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	<title>Self-Organizing Men &#187; Stupid Masculinity</title>
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		<title>My Letter to La Quinta</title>
		<link>http://www.selforganizingmen.com/blog/2007/04/16/my-letter-to-la-quinta/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2007 15:34:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is the email I sent to La Quinta:
 Last night I saw your advertisement containing this verbiage: &#8220;Your wife is escorted off the plane.&#8221; This text was followed by &#8220;You get the window seat.&#8221;
Is La Quinta suggesting that their core customer is an idiot man who relishes in the fact that his wife has been [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here is the email I sent to La Quinta:</p>
<blockquote><p><em> Last night I saw your advertisement containing this verbiage: &#8220;Your wife is escorted off the plane.&#8221; This text was followed by &#8220;You get the window seat.&#8221;</p>
<p>Is La Quinta suggesting that their core customer is an idiot man who relishes in the fact that his wife has been escorted off the plane? Or that he is so impotent the only way he can get the window seat is if &#8220;Mommy&#8221; is gone?</p>
<p>This advertisement is very, very, very offensive to me as a man and a husband. In fact, it is so offensive, I will never stay at La Quinta.</p>
<p>I care too much about my wife, our marriage, and myself as a man to stoop to your level. </em></p></blockquote>
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		<title>Ridiculous Advertisements About Men</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2007 13:26:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my peeves are the numerous advertisements depicting men as idiots. Unlike my conservative counterparts, I do not blame feminism for this trend. Rather advertisers seem to have concluded that men-as-children sells product.
The latest, and by far one of the most offensive to date, depicts an airplace leaving the runway. &#8220;Your wife was escorted [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of my peeves are the numerous advertisements depicting men as idiots. Unlike my conservative counterparts, I do not blame feminism for this trend. Rather advertisers seem to have concluded that men-as-children sells product.</p>
<p>The latest, and by far one of the most offensive to date, depicts an airplace leaving the runway. &#8220;Your wife was escorted off the plane.&#8221;</p>
<p>Then we see a dolphin leaping up. &#8220;Now you get a window seat&#8221; fades up, then La Quinta tells us how great they are.</p>
<p>WTF! Chalk this one up to what I call Stupid Masculinity.</p>
<p>Mean-spirited and sad. Sad because all the men complaining about feminism won&#8217;t bother to send La Quinta a letter telling them how offensive their ad is.</p>
<p>But I am. I&#8217;ll keep you posted on any responses.</p>
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