Negative news or commercials regarding men with long hair?

• Negative news or commercials regarding men with long hair?
  

  

  Jan

  
  

  I wondered lately. Should we (as community of men with long hair or as individual) react on negative news or commercials regarding men with long hair? So for instance I reacted when I saw this

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  commercial on Dutch television. I emailed the PR manager and wrote that I think it a pity they show such a prejudiced image of men with long hair etc. etc. , always with the same cliché’s
  The clip is about a very neat women who wants to buy a music cd and she wants to listen the cd with headset first.
  I wondered in generally, when we leave this kind of publicity, it maintains the negative perception in the minds of many people. What do you think?

  Jan

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  • I assume they said longhaired men were DIRTY?...
    

    

    Luckskind

    
    

    You said: "The clip is about a very neat women who wants to buy
    a music cd and she wants to listen the cd with headset first."

    I did not see the commercial, but from what you said, it would seem
    that while it was okay for a neat woman (with long hair, I assume) it was okay
    to use the headphones but it was not okay for a longhaired man
    because the assumption was that his hair must be dirty?

    You were right to complain--and I think it's a good thing. But since
    longhaired men will forever be in the minority, such complaints will
    be ignored.

    The "longhaired men having dirty hair" thing is not completely undeserved. Unfortunately
    there are men who do not cut their hair and who give up on grooming altogether.

    Woman can be in exactly the same situation but because long hair on women is
    so common, people would have to notice something else about her
    to make such an assuption.

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    • Re: I assume they said longhaired men were DIRTY?...
      

      

      Jan

      
      

      Here I give the url of the clip, I hope you can see it this time.

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      I've tested it!, copy and paste.

      It's nice to hear I did the right thing.

      Jan

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      • Re: I assume they said longhaired men were DIRTY?...
        

        

        Ronster

        
        

        I find that that's more of a negative potrayal of heavy metal fans (long hair is a stereotypical trait) than general men with long hair. Regardless, it's a dumb commercial but I wouldn't sweat over it.

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        • Re: I assume they said longhaired men were DIRTY?...
          

          

          Jan

          
          

          I was just an example, but what I mean is that I think it's good to make a statement in such cases, longhair men also live on this world. It has to to with respect for each other.

          Jan

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    • Re: I assume they said longhaired men were DIRTY?...
      

      

      Wolf-S

      
      

      You said: "The clip is about a very neat women who wants to buy
      a music cd and she wants to listen the cd with headset first."

      I did not see the commercial, but from what you said, it would seem
      that while it was okay for a neat woman (with long hair, I assume) it was okay
      to use the headphones but it was not okay for a longhaired man
      because the assumption was that his hair must be dirty?

      You were right to complain--and I think it's a good thing. But since
      longhaired men will forever be in the minority, such complaints will
      be ignored.

      The "longhaired men having dirty hair" thing is not completely undeserved. Unfortunately
      there are men who do not cut their hair and who give up on grooming altogether.

      Woman can be in exactly the same situation but because long hair on women is
      so common, people would have to notice something else about her
      to make such an assuption.

      The woman in this clip takes the headset and there are some hairs stuck in it, she has a "disgusted" face expression.

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    • Re: I assume they said longhaired men were DIRTY?...
      

      

      Christian

      
      

      Come on, people, who cares?

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  • Re: Negative news or commercials regarding men with long hair?
    

    

    sacrament

    
    

    i dont know, im usually offended by anti long hair stuff, but this commercial made me laugh.

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