I doubt that Audrey Hepburn inspired it all, but…
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You know we’ve all used spoons, right? They’re pretty common.
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Certainly cloththing catalogs are fond of “Three guys looking to the side and laughing.”
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Two things. First, they apparently also have to have their lower legs bent at the knee and pointed straight up.
also
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“while no real women do so”
So, you’re gonna believe women are REAL now?
I figured they were like “birds” and just government spy drones.
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And now I know what a helicopter mom looks like.
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Did I in some way offend? I was speaking in defense of inverted spoons, not addressing the wider point of stock art stereotypes. While we have all used spoons, many commentators seemed to be saying there is something inherently offensive about the manner in which the spoon is held. I said I don’t think so. Not sure why the snark.
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In the stock photos, yes, there is… I doubt when getting the last bit of yogurt off a spoon, you lick it seductively and make bedroom eyes at someone just off camera… That’s the misogynistic part, that it objectifies women.
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And – if Land’s End or LL Bean – one of them would be playing with a Golden Retriever.
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Sends more blood to the “see” muscles.
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Fortunately all this stock photo shenanigans will quickly be solved by AI artwork
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