So unless they’re hoping to snatch up the highly-coveted Garment Industry demographic, they probably don’t have much to worry about.

Furthermore, I’m not sure how much farther I can continue this conversation. The disillusionment that began with you outing the Keebler Elves as frauds is now being compounded by the newsflash about the lack of plastic in Indonesian seamstresses. There’s only so much heartache I can handle in one day!

Man, I can’t believe that we actually have gotten into a discussion that involved pig anuses (is there a plural for anus?).

Again, I have no problem with girls in bikinis selling me jeans. I just think it’s incredibly stupid to have girls in bikinis making them in their ads. And NO I don’t think there is anyway that these girls are responsible for a single stitch on a pair of Ecko jeans. In fact, I would like to propose a theory: There isn’t a single garment worker in the world that has fake boobs!

Try to prove me wrong.

I’ve talked with others in the garment indsustry about Ecko’s “Hot Girls” campaign and they think it’s dumb as well.

And as for your cartoon pigs … While I’m a vegan and therefore have my own complaints against meat marketing (pun intended), have you not seen Foster Farms or Milk/Cheese commercials where the animal being abused/killed is the spokesperson or mascot?

Hot Dog Manufacturers don’t have to combat anything. People eat millions every day. They’re selling fine regardless of what they’re made from … as are jeans. Actually it would be a genius idea to make light of their criticism. So genius in fact that it’s a marketing technique which has been widely employed for years! Take away the negative stigma by making fun of it. Check out the “Geek Squad” at Best Buy. They know people think only nerds work on computers so they’ve turned it into a badge of honor thereby making the Geek moniker cool instead of derogatory.

The bottom line is the plight of workers in the garment industry is unrelated to the effectiveness of using sexually-attractive women to sell jeans to men. If pig anuses were sexually stimulating to men (and Dear God let’s hope that never ever happens), you can best believe they’d already have been used ages ago to sell some foot longs!

Did you read the whole post?

Perhaps you missed the part where I wrote, “I’m not against women in bikinis selling me stuff.”

No, I do not complain about Michael Jordan selling Ball Park Franks, but I would be against anthropomorphised pig anuses selling me hot dogs. A common complaint about hot dogs involves the parts from which they are made. It’s something that the hot dog industry has to combat. Therefore it would be incredibly stupid to make light of their biggest criticism. Just as it is stupid that a brand that does not own it’s own factories and operates in an industry combating sexual abuse/discrimination would use women in bikinis to sell their blue jeans.

Do you actually think that these women make the jeans? If so, you must get great joy out of knowing that elves in a tree hand make your Keebler Fudge Stripe cookies. That must be awesome for you.

Why is this a big deal?

Men like women. Men like beautiful women. If you associate something a target demographic likes to your product then they are likely to buy it. Do you complain about Michael Jordan selling Ball Park Franks? Is this somehow unethical? Is being attracted to the opposite sex some kind of crime?

A quick visit to their website quickly conveys the understanding that the women featured are actual manufacturing employees. Are they lying about these women? I don’t know and neither do you. I have no reason to doubt those women work for Ecko. Are you making the silly assumption that the 20 or so women featured are the ONLY ones producing the jeans? Though the bulk of the work is likely done overseas by non-models, featuring a few attractive women who actually work for the company is a solid advertising strategy.

But somehow, despite being far away from Amish Country, people still think that sex is an inappropriate marketing tool. Doubt those women posed against their will. But I suppose what consenting adults choose to do with their lives is not up to them in these parts.

Funny.

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