Adventures in Vaginal Advertising: Vagisil keeps it classy with skunks and blowfish

Valley Girl Intelligentsia
Jun 26, 2007 at 9:15 AM
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Advertisers need to stop hating on the collective vag. In order to peddle their product to "decrease vaginal odor" Vagisil has just exploited every fucked up stereotype that women have lived in fear of since age 12. Its really infruiating to see this same old "a vagina is dirty scary place" shit on TV. You know what? Unlike fish tanks, kitchens, and your car, did you know that vagina's have built in a self cleaning system? So douches, sprays, washes, cleansers, that make women feel like their dealing with an open wound are largely unnecessary.

And yes, some women's vagina's have a scent. Yes, I know all you wiccans out there have never been close to one, but as card carrying owner of a "vag" , i gotta tell you my crotch has never smelled like a :

skunk
blowfish
porcupine
ancient crustacean

Did you just call my vagina a skunk? Sure, I'd love to give you my money! Weee

So no thanks Vagisil, I don't need your products. My vagina is so clean and fresh orphans could eat off it.

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WOW. I can't believe this commercial is real.

I'm surprised they didn't just outright use a can of tuna as a comparison for "that odor." Ridiculous!

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Ditto!

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OMG! i don't have a tv so I miss all these great commercials. you are hilarious! i love the lobster..WTF?

Wow, That ad looks like a skid from Saturday Night Live making fun of sick mysonigistic advertisers! As another proud owner of a "vag" I must admit I never understood what is this misterious "itch" we are supposed to suffer from on a regular basis. I don't keep a supply of Vagisil in my bathroom or any douche or spray because I don't need it. Enough already! We don't need to smell like pine forest "down there". And oh yeah, if you do get the "itch" just scratch like guys do and then you can: be yourself again, like the smiling woman in the ad says.
I propose we write letters to Vagisil expressing our rage. By the way was that a lobster?

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THANK YOU! I almost had an anuerism when I saw that commercial. I have a pretty good sense of humor, but that was just offensive. Even if my girl did need a little freshening up (incidentally, those prodicts often create problems, not fix the mostly imaginary or over-inflated ones people actually have), Vagisil is not getting my money

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Funny...

I wonder if Loch Ness is a scent? How about peat bog? Too funny....

My favorites (not) are the mother/daughter talks. Where are the father/son talks?

Speak for yourself. My vagina reeks to high heaven. And I love it.

LOBSTER? LOBSTER? WTF? What does a lobster have to do with anything? I have had my share of vaginal mishaps- giving birth twice will do that to a woman- but I have never, ever, ever thought, "I feel like a lobster down there today."
huh?
what?
So confused...

This made me laugh so hard. First of all, soap & water goes a long way....second, I don't trust that shit in my vagina. If these people are dumb enough to make ads like this, imagine what's in the product.

So before 'vagisil' came along, the history of women was the history of blowfish, porcupine, lobsters, etc. Perhaps the men throughout history complemented it with garnish in order to enhance its 'edible-quality'. I am not an owner of a 'vag', but i think personal hygiene goes a long way in making it palatable.

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"My vagina is so clean and fresh orphans could eat off it."

now i wish both my parents died!

kidding, of course. seriously though, NVG: gorgeous bits. kudos, doll.

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OMFG I was totally thinking this same thing when i 1st saw this commercial. Its so fucking offensive and straight out dumb as hell. Fuck that product Im not buying any of their shit. Do they think women are stupid??? apparently so. fuck them, no woman with a brain should buy their products and that commercial should be pulled off the air. they really went over the line!

i LOVED this commercial when i saw it on TV, absolutely hysterical... so offensive and shocking that i loved it... i actually wrote to vagisil asking for a copy of it, no reply yet...

does anyone know where i can see this commercial now that youtube has been forced to stop hosting it?

Adventures in Vaginal Advertising: Vagisil keeps it classy with skunks and blowfish

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