Wednesday 18 June 2014

Big Car - Little Penis & Fuck 4x4

I came across "didi jipi - patara chuchu" (Big Car, Little Penis) campaign the other day on Facebook... It's a campaign against 4x4 cars by young Georgian environmental activists. It was so exciting to see someone in Georgia cares but their campaign slogan confused me a little - What does penis size have to do with this? The very first thought I had was that perhaps CO2 car emission affects the size?! But no, that's not the case. I wish it was though. There would be ZERO 4x4 in Georgia cause they think it's all about the size... Anyway, that's a different topic... 

So we started a discussion in our secret Facebook group, whether we all agree that the campaign message doesn't completely make sense and Eka Chitanava - the jiniuz - put it really well: "The campaign reinforces masculine stereotypes about men instead of subverting them. The message stipulates that men riding big  cars have small-size penises – ok, I got the gist of the message that it targets some individuals who flag their possessions as symbols of power and dominance, and mentioning their “pride” in a negative context should discredit them. 

However, let’s follow the logic – stemming from the message, it turns out that men with small penises are somehow inferior to the rest, the focus is still on masculine features of the image  “what a real man stands for”. And don’t blame me for a literal interpretation of the text. In fact, “the size” should have nothing to do with this discussion at all!"

Another question I have is:  What about women drivers? Why don't they get "punished"?! There are as many women 4x4 drivers who's awareness needs to be raised as men. So why don't you masculinize (I know this word doesn't exist) women to make them feel awkward and say:  "Big cars, no boobs!" or "Big cars - balls!" Oh, they will not like it, trust me... 

And most importantly, guys, instead of spending so much time taking pictures of your fingers showing how small a small penis is,  why don't you ACT?!

Wouldn't it be better to, say, you paint 4x4 cars' windscreens?! Imagine, tomorrow morning Priest Mama Iobi wakes up, leaves his house holding a taburetka on his way to work (church) and his massive, multi-thousand dollar black SUV has your logo (little penis sign?) painted on the windscreen... Don't you think it's much more satisfying and fun than your selfies?! I think it is!  

Last week group of young activists - The Future - had a ton of fun in Canary Wharf (London's financial area) car exhibition. They protested against 4x4's by wearing t-shirts that read: "Fuck 4x4". Security was quite unhappy and asked them to leave. Girls left to another location.. Eventually activists were guided to the Underground by security guys to make sure, they would leave..












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