Unfortunately, there are still households where a man being a jerk is because it is in fact the woman's fault for not living up to his standards.

Thankfully, those households are few and far between.

wow, that is horrible! i hope not many households were really like that :(

also, thoughts of lysol douching still make my insides huuuurt. the awfulness of that idea doesn't fade. *shiver*

Now that the coffee fiasco is over and they're having sex again, I guess the follow-up commercial would be the lysol... ;-)

Nothing says quality patriarchal 1950s households like husband's passive aggressive tantrums ("the ladies at the office make better coffee than you!") and instant coffee!

"Oh, Mrs. Olson, what am I going to do? This morning my husband rejected my offers to do something special for his birthday and instead started yelling about how my coffee was terrible and now he's probably going to start cheating on me with those girls at the office! So, should I get a divorce? Pour dirt in with his coffee? Stop being such a damsel in distress?"

"No, try this disgusting coffee in a bottle!"

"You're right, now our marriage is saved! All with the help of Folgers"

Make sure to see the other commercials, featuring such gems as "How can such a pretty wife make such a terrible cup of coffee" (followed by "how can such a pretty wife make such a good cup of coffee"), "ugh, this coffee is criminal!" (where the husband has a tantrum and throws the coffee onto the wife's flowers), "it's a crime not to have coffee like this all the time" and "Happiness is a vacation away from your coffee"

And yes, those four are actual quotes.

Gag. It's like a concentrated explanation of male privilege.

I know this is awful, but the "Want anything for your birthday?" question sent me into hysterics. I seriously doubt my fiance would reply with "A decent cup of coffee."

What should have happened:

Wife: Want anything for you birthday?

Husband: A decent cup of coffee.

Wife: Well then you can make your own damned cup of coffee.

And then the lovely wife left her bastard husband and discovered a fulfilling life on her own, with no men to demand such ludicrous things as coffee.

If only.

eeeeeuuuuugghhhh....
that's all I have to say.

Update that commercial for today......
Mrs: What do you want for your birthday?
Mr: A decent cup of coffee.
Mrs: Go fuck yourself! I'm not your slave. Make it yourself or go to Starbucks, dickhead!
Mr: Uh, uh, um, okay?
Mrs:That's what I thought you said. I'm going out tonight. Don't wait up.
Mr: Yes, dear.