Comments by "Lautaro Quiroga" (@LautaroQ2812) on "The PROBLEM with Manscaped" video.

  1. I don't know if it's just a different perspective, or actually because this was written (or co-written) by a woman. I know how that sounds, hear me out. Overall, I disagree with the premise, even though it was a good well produced video. 1 - No, they wouldn't sponsor "drag queens" otherwise they would be kings, and if they're transgender... that's a whole another discussion. It's like promoting period pads to men. Or should I say, biological males, to not offend anybody. We, biological males, do not (and CANNOT) bleed once every month. We do not get periods so marketing pads to us would be one of the stupidest things ever. It makes sense that a "gentle ball (testicles) trimmer" is marketed towards the basic figure that has them: men. If any trans woman wants to buy it to trimm her balls, then so be it. But she isn't the main demographic. 2 - Seeing manscaped ads did not make me want to buy manscaped. I also can't because as far as I know, it's NA/EU and some other countries only. And even if I could, it would be a bit of a waste of money. I could buy something else entirely. This was a great point in the video: You don't need a "ball trimmer" to trim your balls, you just need something to trim them and be careful. Just like I use a tiny sewing scissors to temporarily trim my mustachio. Is it the best tool? Probably not. But it works. Back to the point - It didn't make me want to buy manscaped specifically, but it did make me think of sometime in the future, buying a tool to "cut down" and maintain the pubic hair zone (and balls). This isn't "oh, I want to be a man like on the ads!". It's more like I asked my gf, she said she doesn't really mind but prefers it to be trimmed. So that's it. Personally, I prefer a maintained/shaved crotch in women for that matter. I don't really care if your opinion is that you prefer "the natural" look or whatever. It just does not look great and it could come with other issues as well. 3- The two points above together, conclude into this one: They are not portraying "what a man should be" but rather "what a man COULD do" without it feeling weird. And it is something that for ages women have talked about. How men "don't take care of themselves". And it's also basically being the most basic dude, being a basic dude. The premise of the idea of the ads is not "showing you what to become" but rather you already are that... now you can just make it a bit prettier. I thought the video was actual problems with the company/products but it's just a subjective opinion piece which you could agree with, but does not make it right (and me disagreeing with it does not make it wrong either). It does have some interesting facts and kind of like "historical marketing" which was nice to have present but overall the main idea is missing the mark. It's not a "manscaped" issue - it's literally the market. A lot of people say buying the pink razor costs more because of "patriarchy", and it's just plain stupid. It's literally because your market has more value and all of you went ahead and bought those just because it had a different color. This is the same thing. If you want to buy manscaped you will pay the "brand premium", just as stupid as if you in real life bought an Apple product. Or a BMW. Or an HP printer.
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