{"id":390322,"date":"2022-12-13T07:55:35","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T02:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=390322"},"modified":"2022-12-13T11:03:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T06:03:00","slug":"vim-challenges-manly-stereotypes-with-the-first-ever-dishwashing-liquid-for-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/vim-challenges-manly-stereotypes-with-the-first-ever-dishwashing-liquid-for-men\/","title":{"rendered":"Vim Challenges &#8216;Manly&#8217; Stereotypes with the &#8216;First-Ever&#8217; Dishwashing Liquid for Men"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Household cleaning brand, Vim&#8217;s new dishwashing liquid made exclusively for men left people scratching their heads. The advertisement campaign for Vim Black for men featured the famous dishwashing liquid in a new, black bottle that sparked outrage for being &#8216;sexist&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>However, Vim India revealed that it was all a joke.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-390349 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vim-black-3-1.jpg\" alt=\"vim black for men\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vim-black-3-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vim-black-3-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vim-black-3-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<div class=\"p-alsoread\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"heading\">ALSO READ<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div><a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/veteran-actor-firdous-jamal-diagnosed-with-cancer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Veteran Actor Firdous Jamal Diagnosed with Cancer<\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\n<p>It posted a commercial on Instagram starring Indian actor and model Milind Soman on Friday. In the ad, a man in a gym is seen bragging about how he &#8220;helped&#8221; his mother do the dishes at home. Milind Soman then shows up, wearing nothing but a black apron and hands him the new Vim Black with the catchphrase, &#8220;Vim Black for men, easy to clean, more to brag&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n<div data-mode=\"normal\" data-provider=\"html5\" id=\"arve-html5-\" style=\"max-width:1920px;\" class=\"arve\">\n\t<div class=\"arve-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"arve-embed\">\n\t\t\t<video class=\"arve-video fitvidsignore\" controls controlslist=\"\" data-arve=\"arve-html5-\" onloadstart=\"this.volume=1\" preload=\"metadata\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vim-black-for-men.mp4#t=0.1\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n<\/div>\n<p>The commercial went viral all over social media, sparking all kinds of reactions online.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Is this a joke? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3Kb6rqJPAB\">pic.twitter.com\/3Kb6rqJPAB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Apoorva Mandhani (@MandhaniApoorva) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MandhaniApoorva\/status\/1601290253989339137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 9, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just when you thought you had seen every marketing gimmick &#8211; this happens<\/p>\n<p>Vim, are you okay? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rTpRXNnqva\">pic.twitter.com\/rTpRXNnqva<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Saranya Gopinath (@Saranyagop) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Saranyagop\/status\/1601429499668992001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 10, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/deval_m\/status\/1601610393343827968?s=20&#038;t=o5s2X2RSgHrmCk2yN10OGQ<\/p>\n<p>Some netizens were outraged by the commercial and slammed Vim for &#8216;sexist marketing&#8217;. Even Milind Soman came under fire for his involvement in it.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_390353\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-390353\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-390353 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/milind-soman.jpg\" alt=\"vim\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/milind-soman.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/milind-soman-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/milind-soman-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/milind-soman-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/milind-soman-364x205.jpg 364w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/milind-soman-758x426.jpg 758w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-390353\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Milind Soman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<div class=\"p-alsoread\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"heading\">ALSO READ<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div><a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/sukoon-director-reacts-to-backlash-about-lesbian-theme-in-trending-music-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Sukoon&#8217; Director Reacts to Backlash About Lesbian Theme in Trending Music Video<\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ViM liquid black &#8211; do you feel men are ashamed to use yellow or green dish washing liquid ? Seriously feel bad for the team who approved this and thought this would work <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RF85vKZA0x\">pic.twitter.com\/RF85vKZA0x<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kevin (@iamkevins) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iamkevins\/status\/1601507300032008192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 10, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When your target audience is pseudo-feminist but actually misogynistic young men\ud83d\ude10 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VimBlack?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#VimBlack<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GRJSzAEidf\">pic.twitter.com\/GRJSzAEidf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kritika Kukreja (@KriKuksItUp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KriKuksItUp\/status\/1601571072486576128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 10, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Why is there a VIM black for men? <br \/>What the fuck is this gender discrimination in doing dishes.<br \/>And why aren&#39;t people protesting this stereotyping in house hould chors.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kaapi Cutting (@tweeju) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tweeju\/status\/1602133748166057984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 12, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>&#8216;It Was a Joke&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p>Following the public backlash, Vim India came forward on Sunday to clarify that the campaign had been a joke. The caption read,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We aren\u2019t serious about the black pack, but we are super serious about men owning chores at home!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-390342 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vim-black-joke.jpg\" alt=\"vim black men\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vim-black-joke.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vim-black-joke-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vim-black-joke-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vim-black-joke-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vim-black-joke-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vim-black-joke-758x758.jpg 758w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In a follow-up post, Vim India explained its motive behind the viral marketing stunt with an open letter to all men.<\/p>\n<p>The note said, &#8220;<em>Bartan dhona sabke liye ek jaisa, toh liquid bhi ek hoga na<\/em> (washing dishes is the same for everyone, so the liquid too will be the same)&#8221;.<\/p>\n\t\t<div class=\"p-alsoread\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"heading\">ALSO READ<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div><a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/hania-aamir-pulls-a-danyal-zafar-with-her-new-look-images\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hania Aamir Pulls a &#8216;Danyal Zafar&#8217; with Her New Look [Images]<\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-390337\" src=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vim-black-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vim-black-2.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vim-black-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vim-black-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vim-black-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vim-black-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vim-black-2-758x758.jpg 758w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The new black bottle seems like a dig at other popular brands that often promote products for men in manly, dark colors, while women&#8217;s products are often sold in lighter and brighter shades of packaging.<\/p>\n<p>Popular comedy show\u00a0<strong><em>Saturday Night Live\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>did a similarly hilarious skit on this marketing static with <em><strong>Game of Thrones<\/strong><\/em> star, Jason Mamoa.<\/p>\n\n<div data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-youtube-vzrzjjcq6rs\" style=\"max-width:560px;\" class=\"arve\">\n\t<div class=\"arve-inner\">\n\t\t<div style=\"aspect-ratio:560\/315\" class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"arve-ar\" style=\"padding-top:56.250000%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<iframe allow=\"accelerometer &#039;none&#039;;autoplay &#039;none&#039;;bluetooth &#039;none&#039;;browsing-topics &#039;none&#039;;camera &#039;none&#039;;clipboard-read &#039;none&#039;;clipboard-write;display-capture &#039;none&#039;;encrypted-media &#039;none&#039;;gamepad &#039;none&#039;;geolocation &#039;none&#039;;gyroscope &#039;none&#039;;hid &#039;none&#039;;identity-credentials-get &#039;none&#039;;idle-detection &#039;none&#039;;keyboard-map &#039;none&#039;;local-fonts;magnetometer &#039;none&#039;;microphone &#039;none&#039;;midi &#039;none&#039;;otp-credentials &#039;none&#039;;payment &#039;none&#039;;picture-in-picture;publickey-credentials-create &#039;none&#039;;publickey-credentials-get &#039;none&#039;;screen-wake-lock &#039;none&#039;;serial &#039;none&#039;;summarizer &#039;none&#039;;sync-xhr;usb &#039;none&#039;;web-share;window-management &#039;none&#039;;xr-spatial-tracking &#039;none&#039;;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" credentialless data-arve=\"arve-youtube-vzrzjjcq6rs\" data-lenis-prevent=\"\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/vZRzJJcq6Rs?feature=oembed&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" loading=\"lazy\" name=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/vZRzJJcq6Rs?feature=oembed&#038;iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autoplay=0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Household cleaning brand, Vim&#8217;s new dishwashing liquid made exclusively for men left people scratching their heads. The advertisement campaign for Vim Black for men featured the famous dishwashing liquid in a new, black bottle that sparked outrage for being &#8216;sexist&#8217;. However, Vim India revealed that it was all a joke. It posted a commercial on Instagram starring Indian actor and [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/vim-challenges-manly-stereotypes-with-the-first-ever-dishwashing-liquid-for-men\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":390362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2566,2199,1292,2567,2577,1291,2578],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-390322","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brand","8":"category-featured","9":"category-humor","10":"category-product","11":"category-social","12":"category-social-media","13":"category-street-buzz"},"wps_subtitle":"How to get men to help in the kitchen.","img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vim-black-for-men-364x205.jpg",364,205,true],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vim-black-for-men-758x426.jpg",758,426,true],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vim-black-for-men.jpg",1000,562,false]},"author_name":"Sher Alam","categories_name":["Brand","Featured","Humor","Product","social","Social Media","Street Buzz"],"title_text":"Vim Challenges \u2018Manly\u2019 Stereotypes with the \u2018First-Ever\u2019 Dishwashing Liquid for Men","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=2566,2199,1292,2567,2577,1291,2578&exclude=390322","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390322"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=390322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}