This kind of reminds me of a trend I've noticed in Sci Fi shows lately. There is this whole concept of extremly sexy "machine women".
Like Six on Battle Star Galactica or Seven of Nine on Star Trek.
Both of these "women" have names that are simply numerical designations. Which serves to dehumanize them. And both of these characters are basically extremely "sexy" machines.
Six is even a little "over sexed" if you ask me. I think this appeals to a certain desire that men (especially the nerdy kinds of guys who watch Sci Fi TV shows) to have a woman they can "understand", "program" and "codify".
Not to generalize here ,because the same can be said for men I'm sure. But I work at a Video GAme Publisher with 200 lonely nerds and if it's one thing they can agree on, women in thier lives are a lot harder to understand and control than computer programs.
i guess you could extend this metahpor out to sexualized video game characters like Bloodrayne, Ivy, and Lara Croft who are all highly sexualized characters who you DIRECTLY control.
There's also a big sub genre of Anime that is related to the "Sexy " doll. Sort of an extremely sexy doll who is innocently unaware of their own sexuality and yet disgustingly enamoured of one "lucky" guy.
But this image. Hmmm. Based on the controler this woman is "made" by Sony which would mean that she would probably be over priced and require constant patching. Anyone ever see this video which sort of plays on the same idea:
http://www.spike.com/video/ps3-vs-wii/2801521
Men’s Magazine Desires World Without Meaningful Consent : The Curvature — December 18, 2008
[...] This image, of a scantily clad woman attached to a video game controller with the caption “Keep on dreaming of a better world,” was posted without comment at Sociological Images. [...]
Gak | Change Happens: the SAFER blog — December 18, 2008
[...] (Original image pulled from Sociological Images) [...]
Village Idiot — December 18, 2008
As if anyone who has dreams like that would even know how to push those buttons if they had the chance...
Some more nonsense: If you are literally in total control of your 'partner,' isn't it still just masturbation? And where or how does 'teledildonics' fit into this context? It's related, or can be, because with that stuff (As I understand it) you get a real live person to push your buttons, most likely remotely via the internet. What happens to our culture when people are having sex with robots that are being remotely controlled by other people? Facebook will never be the same, that's for sure.
Kristen — December 19, 2008
Jesus!
Who thinks of these ads?
I would be more outraged if I weren't so taken aback by the utter lack of imagination on the part of the ad departments. Are they really so creatively challenged (or lazy) that they've contented themselves with using female bodies (obvious, obvious, obvious - done, done, done by agencies for decades) to sell things rather than pushing themselves professionally and looking for innovative ways to appeal to their target consumer?
They should be embarrassed by their own inability (or unwillingness) to try something new, and to communicate to a consumer base that is no longer in the same place it was in 1945. We expect, and deserve, more. It's unfortunate that they're so ill-equipped to deliver.
Alex — December 21, 2008
Ryan: in the interest of fairness, Six refers to that particular line of Cylons, and the particular one that has the biggest role does have a name, Caprica. I do agree that Caprica was over-sexed almost to the point of being a parody, but I think that is being toned down in the later seasons. Otherwise I agree wholeheartedly with your comment.
uday — July 18, 2009
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Sextoy Lover — April 6, 2010
This is a great viral media advertisement. They are not ment to display the truth, they are ment to get people talking about the subject. This bogpost proves that it actually works :-) Btw.
Chewy71 — December 7, 2010
This advertisement just uses the woman to sell their product. As Kristen mentioned earlier, this ad doesn't require any creativity from the ad's creator. The only novel aspect of this advertisement is that it found a way to further objectify this woman by taking away her control with the video game controller.
sidd yadav — May 3, 2018
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Melissa Tilghman — September 19, 2019
You know, we cheat men a little. They also need toys! But what certainly pleases is from year to year, the market for men's toys is growing and developing more and more. Now the situation is changing for the better and much more has been taken care of male pleasure. One of the best and most popular men's toys is a masturbator or masturbation sleeve. I ordered my here - https://mytoyforjoy.com/best-fleshlight-sleeves/
he was satisfied :)
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Ryan — December 17, 2008
This kind of reminds me of a trend I've noticed in Sci Fi shows lately. There is this whole concept of extremly sexy "machine women".
Like Six on Battle Star Galactica or Seven of Nine on Star Trek.
Both of these "women" have names that are simply numerical designations. Which serves to dehumanize them. And both of these characters are basically extremely "sexy" machines.
Six is even a little "over sexed" if you ask me. I think this appeals to a certain desire that men (especially the nerdy kinds of guys who watch Sci Fi TV shows) to have a woman they can "understand", "program" and "codify".
Not to generalize here ,because the same can be said for men I'm sure. But I work at a Video GAme Publisher with 200 lonely nerds and if it's one thing they can agree on, women in thier lives are a lot harder to understand and control than computer programs.
i guess you could extend this metahpor out to sexualized video game characters like Bloodrayne, Ivy, and Lara Croft who are all highly sexualized characters who you DIRECTLY control.
There's also a big sub genre of Anime that is related to the "Sexy " doll. Sort of an extremely sexy doll who is innocently unaware of their own sexuality and yet disgustingly enamoured of one "lucky" guy.
But this image. Hmmm. Based on the controler this woman is "made" by Sony which would mean that she would probably be over priced and require constant patching. Anyone ever see this video which sort of plays on the same idea:
http://www.spike.com/video/ps3-vs-wii/2801521
Men’s Magazine Desires World Without Meaningful Consent : The Curvature — December 18, 2008
[...] This image, of a scantily clad woman attached to a video game controller with the caption “Keep on dreaming of a better world,” was posted without comment at Sociological Images. [...]
Gak | Change Happens: the SAFER blog — December 18, 2008
[...] (Original image pulled from Sociological Images) [...]
Village Idiot — December 18, 2008
As if anyone who has dreams like that would even know how to push those buttons if they had the chance...
Some more nonsense: If you are literally in total control of your 'partner,' isn't it still just masturbation? And where or how does 'teledildonics' fit into this context? It's related, or can be, because with that stuff (As I understand it) you get a real live person to push your buttons, most likely remotely via the internet. What happens to our culture when people are having sex with robots that are being remotely controlled by other people? Facebook will never be the same, that's for sure.
Kristen — December 19, 2008
Jesus!
Who thinks of these ads?
I would be more outraged if I weren't so taken aback by the utter lack of imagination on the part of the ad departments. Are they really so creatively challenged (or lazy) that they've contented themselves with using female bodies (obvious, obvious, obvious - done, done, done by agencies for decades) to sell things rather than pushing themselves professionally and looking for innovative ways to appeal to their target consumer?
They should be embarrassed by their own inability (or unwillingness) to try something new, and to communicate to a consumer base that is no longer in the same place it was in 1945. We expect, and deserve, more. It's unfortunate that they're so ill-equipped to deliver.
Alex — December 21, 2008
Ryan: in the interest of fairness, Six refers to that particular line of Cylons, and the particular one that has the biggest role does have a name, Caprica. I do agree that Caprica was over-sexed almost to the point of being a parody, but I think that is being toned down in the later seasons. Otherwise I agree wholeheartedly with your comment.
uday — July 18, 2009
hi i am imprease for the site would you friend for me please send my ans
Sextoy Lover — April 6, 2010
This is a great viral media advertisement. They are not ment to display the truth, they are ment to get people talking about the subject. This bogpost proves that it actually works :-) Btw.
Chewy71 — December 7, 2010
This advertisement just uses the woman to sell their product. As Kristen mentioned earlier, this ad doesn't require any creativity from the ad's creator. The only novel aspect of this advertisement is that it found a way to further objectify this woman by taking away her control with the video game controller.
sidd yadav — May 3, 2018
It is like to be post for the great version jumble solver jumble solver game so play it is very easy.
Melissa Tilghman — September 19, 2019
You know, we cheat men a little. They also need toys! But what certainly pleases is from year to year, the market for men's toys is growing and developing more and more. Now the situation is changing for the better and much more has been taken care of male pleasure. One of the best and most popular men's toys is a masturbator or masturbation sleeve. I ordered my here - https://mytoyforjoy.com/best-fleshlight-sleeves/
he was satisfied :)