Community Chat

[Susan Louise]

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@Annabellethecat66 wrote:

"I think women are foolish to pretend they are equal to men.  They are far superior and always have been.  Whatever you give a woman, she will make greater.  If you give her sperm, she will give you a baby.  If you give her a house, she will give you a home.  If you give her groceries she will give you a meal.  If you give her a smile, she will give you her heart.  She multiplies and enlarges what is give to her.  So, if you give her any ******, be ready to receive a ton of (you know what)." William Golding

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@Annabellethecat66  Nice quote...I was deficient in the one I highlighted. I couldn't conceive. Thank goodness my DH still loves me

[Spurt]

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@stevieb wrote:

QVC is the world’s most powerful and engaging social shopping experience, reaching millions of people worldwide,”

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Yea, I saw that... and I want some of whatever he's smoking... But no, I wasn't eating... or drinking anything... @Spurt...

And by the way, 'social shopping' for me means I go with a friend...  not that I rely on some hyped up host to tell me or to direct me to social media to figure out what I need or want... The big one though is the whole 'engaging' thing... Really...?

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@stevieb

In QVC's Alice In Wonderland kinda world "social shopping" IS shopping with a friend.....and friend being you BFF QVC host---the perfect shopping companion (why the host is like a member of your famiy)....

And as far as engaging......why certainly...... who doesn't find the vacuum demo picking up pet hair and cereal one of the highlights of your week!!! And you haven't really lived until you've experienced seeing how the Serta mattress cradles the models body for proper sleep alignment on her pressure points, more fun than a trip to Disneyland.....And forget about cozy snowy winter nights by a fireplace.....nothing better than seeing rough, dry, and scally callouses flake off with the Emjoi foot scrapper....     It just doesn't get any better than QVC!

[bri20]

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@MyGirlsMom wrote:

O/T but did anyone get the impression there were a few people talking to themselves? 

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What?

[Annabellethecat66]

@Susan LouiseIt is simply a quote.  The beauty of humans is that we are all different.  What makes us different is what makes us special.  We weren't meant to all be the same.  Where one person has one special thing (we all have something that makes us special) another person has something else that makes them special.

I think it's a beautiful quote.  I think women are way too hard on themselves.  They seem to need reminding how special they are way more than males do for some reason.

This is simply how I feel and I stand by it.

[PinkSunset]

Good grief.Some people take words said by shopping hosts and turn them into a soapbox for all their causes. 

Does anyone realize that these hosts are just speaking without scripts? Just normal talk? Nothing said in malice or thought out ahead of time? It's as if some posters think the hosts say things just to be offensive. Stereotyping women? getting worked up about terms like "girls"? Saying women are just as strong and capable as men?

I bet IRL many of us talking to our friends and relatives have been known to ask each other if they had any trouble putting together a piece of furniture for example.  

Guess what? I'm not. I'm over 60 with arthritic hands and need more help than I used to. Men are stronger than me. If I contemplated buying something (and I often do look at things that say assembly required) I step back and ask myself if I can do it alone. Her advising that girls/women/females or whatever can and should be able to use something is certainly not an insult to me. I can't carry a mattress by myself, but my son can. Should I be offended that he can do something I can't?

Why in the world do people have to get worked up over this ongoing issue of it being 2016 and women are just as capable as men in all regards? If you are, good for you. The world does not stop spinning on its axis when any reference is made that might be taken as a woman not being as capable as a man in certain departments. Who cares? 

Women are now in fields that were once male dominated only. Public office, doctors, lawyers, Congress, police chiefs, you name it. So words make no difference. 

Now I'll step off my soapbox. 

[chiclet]

This does not offend me at all.   There are many things that I do not have the physical strength to do that my husband can do easily.  It does not have to do with intelligence just physical strength.  Also I don't have the patience to do some things that he has the patience for.  I think about the intent behind words and hers is just to sell which is her job.

[Lipstickdiva]

The fact of the matter is, there are a lot of things my husband does that I simply can't do for one reason or another.  Sometimes I'm not tall enough (in the case of cleaning our chimney) and sometimes I'm not strong enough (in the case of chopping wood or changing a flat tire.) 

There are women who post on this board that they have never in their life pumped their own gas in their car.  Their husband always does it. 

I don't know what she was selling but for her to mention that a girl can do it really doesn't bother or offend me in the least.  I don't mind being called a girl either.

But then I'm not in the category of people who are easily offended.   

[winamac1]

I didn't see it, but I assume it's "much ado about nothing".

I can't change a flat tire--don't know how to.

I do pump my own gas.  I think there are very few full service stations any longer!

[Moonchilde]

You do understand that expressing yourself here, though of course you have the ability to do so (within standards) does not mean she will stop doing "it" or that QVC will get rid of her because you don't like her presentations? 

Just hope you're aware of that. If you thought QVC corporate would take notice and hop right to firing her or reprimanding her or saying anything to her at all about it - what a disappointment for you. 

[minkbunny]

I was born a girl, plan to die a girl.

As far as the tool in question, I didn't see it as I don't watch the Q and dont' care enough to research it.  I do think we "girls" are very resilient when need be - I was operating a horse farm by myself when I met my husband, taking care of the house, barn, fences, lawn and garden care, horses and other assorted animals.  What I couldn't do physically, I paid someone else to do - like farrier work or well drilling.

Luckily, I married a cowboy so I am no longer solely handling the chores.

Could I do it again, sure.   Most people rise to the occasion, as they say.

But am I offended by what the show host said?  Uh, no. She is paid to speak that way.