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In reply to the discussion: new Samsung ad, created by all male team, called tone deaf (woman jogging alone at night) [View all]shrike3
(5,370 posts)23. Per the Guardian article
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/apr/28/samsung-ad-featuring-woman-running-alone-at-2am-criticised-as-naive
Sahra-Isha Muhammad-Jones, the founder and head of partnerships of Asra running club, a group for Muslim women, said: There seems to be an unawareness of how unsafe it is for women running at this time. As a woman who is running, its not safe already, but as a Black Muslim woman, its even more unsafe. This advert felt like what would happen in an ideal world.
It can be triggering for women watching this advert and then having to come to terms with what is actually happening in reality to women in this country.
Muhammad-Jones added that the advert felt like a missed opportunity to spark a meaningful discussion on womens safety.
My first reaction was to laugh. The ad is completely unrealistic and totally blinkered, says Esther Newman, the editor of Womens Running magazine.
We have worked for years on the issues of womens safety when it comes to running and the vast majority of women in our audience have felt unsafe whilst running, from heckling to actual abuse. We know that women often think about stopping running because of this, says Newman.
The safety of female runners has been an issue for years. The "living in fear" line sounds dismissive, and has a bit of superiority in it, though I'm sure that's not what you intended. "I'm not afraid the way you are." Again, I'm sure you didn't mean it that way. Also, feeling unsafe is different than being afraid.
Sahra-Isha Muhammad-Jones, the founder and head of partnerships of Asra running club, a group for Muslim women, said: There seems to be an unawareness of how unsafe it is for women running at this time. As a woman who is running, its not safe already, but as a Black Muslim woman, its even more unsafe. This advert felt like what would happen in an ideal world.
It can be triggering for women watching this advert and then having to come to terms with what is actually happening in reality to women in this country.
Muhammad-Jones added that the advert felt like a missed opportunity to spark a meaningful discussion on womens safety.
My first reaction was to laugh. The ad is completely unrealistic and totally blinkered, says Esther Newman, the editor of Womens Running magazine.
We have worked for years on the issues of womens safety when it comes to running and the vast majority of women in our audience have felt unsafe whilst running, from heckling to actual abuse. We know that women often think about stopping running because of this, says Newman.
The safety of female runners has been an issue for years. The "living in fear" line sounds dismissive, and has a bit of superiority in it, though I'm sure that's not what you intended. "I'm not afraid the way you are." Again, I'm sure you didn't mean it that way. Also, feeling unsafe is different than being afraid.
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new Samsung ad, created by all male team, called tone deaf (woman jogging alone at night) [View all]
Demovictory9
Apr 2022
OP
I've found that many men have no idea how much we restrict our activities to avoid danger
viva la
Apr 2022
#2
LA has many major stores open 24 hours and the others close at 2am, reopen at 6am. I drove
Demovictory9
Apr 2022
#4
yes, when I was young bus rider, after I got off the bus at dusk and walked home, cars would pull up
Demovictory9
Apr 2022
#6
I don't see hardly any men out much in the LA burb I live in except workers waiting for a bus
Raine
Apr 2022
#10
I remember a policeman saying, "Young women have no sense of danger until it is too late."
shrike3
May 2022
#61
Well, I used to run at night, then I was sexually assaulted while running at night.
shrike3
Apr 2022
#14
Thank you. I'm at a point where I rarely think about it, and I never thought that would happen.
shrike3
Apr 2022
#19
With some, it's not so much living in fear, but knowing what the hell could happen.
shrike3
Apr 2022
#21
Years ago I liked walking at night when it got hot outside. I didn't feel safe and I'm a man.
Emile
Apr 2022
#18
Feeling unsafe is a little different than being afraid, which of course you know.
shrike3
Apr 2022
#31
It's not a good idea to wear ear buds no matter who you are, in most situations. Just my opinion.
shrike3
Apr 2022
#41
There are other people out and about in the city streets in almost every scene--
Wingus Dingus
Apr 2022
#44
It would have been really hard not to be sensitive to it, if I'm being honest.
Jedi Guy
May 2022
#74