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November 20, 2005
Advertisements
Advertisements are so influential today and can convey so many different meanings. When we were watching the video in Ellen's class about advertisements and how women are either overexposed or degraded, more than men. I thought that this was a very interesting topic, because I had never really put much thought into how that could happen. When I look at magazines or billboards that have women on them to sell beer or clothing, most of the time I don't even really think twice about what the advertisement is really saying about women.
What was really disturbing that I learned from the video was that women are most often defined as objects in advertisements. They usually have their hands or something over their mouths, which that women do not have anything important to say and that they are just supposed to be looked at and admired. This is typically seen in models who are known for their bodies. There are even some images that just display women's body, which shows that women can be used for pleasure and that who they reallly are is not important. I was very shocked when I realized that most of this is true and I never saw how advertisment used women to their advantage to simply sell a product. I thought that this showed how material and superficial our society has become. The quality of the person selling a product in an advertisement is not even taken into account, so long as people continue to buy that product.
I think that this video has opened me up to things that I did not realize at first about advertisements. Now I think that I will be more aware of these images.
--Yasmin
Posted by lcisperez at November 20, 2005 05:19 PM
Comments
Yasmin---
I definetely have to agree with everything you said. I am still trying to process all of the video because it was so revealing and interesting! I especially liked your comment about how advertisements do not look at a women's personality, they just look at their body. It's funny because on Friday night I bought People's Sexiest Man Alive issue and I while reading it I am seeing everything that the video talked about!! --Brenna
Posted by: Brenna at November 21, 2005 08:33 AM