Sexism, Virgin Mobile Style

Audiences love stories of bridezillas, black widows, man-obsessed stalkers and other unhinged women. In Virgin Mobile latest commercial, we get to see an attractive young woman threatening to come undone over “Brad,” a man whom she has just gone out on a date.

The woman hides in a tree outside of Brad’s window and says:

Brad and I just had the best first date . I think he’s the one! And now with my android powered phone … I can email the pics I took to my mom … I can go through his Flickr stream to make sure I’m hotter than his exes, follow his Twitter feed to see if he’s mentioned me yet. I can even watch his four-square check-ins for patterns … That’s crazy right?!

The second commercial is much like the first, except this time she’s hiding in Brad’s closet:

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