Saturday, June 27, 2009
two ways to hurt a woman post
Jean kilbourne's two ways to hurt a woman is an extreme look into how the media so strongly affects our subconcious through the subliminal imaging of women being sexualized,abused,and characterized as sex objects.some may say that kilbourne wildly takes the subject matter out of portion but I have to agree with due to the fact that this issue is so blatantly overlooked and bipassed in our male dominant culture.I believe that those who deny that our society has evolved to disrespect and chastize women due to advertisement are simply blind.our culture refuses to admit how strongly we are influenced by what we see everyday because we know we are obsessed with entertainment, and what sells almost every imaginal product on the market?sex does! That's why car companies, fashion industries,and even food products sell themselves because human beings are obsessed with sex! What's sad as kilbourne points out, is that our generations and those to come do not perceive sex as it should be. Instead of an intimate connection between two, we are teaching our children that its ok to sleep around, mistreat our partners even abuse them.the problem lies with the marketing companies-what new shocking tactic will be used to sell their product?
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It's sad, but I also agree that sex sells. That's why these companies don't care who they hurt--it's all about the bottom line. The section about Calvin Klein really upset me. I have known his ads were always sleazy, but his deliberate attempts to victimize children for profit was shocking. I guess I must have missed those ads. I can tell you, though, that i will not be supporting his business.
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