Ha ha nice. It would be great if we could somehow get the complete uncut photo.
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#42Have to make a dig @ their web team thou, responsive design fails for small widths.
It could just be that mobile devices don't account for a significant proportion of visits, so they don't have an inventive to target those platforms.
It's not really a service site, just a general informational site about the Virgin group. The individual services ( airline, banking, etc ) have their own standalone sites with different designs and mobile subdomains.
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#43This bet was attacked by feminists (rightly? or too sensitive?) : the idea of it being a humiliating punishment for a respectable businessman having to dress up like a woman and serve other men. So it was my understanding that Virgin backed away from this bet and tried to downplay it. I'm a bit surprised by this picture cropping up on the website. Am I being hypersensitive? No-one else seems to have picked up on this…
I would say that "punishment" is the wrong word, and with it, we can draw much stronger negative interpretations that I feel might be appropriate. To me it looks like it was a social bet, between two friends, and he is doing it for fun (and to poke fun at himself). I would imagine that would fall pretty close to the definition of a drag queen (particularly the accentuation of certain characteristics, it does look very over the top).
Given his appearance, the bet may have been explicit in saying that they would need to to dress in drag (and not "dress as a women"). Some might argue they are different, and in that, he's not saying "it is humiliating to be a women" but rather "it is funny to contrast how I normally look with something so different."
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#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag_%28clothing%29
There's a big difference between wearing drag for theatre, personal empowerment, kicks / w/e, and being forced to dress like a woman as a punishment or forfeit.
Is it punishment? He's not under any kind of duress.
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#45This bet was attacked by feminists (rightly? or too sensitive?) : the idea of it being a humiliating punishment for a respectable businessman having to dress up like a woman and serve other men. So it was my understanding that Virgin backed away from this bet and tried to downplay it. I'm a bit surprised by this picture cropping up on the website. Am I being hypersensitive? No-one else seems to have picked up on this…
I think you should say "some feminists". The great 99% of the rest of us really don't see the problem with it.
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#46This bet was attacked by feminists (rightly? or too sensitive?) : the idea of it being a humiliating punishment for a respectable businessman having to dress up like a woman and serve other men. So it was my understanding that Virgin backed away from this bet and tried to downplay it. I'm a bit surprised by this picture cropping up on the website. Am I being hypersensitive? No-one else seems to have picked up on this…
1. Many men find it humiliating to dress like a woman and do make up. 2. Many men find it humiliating to serve for their competitor. 3. Richard Branson is a man. All the logical prepositions you need to show that there is at least one interpretation for the events that does not involve misogyny. Why bend over backwards to smear a man who has made so many women rich and powerful?
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#47This bet was attacked by feminists (rightly? or too sensitive?) : the idea of it being a humiliating punishment for a respectable businessman having to dress up like a woman and serve other men. So it was my understanding that Virgin backed away from this bet and tried to downplay it. I'm a bit surprised by this picture cropping up on the website. Am I being hypersensitive? No-one else seems to have picked up on this…
You're not being hypersensitive, this is sexist and transphobic.
Let's imagine if he had lost a bet and had to paint his face black, and them serve his competitors, everybody would agree that's racist.
I don't even think there is much to discuss here.
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#48This bet was attacked by feminists (rightly? or too sensitive?) : the idea of it being a humiliating punishment for a respectable businessman having to dress up like a woman and serve other men. So it was my understanding that Virgin backed away from this bet and tried to downplay it. I'm a bit surprised by this picture cropping up on the website. Am I being hypersensitive? No-one else seems to have picked up on this…
1. Many men find it humiliating to dress like a woman and do make up. 2. Many men find it humiliating to serve for their competitor. 3. Richard Branson is a man. All the logical prepositions you need to show that there is at least one interpretation for the events that does not involve misogyny. Why bend over backwards to smear a man who has made so many women rich and powerful?
It's still possible that a man "who has made so many women rich and powerful" might do something distasteful or misjudged - and it's possible to propose a discussion about this behaviour without it turning into a smear.
The fact that many men find it humiliating to dress like a woman is exactly what I find distasteful. With my apologies for escalating the rhetoric : many men find the idea of sex with another man humiliating - does this justify making fun of homosexuals?
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#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
1. Many men find it humiliating to dress like a woman and do make up. 2. Many men find it humiliating to serve for their competitor. 3. Richard Branson is a man. All the logical prepositions you need to show that there is at least one interpretation for the events that does not involve misogyny. Why bend over backwards to smear a man who has made so many women rich and powerful?
It's still possible that a man "who has made so many women rich and powerful" might do something distasteful or misjudged - and it's possible to propose a discussion about this behaviour without it turning into a smear. The fact that many men find it humiliating to dress like a woman is exactly what I find distasteful. With my apologies for escalating the rhetoric : many men find the idea of sex with another man humi…
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#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
1. Many men find it humiliating to dress like a woman and do make up. 2. Many men find it humiliating to serve for their competitor. 3. Richard Branson is a man. All the logical prepositions you need to show that there is at least one interpretation for the events that does not involve misogyny. Why bend over backwards to smear a man who has made so many women rich and powerful?
It's still possible that a man "who has made so many women rich and powerful" might do something distasteful or misjudged - and it's possible to propose a discussion about this behaviour without it turning into a smear. The fact that many men find it humiliating to dress like a woman is exactly what I find distasteful. With my apologies for escalating the rhetoric : many men find the idea of sex with another man humi…
No, and he is not making fun of women, he is making fun of his own masculinity.
And there's a difference between making fun of homosexuals to hurt them, and to make fun of them to be merry with them.
Thirdly, your opinion on the feelings of men in general is rather inconsequential. What do you want to do, flog every man who finds it humiliating to dress in drag?