Comments on: Zain Ads Controversy

By: Adrenaline

Adrenaline — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:00:55 +0000

The ads are funny…ur not supposed to dig deep and try reading between the lines of funny ads.

Its not about degrading women..although i think if Zain had different virgins of the ads where in some ads the mail is being replaced it would have been much nicer…and women would not voice any concerns.

Looking at the bright side … Zain brought to light the fact that we are still living in a society that women are second class citizens\creatures.

Its true..come to think of it hehehehe

By: master

master — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:04:14 +0000

hate it hate it hate it

I don’t find it sexist
I just hate the idea of using old women or (grandmothers) in Ads thinking they are cute, funny and can sell

how many ADs do we have with grandmothers in them????

totaly not funny, specialy the Ad that she covers herself from the man in TV…malagaaaaaaaaa

By: Jacqui

Jacqui — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:44:59 +0000

I don’t find them offensive, instead I find them funny and outright brilliant.

Imagine us women being compared to mobiles, objects that keep track of all your friends, all your appointments, your pictures, your msgs, everything. Basically a walking dictionary in your pocket or if you have the new iPhone then you are a walking world of Internet. That should be a compliment to women, seeing as how men view us as major information sources, okay there are some parts where it’s like “you’re mobile is broken or off” or whatever but still in the end, its not degrading women instead it’s giving them more of their worth, without your mobile you wouldn’t be able to get by one day. I dare you to try it, you will constantly be checking for new messages, missed calls, trying to call someone to get info. So a woman as a mobile means that she is the guy’s means of communication with the rest of the world.

Without a woman/mobile, men would not be able to survive so back up your information

Just my two cents.

By: liliuokalani

liliuokalani — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:08:26 +0000

i actually didn’t see the ad until i saw it online. i found it extremely offensive and distasteful! I for one don’t think old women should be portrayed as senile and forgetful. Grandmothers shouldn’t be put up in that image. they should be revered and considered a treasure to the community. wtf ever happened to the old type of zain ads. those were good!

By: c;est la vie

c;est la vie — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:08:25 +0000

Am glad you and other people noticed and talking about it cause it seems that companies thinks that people are shallow .When you see the ads first time you will laugh but after few times you will start thinking that they are comparing old mobiles to women and this gives ideas to men but it seems that this the company employee culture ,do you remember their ad where this kuwaiti singer get married to 4 :p.people who thinks this is just an ad and why make fuss about do you know that its really effect peoples minds ,do you know that just a flash of someone drink coke in the middle of a movie makes you feel that you want to drink too .People are getting smarter so companies should take care . by the way did you noticed lipton tea ad where the tea jar suicied cause they don’t need it any more ,what do think ?

By: lfc-q8

lfc-q8 — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 13:08:31 +0000

at home when they played the ad no one noticed that it was sexist or bad after reading about it on the blogs then i noticed but i guess its not a big deal

By: Kitty Rwaishid

Kitty Rwaishid — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:47:27 +0000

Because you always hate my comments even though when other people keep saying EVEN worse than what i do!

And about the welcome back thing, are you “drunk”

I always thought you hated me man!

By: MiYaFuSHi

MiYaFuSHi — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:02:17 +0000

Person 1: “My brother follows me around everywhere, guess he loves my company”

Person 2: “Oh he’s just like my dog, he does that too”

Would that be offensive??

By: Yousef

Yousef — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 10:40:36 +0000

K welcome back you’ve been missed wallah. Why would i want to say crap about you commenting here? and why did you assume that I hated the ad? no seriously and sincerely.. welcome back

By: Kitty Rwaishid

Kitty Rwaishid — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 10:01:40 +0000

get over it!
and if you dun like it, switch the channel!

you obviously have never seen global ads, where they refer and attack other people, other companies and other races, sexes!

I never watch tv and i might not get the idea of this ad, but seriously, you need to watch some international televesion for a change

and Yousef, if you wanna say crap about me commenting here, tough luck, it’s only me who doesn’t see there’s nothing wrong with this ad, as i’m not the only one with negative commets!