• Jezebel
  • celebrity
  • sex
  • fashion
  • Profile logout login

#volkswagen

Jezebel

Share Cancel
   
Upload an image | Add an image URL
×

logging in
  • FAQ. Include # before tag:
  • #tips,
  • #snapjudgment,
  • #groupthink,
  • etc.

New York, 5:50 PM
Thu Nov 12
73 posts in the last 24 hours

Tip your editors:
tips@jezebel.com

Editor-in-Chief:
Anna Holmes
Email | Twitter

Deputy Editor:
Dodai Stewart
Email | Twitter

Senior Contributing Editor:
Tracie Egan
Email | Twitter

Contributing Editors:
Anna North
Email | Twitter
Sadie Stein
Email | Twitter

Reporter:
Irin Carmon
Email

Editorial Assistant:
Margaret Hartmann
Email | Twitter

Contributors:
Jenna Sauers
Email
Rich Juzwiak
Email | Twitter
Lizzie Skurnick
Email

Interns:
Katy Kelleher
Twitter


Weekends/Commenter Moderator:
Hortense
Email | Twitter

SUBSCRIBE TO Jezebel RSS

New: Breaking news and daily top stories via email
1770 Subscribers
Jezebel
  • posts about #volkswagen more →

    "Women Are Soft And Gentle, But They Hit Things."
  • Your version of Internet Explorer is not supported. Please upgrade to the most recent version in order to view comments.
    Dsmvwl  Admin  Promote to frontpage Approve user Ban user ×
    Image of LBB LBB
    06/18/09

    In reply to "Women Are Soft And Gentle, But They Hit Things."
    Normally I love old VW ads, but this one just makes me stabby. As someone said upthread, if women were really worse drivers, our insurance premiums would be twice as high as men's.
     Reply
    LBB was starred LBB was unstarred
    Image of Ipomoea Ipomoea
    06/18/09

    In reply to "Women Are Soft And Gentle, But They Hit Things."
    That's funny, VW, because when I had my Beetle, my husband got into three fender-benders... in his Nissan.


    And I changed my own oil and did basic repairs on my Bug with the help of a manual. SFTU old ad.

     Reply
    Ipomoea was starred Ipomoea was unstarred
    Image of sybann sybann
    06/18/09

    In reply to "Women Are Soft And Gentle, But They Hit Things."
    There are many reasons not to buy VW - and this is another one.
     Reply
    sybann was starred sybann was unstarred
    Image of Rooo sez BISH PLZ Rooo sez BISH PLZ
    06/18/09

    In reply to "Women Are Soft And Gentle, But They Hit Things."
    "... but they hit things."


    "Yes," says Rooo, backing over the jeering, jealous boys, who are irritated that she, a girl, gets to drive her BFF's brother's customized white RX7 with stick shift, because she knows how and they do not.

     Reply
    Rooo sez BISH PLZ was starred Rooo sez BISH PLZ was unstarred
    Image of debo matar la zombi goldberry83 debo matar la zombi goldberry83
    06/18/09

    In reply to "Women Are Soft And Gentle, But They Hit Things."
    Oh, but darling, driving is just so hard! I always forget if red means stop or go (it's such a pretty colour, you see, matches my lipstick). And that mirror! My father says it's for looking behind me, but I just can't stop checking my make-up in it! Thank goodness there's a man around to drive me places. My tiny lady-brain simply can't deal with all the nuances of automobiles.
     Reply
    debo matar la zombi goldberry83 was starred debo matar la zombi goldberry83 was unstarred
    Image of keldo keldo
    06/18/09

    In reply to "Women Are Soft And Gentle, But They Hit Things."
    Oh really VW? Then why do men have higher insurance rates than women? Because they get in MORE accidents than us!
     Reply
    keldo was starred keldo was unstarred
    Image of rhymeswithfeather rhymeswithfeather
    06/18/09

    @keldo: My roommate's boyfriend goes on and on about how women are bad drivers. I know this is anecdotal, but EVERY SINGLE ONE of my ex-boyfriends have written off a car. I haven't had so much as one fender-bender, and the majority if my female friends have clean driving records. I think insurance rates level out a bit as we age, but again, this implies that we're pretty much on par. If insurance companies will ding you for shit like driving a red car, believe you me, they'd ding you for having a vagina if it seriously meant we were worse drivers.
     Reply
    rhymeswithfeather was starred rhymeswithfeather was unstarred
    Image of keldo keldo
    06/18/09

    @heatherwritesstuff: Knock wood, I have been driving for 25 years - not one accident. My younger brother has racked up about 8. I don't know where this stereotype comes from but it's boring.
     Reply
    keldo was starred keldo was unstarred
    Image of angelheadedhipster angelheadedhipster
    06/18/09

    In reply to "Women Are Soft And Gentle, But They Hit Things."
    In a related vein, my friend claims she drives a Hyun-gay because "it loves to rear-end everything."
     Reply
    angelheadedhipster was starred angelheadedhipster was unstarred
    Image of LaComtesse LaComtesse
    06/18/09

    In reply to "Women Are Soft And Gentle, But They Hit Things."
    When buying a car once, I hopped on in for a test drive. I was adjusting my mirrors and the salesman said "Don't forget the woman adjustment." I thought he meant because I was short I should adjust the seat... oh no. He pulled down the vanity mirror in front of me.


    I worked with another salesman after that and bought the car.

     Reply
    LaComtesse was starred LaComtesse was unstarred
    Image of bananastand bananastand
    06/18/09

    @LaComtesse: Oh, WOW, that is enraging. Good for you for asking for another salesperson.
     Reply
    bananastand was starred bananastand was unstarred
    Image of SouthernSatine SouthernSatine
    06/18/09

    @LaComtesse: Ugh. When i was buying my new car, I asked to test drive the one that I wanted and the salesman said, "Oh no, honey. That one's a stick shift!" I KNOW THAT, FUCKWAD! THAT'S WHY I WANT IT! I found the one saleswoman on the lot and worked with her from there on out. I bought the car.
     Reply
    SouthernSatine was starred SouthernSatine was unstarred
    Image of Laulau Laulau
    06/18/09

    @LaComtesse: That's like every show on HGTV ever, where the woman always has to make some damn comment about the closet space. "This might be enough ... for ME!!" Hardy freaking har. Thanks on the behalf of the rest of us for refusing to giggle politely at the stereotype.
     Reply
    Laulau was starred Laulau was unstarred
    Image of keldo keldo
    06/18/09

    @LaComtesse: Good for you. My friend who makes big bucks has a husband who does not make big bucks. No problem. She went to buy a car, test drove it and said she'd take it. The salesmen was reluctant to put through the sale because he wanted her "to check with her husband first". She enlightened him that she was the one with the money and asked him if he would like to make the sale or not. He did.
     Reply
    keldo was starred keldo was unstarred
    Image of LaComtesse LaComtesse
    06/18/09

    @bananastand: @SouthernSatine:

    @KentuckyBabe: Yeah, I think he knew he lose the sale when I immediately gave him this face


     Reply
    LaComtesse was starred LaComtesse was unstarred
    Image of LaComtesse LaComtesse
    06/18/09

    @Laulau: Right. I always joke around that watching a TV show at Chez LaComtesse takes 3 times longer than it does everywhere else, because myself and Mr. (also a feminist) pause everything to pick it apart academically/sociologically. So if that commercial came on, we would pause it and go off on diatribes.


    @keldo: I want to take your friend out for a drink.

     Reply
    LaComtesse was starred LaComtesse was unstarred
    Image of debo matar la zombi goldberry83 debo matar la zombi goldberry83
    06/18/09

    @LaComtesse: Ahaha, win! That is definitely the only appropriate expression in that situation. XD
     Reply
    debo matar la zombi goldberry83 was starred debo matar la zombi goldberry83 was unstarred
    Image of Jello Mix Jello Mix
    06/18/09

    In reply to "Women Are Soft And Gentle, But They Hit Things."
    You try driving in platforms.
     Reply
    Jello Mix was starred Jello Mix was unstarred
    Image of IBleedGlitter: The High Priestess of Tinsel IBleedGlitter: The High Priestess of Tinsel
    06/18/09

    In reply to "Women Are Soft And Gentle, But They Hit Things."
    Well of course she hit into something! She couldn't see over all the shopping bags (omg I loooove shoes!) and was only steering with one hand because the other hand was holding a giant chocolate bar. Yummy.
     Reply
    IBleedGlitter: The High Priestess of Tinsel was starred IBleedGlitter: The High Priestess of Tinsel was unstarred
    Image of ellaesther ellaesther
    06/18/09

    @IBleedGlitter: The High Priestess of Tinsel: And the yogurt. Always with the yogurt!
     Reply
    ellaesther was starred ellaesther was unstarred
    Image of kungfutoday kungfutoday
    06/18/09

    In reply to "Women Are Soft And Gentle, But They Hit Things."
    I'd love to get all crazy angry about this, but, yes, I've bumped into more garage stuff than my husband. Because I'm always in a hurry and well, driving is hard when I'm always thinking about make-up and babies and People magazine.
     Reply
    kungfutoday was starred kungfutoday was unstarred
    Image of CollegeCamel CollegeCamel
    06/18/09

    @kungfutoday: And stickers and ponies and myspace dot com!!
     Reply
    CollegeCamel was starred CollegeCamel was unstarred
    Image of sewcrazy sewcrazy
    06/18/09

    In reply to "Women Are Soft And Gentle, But They Hit Things."
    Ugh! I'm so sick and tired of hearing the stereotype that women cannot drive, especially Asian women. I'm Asian, a woman and can drive like Batman (oooh that rhymes)
     Reply
    sewcrazy was starred sewcrazy was unstarred
    Image of KiddyKat KiddyKat
    06/18/09

    @sewcrazy: silly firl. No you can't, you just think you can! Didn't you read the ad?
     Reply
    KiddyKat was starred KiddyKat was unstarred
    Image of sewcrazy sewcrazy
    06/18/09

    @SisterFrost:Hell yeah. We just need someone to hold the signs that says "POW" and "BAM"@toastandlove: I didn't know that. I would think it will be more expensive since they assume that we suck at driving.
     Reply
    sewcrazy was starred sewcrazy was unstarred
    Image of shorty63136 shorty63136
    06/18/09

    @sewcrazy: Ooh! Ooh! I volunteer!
     Reply
    shorty63136 was starred shorty63136 was unstarred
    Image of lilbobbytables lilbobbytables
    06/18/09

    In reply to "Women Are Soft And Gentle, But They Hit Things."
    I blame Cameron and Ferris Bueller.
     Reply
    lilbobbytables was starred lilbobbytables was unstarred
    Image of lilbobbytables lilbobbytables
    06/18/09

    @lilbobbytables is a la-di-da feminist: For the accident. Not for the ad. Because they are both fictional and too young to have been involved in the ad campaign.
     Reply
    lilbobbytables was starred lilbobbytables was unstarred
    Image of BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit) BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit)
    06/18/09

    In reply to "Women Are Soft And Gentle, But They Hit Things."
    Oh, silly. I can't drive home. I don't remember how to get there!
     Reply
    BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit) was starred BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit) was unstarred
    Image of curiousgeorgiana curiousgeorgiana
    06/18/09

    In reply to "Women Are Soft And Gentle, But They Hit Things."
    These vintage ads are really fitting into my Mad Men marathon.


    Oh Don Draper... you can sell me a car anytime...

     Reply
    curiousgeorgiana was starred curiousgeorgiana was unstarred
    Image of ImDatNinja (loves her Red Sox) ImDatNinja (loves her Red Sox)
    06/18/09

    @curiousgeorgiana: I saw comcast ondemand tempting me....
     Reply
    ImDatNinja (loves her Red Sox) was starred ImDatNinja (loves her Red Sox) was unstarred
    Earlier discussions Other discussions Show all discussions Show featured discussions only Start a new discussion

Login

Enter your username and password.

Please enter a username.
Please enter your password.
logging in
Login via Facebook | Sign Up | Forgot Password?

Reset Password

Please enter your email address to have your password reset.

Please enter your email address.
Please enter a valid email address.
requesting password reset

Register

Registering will give you a user profile and the ability to add other users as friends. To become a commenter, however, you need to audition.

Want to know more? Consult the Comment FAQ and legal terms.

Please enter a username.
Please enter a password.
Please confirm your password.
Passwords are not identical.
Please enter a valid email address.
registration sent, waiting for reply

Submit Your Comment

You don't need to login to comment. Just enter your email address below.

See how your address will be displayed in the Comment FAQ.

Please enter a valid email address.
Please enter a valid email address.
logging in

Login with your Facebook or Jezebel account.

Sign up here.



  • Archives
  • About
  • Advertising
  • Legal
  • Help
  • Report a Bug
  • FAQ
Original material is licensed under a Creative Commons License permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution.