Monday, February 23, 2009

Diet Coke, The Woman's Drink

Dieting is usually associated with women. Weightloss programs and diet products are geared toward women by purposing that perfect body every women wants. I was watching tv and a commercial came on. It was a diet coke commercial but a twist to it. Diet coke for men was the product they were selling. They showed successful, strong, bussiness men drinking it. I guess diet coke has always been looked at as a woman's drink, due to the stereotype that women care more about their weight, that they decided to come out with the exact same product just with a label that added "for men" at the end of it. Now this make men more comfortable in holding a diet coke in his hand. I think it's somewhat rediculous that such products like a drink become so genderized for what is appropriate for male or female. What is even worse, this product will probably be profitable for the company and sold for a much higher price than orginial diet coke, the woman's drink.

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