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In article <360@oscsuna.osc.edu> spencer@heinlein.cgrg.ohio-state.edu (Stephen N. Spencer) writes:
>In article <ALMS.89Oct25150421@brazil.cambridge.apple.com> alms@cambridge.apple.com (Andrew L. M. Shalit) writes:
>>
>>I agree.  After looking at the ad again, it could just as easily
>>have been a male employee (any employee) leaning on the Mac.
>>It's not slinky or sexy.
>>

I agree, the picture itself is not a problem for me.
>
>Have you looked at the MacWareHouse catalogue?  It has one of these 
>"Hi, I'm X. Call me at MWH." pictures, about 1.5 inches on a side, at the
>bottom of every other page (approximately).  About a third (again, approx.)
>of the "X"s are male.  A few of the "X"s are repeated, as well.

Well, this is the problem I have withthe ads. They don't bother me now,
but when I first saw them I was a little upset. The reason is that when I
was growing up some airline was doing ads saying "Hi I'm X, come fly me."
These ads were indeed sexist and I immediately remembered these ads when
I saw the MacWareHouse ads. If the text of the adsa were different I
would probably never have been bothered at all.

FLAMES to the bitbucket please.

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