Whitty, I more or less concur, though I emphatically disagree about the speeding advert.

Whilst I totally agree it's unfair to stereotype men as hoons, the fact of the matter is, the crash statistics show that young male drivers are more likely to drive recklessly.

The second fact of the matter is that this particular demographic is more likely to react to the 'pinkie finger' emasculation effect.

I agree that advertisements designed to emasculate aren't an ideal solution, but these ones appear to have had an effect. If it is indeed reducing speeding deaths, then I definitely think it's worth it - if it's saving lives, young male lives no less.

Besides, I think men who do hooning like that deserve to be ridiculed. Obviously it has no relation to penis size, but when I see a bloke speed off from traffic lights like that, I do assume he's a bit of a d!ckhead. If these advertisements are criticising these blokes who put themselves and others at risk, well hell, I've got no sympathy for them if they're feeling emasculated.

"StG - so, it did not work for you. Don't presume we are all as inept.

CJ is always good with the one-liner,

It is only when he tries to string more than 10 words together that he exceeds capacity.

Posted by Col Rouge"

Oh wow, venom. Lighten up big guy. Ya might wanna double check if ya took your 'vitamins' this morning.

StG "Oh wow, venom. Lighten up big guy. Ya might wanna double check if ya took your 'vitamins' this morning."

oh I am cool, just peeing on the peones.

TurnRightThenLeft,

I just don't think the ends justifies the means, and I'm damn sure the government wouldn't dare to do it to women. It basically says if a man has a small penis, he should be more ashamed than a guy who put's peoples lives at risk on the road.

It's also impossible to argue against without exposing yourself to ridicule, as it has occurred to me most people will just assume one is very personally affected;-) I just think young males especially are hated by society, and messing with their heads and self image just increases the anger inside them and does no good.

StG,

Actually I agree with Col, but not in the literal sense of his agrument. I think Metrosexual's came about originally by a few guys being successful by dressing closer to how gay guys are more likely to dress. Some women found them possibly less threatening until their true sexuality was revealed, and then after they got more respect for defying masculine peer pressure. A critical mass was formed and men's dress was opened up to more possibilities.

Whitty: "I just think young males especially are hated by society"

What evidence do you have for this extraordinary claim? I could argue with greater validity and plenty of evidence that young males especially are glorified by society - think of the apotheosis of young men in sport, entertainment and the military, for example.

That society hates what a small minority of young ratbags do is quite reasonable - like hooning around in cars, for example. I personally quite like the ads that offend you so. In fact, I have deployed the pinky to great advantage in the country town where I live since the ads appeared - far more effective than the alternative digital response, and without the implied challenge to their apparently frail egos.

StG - don't worry, I'm well used to poor old Col's waspishness. He's far more of a Victor Meldrew than a Homer Simpson anyway, although the thought of old Victor feigning confusion over his sexuality is a tad disturbing...