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1	''Target Women'' was hosted by Creator/SarahHaskins as a recurring segment on Current's ''infoMania'', a satirical news program that was available on Current's website and on Current TV.
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3	In ''Target Women'', Sarah looks at commercials featuring women and products for women, and discusses the stereotypes of women that they present using a lighthearted, snarky and humorous style.
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6	!!''Target Women'' provides and discusses examples of:
7	%%* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Discussed in ''Vampires''.
8	%%* AllWomenArePrudes: Discussed in ''Birth Control'' and ''Your Garden''.
9	%%* BodyHorror: The "lump" discussion in "Botox."
10	* BreadEggsMilkSquick: Regarding the euphemisms used in ads for genital hygiene products, Sarah provides some questionable alternatives.
11	-->'''Sarah:''' The next time words fail you in trying to describe your genitalia, just turn to the world of nature: my chia pet, my fern, my gentle alpaca, my sarlacc pit from ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''.
12	* BumblingDad: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wW-FqEaU5Qg Discussed and deconstructed]] in "Doofy Husbands", which is about the portrayal of husbands in commercials as TooIncompetentToOperateABlanket. She even notes that the husband was cooler before "he married you and now he's slightly dumber than a dog".
13	%%* ChickFlick: Discussed
14	%%* CloserToEarth: Discussed in ''Doofy Husbands''.
15	%%* DeadpanSnarker: Sarah Haskins
16	%%* DamselInDistress: Discussed in ''Story Time'' and ''Broadview Security''.
17	%%-->"You may call these commercials, but I like to call them 'rape fables'."
18	%%* DoubleStandard: The focus of the show is double standards in media.
19	%%* HereComesTheScience
20	* HollywoodPudgy: Invoked; the "Wedding Shows" episode features an example from a [=WeTV=] show called ''Bulging Brides'' where a woman who is already gorgeous and HollywoodThin is described as "looking like a chubster in that wedding dress". She is shown a photo-manipulated "[[BadFuture future vision]]" projecting her future weight, complete with dramatic music and nearly making her cry-- and, as Sarah points out:
21	-->'''Sarah:''' ''Wait.'' That's what ''I'' look like ''now''. ''[stares at the image and munches potato chips]'' Thanks, We. Without your wedding shows, I would still look like this and be single, which I am.
22	* InfoDump: The woman in the Yaz commercials [[SideEffectsInclude who "casually" rattles off information and health warnings about the product to her friends in a nightclub]], who is mocked in "Birth Control" and returns in "Ladyfriends."
23	%%* LifetimeMovieOfTheWeek: Also discussed
24	* MaleGaze: Discussed in the "Carl's Junior" and "How to Get Hot Chicks".
25	-->'''Sarah:''' The recent Carl's Jr. ad campaign could easily be called "Douchebaggery 101: Embracing your inner douche". It's a follow-up to "AP Objectification".
26	%%* MenBuyFromMarsWomenBuyFromVenus: The focus of the show.
27	* NobodyPoops: "Number Two" is about companies' attempts to market laxatives and stool softeners to women without admitting that they poop. "You're Old" also discusses incontinence.
28	-->'''Sarah:''' Let's jump on the euphemism train to Shittown! First stop, Fiberville!
29	%%* NoPeriodsPeriod: [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext "Yes, milk will also bring sunshine to a land devastated by your period tears."]]
30	%%* RobotGirl: The "clone woman" in "Skin Care."
31	%%-->"But can a robot lady learn... to love?"
32	%%* SeriousBusiness: Hair.
33	* SophisticatedAsHell: The "Women are Pretty" compilation has quotations on ladylike behavior between segments from people like etiquette expert Emily Post and poet Creator/LordByron, plus this:
34	-->If you a fly gal,\
35	Get your nails done,\
36	Get a pedicure,\
37	Get your hair did.
38	--->-- Music/MissyElliott
39	%%* StayInTheKitchen: "Feeding Your Fucking Family" and "Cleaning."
40	%%* ValleyGirl: The persona she puts on in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XNsAsXPjPw "Back to School"]], who happens to be a TotallyRadical RuleAbidingRebel type.

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