tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223027726680052006.post430575658547068599..comments2023-07-15T00:49:06.852-07:00Comments on asexy beast: We See 3,000 Ads a DayIlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12795337226989102549noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223027726680052006.post-72698526889537445562008-05-11T13:10:00.000-07:002008-05-11T13:10:00.000-07:00That's funny, one of my favorite college classes w...That's funny, one of my favorite college classes was called "Gender, Body, and Religion"... go figure :-)Ilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12795337226989102549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223027726680052006.post-79675827656089464932008-05-11T13:08:00.000-07:002008-05-11T13:08:00.000-07:00Oof. One of the best classes I ever took in colleg...Oof. One of the best classes I ever took in college was Gender Paradigms, an interesting medley of exploring gender stereotypes and perceptions of sexuality and such. As a fairly androgynous sort of female, I was disturbed at some of the assumptions projected on me... leg shaving among other things. It's quite distressing to be female in this society, though it's remarkably empowering to not feel the need to conform to certain standards to "get a guy" (cause I don't want one!) ...go figure.<BR/><BR/>Thanks so much for the post, time to re-read it and muse a bit more.heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06376018353561979984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223027726680052006.post-2276722628782872862008-05-05T11:34:00.000-07:002008-05-05T11:34:00.000-07:00"...red doesn't have to mean stop."They're quite r..."...red doesn't have to mean stop."<BR/><BR/>They're quite right. Sometimes, as in this case, it means "Keep moving. There is nothing for you here."<BR/><BR/>-Sarah T.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223027726680052006.post-33275680459602758252008-04-30T14:18:00.000-07:002008-04-30T14:18:00.000-07:00I got a spam e-mail just today titled "Women measu...I got a spam e-mail just today titled "Women measure love in inches." After I stopped laughing, I really thought about it and said "Jeez! That's terrible!" Unfortunately there are men who believe it, just as there are women who believe they'll only get love, acceptance, etc. if they fit into a certain measure: weight or bra size, what have you. Now I'm just left wondering whether I want the things I want because I actually like them, or because I've been told by ads and the media in general that I should like them.Yvonnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02247879620580190307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223027726680052006.post-61470229366191028012008-04-28T23:08:00.000-07:002008-04-28T23:08:00.000-07:00Advertisers have discovered that making people fee...Advertisers have discovered that making people feel inadequate is profitable. There are many ways to do this. One way is to make people feel fat so they buy into the billion dollar diet industry. The thing that really gets me about that is the way the medical community really bought into. The height/weight charts you'll see in doctors' offices are known to be completely off target. Insurance companies had them adjusted in the 1950s so that they could charge higher premiums for people who were "overweight."<BR/><BR/>Another place that seems to be a soft target is to make people feel inadequate sexually. Anyone who has an email address knows just how many products there are out there promising penis enlargement or breast enlargement. None of these ads ever claim that having larger breasts will make you a better person, or a happier person, but that seems to be the implication.Superquailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02758204872900554967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223027726680052006.post-13572588770633650462008-04-28T18:50:00.000-07:002008-04-28T18:50:00.000-07:00Even just the phrasing (Miranda rights, which I'm ...Even just the phrasing (Miranda rights, which I'm sure we all recognize) means that women need to be passive, quiet, and well-mannered to be desirable - which I think was one of Kilbourne's points about that particular ad.<BR/><BR/>Like cupati said, if you do not follow the advert, in any sense, then there is something wrong with you: which apparently means that if you are not<BR/>a) quiet<BR/>b) passive<BR/>c) "sexy"<BR/>d) sexual<BR/>then there is something horribly wrong with you.<BR/><BR/>So if you<BR/>a) don't want to be sexy or<BR/>b) don't want to shut up and be a victim of any sort<BR/>then you're out of place in the producer's society. Brr. Not a society I'd want to be in anyways, thanks.<BR/><BR/>The ad you put up was...*shiver* I mean, sure, it works I suppose, especially since red is supposed to be a "sexy" underwear color, but what's next? One of those bondage-style ads for silk panties with "Sometimes "no" doesn't always mean stop"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223027726680052006.post-89834134242393488122008-04-28T15:03:00.000-07:002008-04-28T15:03:00.000-07:00Right with you Cupati, it's freaky...Right with you Cupati, it's freaky...Ilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12795337226989102549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223027726680052006.post-7285263893148170362008-04-28T03:43:00.000-07:002008-04-28T03:43:00.000-07:00You have the right to remain sexy.=> You are sexy,...You have the right to remain sexy.<BR/><BR/>=> You are sexy, but will not be if you do something wrong.<BR/><BR/>=> You would be doing something wrong if you did not follow this advert.<BR/><BR/>=> If you have freedom of thought enough to not follow this advert, or simply do not care about being sexy, you will be doing something wrong, there is something wrong with you.<BR/><BR/>I do not like this chain of logic. It scares me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com