’ve ever known to say you like the food in strip clubs. And the girls being just a bonus – that is funny.