We Made It Pink, Now Buy It - Because women will buy anything if it's "girly" enough, right?

[Broken Pussy]

@LegoTugboat requested a thread for discussing how lame marketing aimed at soliciting female customers can be. I am a woman, which means I'm nothing if not accommodating. So, discuss that type of thing here!

 

[millais]

The original offender

 

[LegoTugboat]

Alright, I'll throw up a few examples.

Now, of course, there are various ways of marketing, but the easiest would probably have to be discounts, since people like paying low prices.

http://en.rocketnews24.com/2017/06/...rs-who-wear-high-heels-the-higher-the-better/

So there's a bar that offers discounts based on how high your high heels are, starting at 5 cm high, and topping out at 16 cm high, since cheap drinks and absurdly high heels will not end badly.

Or there was the recently cancelled promotion from China, which gave discounts based on how large a girl's boobs are, with 5% off for A cups, and finishing at 65% off for G cups.

The judgement of customer's breasts was preformed by female staff, and customers could appeal if they felt the staff got it wrong.

And to edit in another one, the 3com Audrey (named after Audrey Hepburn), a computer for use in 'the kitchen' featuring 'channels' which would connect you to websites, with the websites being changed by a dial. Typing was done either by touch screen or keyboard.

Available in, um, linen, meadow, ocean, slate and sunshine. The Audrey died 7 and a half months after release, in 2001.

 

[JTRH-NBR]

Or there was the recently cancelled promotion from China, which gave discounts based on how large a girl's boobs are, with 5% off for A cups, and finishing at 65% off for G cups.

>Cancelled

Literally Hitler.

 

[Yaks]

The stuff aimed at kids and tweens are the worst pink offenders.

 

[NIGGO KILLA]

Alright, I'll throw up a few examples.

Now, of course, there are various ways of marketing, but the easiest would probably have to be discounts, since people like paying low prices.

http://en.rocketnews24.com/2017/06/...rs-who-wear-high-heels-the-higher-the-better/

So there's a bar that offers discounts based on how high your high heels are, starting at 5 cm high, and topping out at 16 cm high, since cheap drinks and absurdly high heels will not end badly.

Or there was the recently cancelled promotion from China, which gave discounts based on how large a girl's boobs are, with 5% off for A cups, and finishing at 65% off for G cups.

The judgement of customer's breasts was preformed by female staff, and customers could appeal if they felt the staff got it wrong.

And to edit in another one, the 3com Audrey (named after Audrey Hepburn), a computer for use in 'the kitchen' featuring 'channels' which would connect you to websites, with the websites being changed by a dial. Typing was done either by touch screen or keyboard.

Available in, um, linen, meadow, ocean, slate and sunshine. The Audrey died 7 and a half months after release, in 2001.

Anime is starting to take over china

this is a good thing

 

[Johnny Bravo]

Any game marketed toward women is basically a scam, especially if it's on a handheld system or smart phone.

The first minute sums it up perfectly.

 

[Tartarus Sauce]

Any game marketed toward women is basically a scam, especially if it's on a handheld system or smart phone.

The first minute sums it up perfectly.

on that note, the online girl games are... really something.

 

[Steve Mayers]

In 1955 Chrysler released the Dodge La Femme. It also came with a matching purse.

 

[heathercho]

I'm going to admit I fit perfectly into that "We made it pink, now buy it" demographic. Not always pink, but I love clever but feminine things. I know no one is going to be shocked the Asian market is geared towards this mindset.

When I saw this Fujitsu Floral Kiss in Yamada Denki in Tokyo, I wanted it so badly, I'm glad my sister was there to temper me finding it cute with complete disinterest in a way, but I like that it triggered The Mary Sue and Jezebel so much they wrote about it.

The top casing has been constructed with an elegant and refined gradation with gold trim, and it features a flip latch that can easily open the display — even by users with long fingernails. The power button is adorned with a pearl-like accent, and the power status LED and Caps Lock key are decorated with diamond-cut stone for a sophisticated look. An exquisite gold ring frames each key on the transparent keyboard, highlighting its elegant style. In addition, the outtake and intake vents all feature a floral motif design.

Spoiler: Triggers feminists everywhere

Spoiler: Something I actually did waste money on because it was "so cute"...

I actually bought the Samsung T500 "Girl Phone", when it first came out and it was the first thing I bought with my own money.
It had crystals around the clockscreen on the front, was in garnet red, had a weight loss/calorie counter program on there and other assorted "feminine" programs.
I was in love with it because it was so girly - but it was expensive. I had to get one from Korea and my Korean was basic, so I couldn't even use it out of the box, I had to get someone else to set it to English for me.
I didn't even care though. It was pretty and that was all that mattered. Which is exactly what they were marketing towards - idiot females who would pay over and beyond what a normal clamshell phone was at the time, just to have something "super cute".

 

[Broken Pussy]

In 1955 Chrysler released the Dodge La Femme. It also came with a matching purse.
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That's a really beautiful car, though, so thanks for sharing!

 

[TrannyBO]

It's not "lame" if women fall for it (see above).

 

[Kelly Bundy]

http://www.projecthome.us/shop/Tool-Kits/!Tomboy-Traveler
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Flower-Hand...Knife-Great-Gift-Idea-for-Women-/161567709292

Pink or flower print tools. I've seen these around for years. Especially those flower print tools are the worst quality of tools I've ever seen, often they are smaller than the regular ones as in they don't work as well as normal tools would.

 

[C3PBRO]

"Now your kid can have their own gun!"
"But I have a girl."
"Say no more."

 

[Club Sandwich]

when i first was getting into guns, i remember the marketing for Smith and Wesson in the 1980's at the time had offerings for cosmetically altered pistols under the "Ladysmith" product line. this continues through to today. most of the pistols are tastefully nickel or chrome plated, with pastel colored grips and modified double action triggers (longer travel, but lighter for "persons unlikely to spend too much time at the gun range"). likewise the sights were among the first in the industry to offer fiber optics in bright jewel tones. they were attractive pistols and still are, however they were never really popular and mostly have died off.

the ones still available from the S&W online store are built to order from existing Model 60 and 642 frames. they were not more expensive than the standard versions and often engraving was offered at a discount. the marketing itself was somewhat cringey though. certain "premium" variations included a purse-like pistol case instead of a wooden "cigar box" style one.

i still recommend the 9mm 3913 as a solid "women's" pistol. it's handy, easy to use, isn't painful or expensive to own or maintain or practice with, and they are nice looking pistols. the steel, slim single-stack frame, and excellent size are great for anyone with smaller hands than what is typically offered. they're very adequate than sharply recoiling, under powered mouse guns often mistakenly insisted upon by well meaning folk.

the truly shitty "girly" marketed products are the ones where they just dye parts a bright pink or something. the "Hello Kitty" AR-15 is at least shows some effort, but then you get crap from Walther or SCCY or something and it's atrocious.

 

[Tartarus Sauce]

these pink guns sort of trivialize the purpose of the thing dont they. didn't that 'my first rifle' already kill one kid?

 

[Club Sandwich]

these pink guns sort of trivialize the purpose of the thing dont they. didn't that 'my first rifle' already kill one kid?

that incident occurred due to negligence - the Crickett rifle is a single shot .22LR bolt action and was left where the 5-year-old was able to toy with it. the parent was outside and hadn't cleared the weapon prior to storage, nor had apparently taught the child meaningful safety with firearms. that is something easily done at 8 which is the age the NRA suggests introducing firearms to children as they would have enough capacity to understand the concepts involved. most states can issue hunting licenses to children that young if accompanied by an adult.

the marketing and/or pink color had nothing to do with it. the tragic death was a negligent parent and untrained child left with a "toy" unsupervised.

 

[Broken Pussy]

these pink guns sort of trivialize the purpose of the thing dont they. didn't that 'my first rifle' already kill one kid?

The argument could be made that the entire purpose of making things "girly" is to trivialize them. The pursuits of women have long been considered trivial when compared to the pursuits of men.

 

[money bunny]

I saw these at the store the other day and was like "Really? Really?" I don't even mind pink stuff but this shit has gone beyond parody at this point.

 

[Warden]

A couple weeks ago I was in the toy section and saw a male-coded MLP playset. Try to forget about bronies for a second -- Wasn't the entire point of males liking MLP to challenge gender roles?