Sunday, June 28, 2009

Two Ways A Woman Can Get Hurt

I don't understand what this world is coming to. Why is it ok for companies, like Calvin Klein, to have advertisements with children in their underwear jumping around? Than, there is the ads where little girls are dressed to look like a seductive woman. One thing that Kilbourne did not bring up in her essay, "Two Ways A Woman Can Get Hurt," is the parents of these children in these ads. We, as the American society, should not be allowing companies to advertise in a way that degrades men, women, and especially children. Our society has a certain level of responsibility, however the sole responsibility lies with indidivual families and parents. I cannot imagine watching my child being photographed in such away that is obviousily suppose to give a seductive feel. Why are these kids parents allowing them to be a part of these ads?
Why is it that Calvin Klein produces an ad that exploits and the sales go through the roof? Shouldn't it be the other way around? When a company produces an ad that has a gun pointing to a symbol of a woman with the b***** on it, shouldn't we all boycott that company so heavily that it may cause it to go bankrupt? I agree with Kilbourne that some of these ads exploits women and children, but the bottom line is that the fault mostly falls to the American society. These huge companies spend millions of dollars to sale us their product, and if we were to never put up with ads like these there would be no way that these type of ads would ever be used. It is because America accepts it and allows them to advertise it that way that these even exist.

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