Making virginity marketable since two minutes ago

I wish I could place this under the category of, "No, really ," because it's that appalling.  Burger King has managed to make virginity yet again a commodifiable concept in the oddest way possible: the Whopper Virgins .

We, as white capitalist Americans, will exoticize these odd foreign peoples, make sure they dress in ethnic clothing they may or may not commonly even wear, treat them like innocent children to be spoiled, and then profit and satisfy our own desires for  amusement by ruining aformentioned innocence though feeding them fast food! (And make sure to add an extra veneer of acceptability by calling it a documentary.)

Brilliant !

Posted by Avery - December 03, 2008, at 10:37AM | in Media
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[0+] Author Profile Page doubleb said:

I'm assuming that when you say "we, as white capitalist Americans" what you mean is "the advertising company that handles Burger King's marketing strategy" and that when you say "satisfy our own desires for amusement by ruining aformentioned innocence though feeding them fast food!" what you mean is "attempt to get people buy hamburgers."

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