*CKE Restaurants CEO Andy Puzder speaks at a news conference on Wednesday, August 6, 2014 in Austin, Texas. CREDIT: Jack Plunkett/AP Images.
Trump has appointed an open sexist to the position of labor secretary, which oversees discrimination laws, equal pay, and The Women’s Bureau. This man probably laughed delightedly over the prez-elect’s pussy grabbing ways. He certainly seems to have little use for women outside of using them in unbelievably sexist, hypersexualized adverts. I haven’t seen any of these previously, because no television, and I am very grateful for that right now. I once met Carl Karcher, in the capacity of a servant – I was wait staff at one of his daughter’s wedding rehearsals or some such. Massive house and grounds, hundreds of people, and the Karchers were quite nice. Mrs. Karcher was particularly nice when I walked right into a sliding glass door which had previously been open. Unfortunately, they were also rabid conservatives, and supported evil institutions, such as the Catholic church and the John Birch Society, among others. I rather expect the Karchers would be more than a bit alarmed and disapproving of Puzder’s tactics. Here’s one of the ads:
You can guess where we went with this. The #Bacon3Way, with @tweetEmilySears @GenevieveMorton and Elena Belle.https://t.co/hh58xFDgSV
— Hardee's (@Hardees) July 26, 2016
…The fast food chains have continuously released these ads since 2005, even when research shows that most Americans find them offensive. According to a market research firm that tested an ad showing model Charlotte McKinney walking, seemingly naked, through a farmer’s market, 52 percent of viewers found the ad offensive and 51 percent found it irritating and annoying.
Yet as Mic reported, Puzder — who has led the company since 2000 — has defended the strategy. “I like our ads. I like beautiful women eating burgers in bikinis. I think it’s very American,” he told Entrepreneur last year. “I used to hear, brands take on the personality of the CEO. And I rarely thought that was true, but I think this one, in this case, it kind of did take on my personality.”
He also claimed that he would take issue if people were not offended by the ads.
“If you don’t complain, I go to the head of marketing and say, ‘What’s wrong with our ads?’” he said. …
Our new secretary of labor. Impressed? Think Progress has the full story.
I am kind of amazed at how she manages to take a big bite out of that burger without getting the tiniest smear on her perfect face or losing even a shred of lettuce.
Apart from that: I’m sorry, decent folks in the USA
I keep hoping this jerkoff gets replaced by an actual robot as secretary of labor….a robot would probably do a better job than this a-hole.
He’s not wrong. USA elected a self-confessed rapist. If that ain’t misogyny, I don’t know what is. ~62 million actively supported him and another ~200 don’t seem particularly bothered. Disposable women, it seems, is in fact an all American phenomenon.
christians play “divide and conquer” so badly.
Mostly because they’re one of the divisions.
PS -- next up: diet magazines to fat-shame the models who posed for the bacon 3-way ad.