Sexuality in Media

the first link doesn't work for me.

As a teenager, I can say for myself that the second ad does nothing but remind me how little I enjoy the sight of models. I'm completely desensitized to the 'sexual' aspect of those ads... which isn't to say I'm sexually desensitized in general.

Angelina:

Not only are the ads disturbing, if you actually deconstruct one of them (in a media studies class, say) then the powerful cultural images that work on a sublime level are more powerful than people dare imagine - hence the prices they pay for these images and the models they use. Advertising is power.

I feel that same way you do Angelina....I am very jealous of how pretty models are, but I can't stand the way they are portrayed anymore...I mean I'm tired of seeing them wear things that basically cover NOTHING up..to me its getting quite annoying... I don't want to look at someone and see their goodies I mean dang.....I was shopping yesterday and I got so frusterated that I couldn't find a "Decent" looking skirt..I said to my mom "I am so sick of this...girls are wearing the jean shorts so short that when they bend over you can see their whole ass....I mean their are some girls like ME who want to stay somewhat covered up yet do enjoy looking nice"..so what did I walk out with..Not a skirt!

You know things are getting out of hand when they have naken ladies adverising Bread.

The times are a changing.

It isn't right. I'm not at all jelous of these models, but I am defently annoyed. Why show us some thing we won't see in some thing, or doing some thing we do see every day? Obvously to make it look better, but that cuts it close to false advertising... I ain't taking that model home with me, am I?

I agree with you, Angelina. It's like the world is portraying that you're only beautiful when you're "sexy". But sadly, what they don't realize is that there is more to life than sex, and they cheapen, what should be, such a pure a lovely thing by selling it in magazines.

Taylor:

Glad to know your studying the media. God, I loved that subject at college and you can get your teeth into it. There's bags loads of careers in it as well.

You'll be enjoying the Devinci Code et al with all the signifiers and signs, I guess?

I think it's more a case of media in sexualism, but that's liberalism for you.

What happened to the good old days where you had to pay a hobo to buy you a dirty mag or go to a seedy bar to see the female (or male) form in all its glory?

I hate that the media has degraded itself to using the human body as a promotional tool. it's wrong and makes me sick.

I completely despise exactly what these ads are set out to do. They don't even bother to try and sell us the greatness of their product, but rather they just use blatent sexual suggestion to make their products "appealing." Well, I don't know about anyone else, but seeing adds like these (I didn't see the first one, but the second one is just ridiculous) pisses me off and makes me want to buy their product even less. Creating an image like this not only completely desensitizes the world, but it also just heaps on more of this physical "standard" that the world must follow. It's all just a load of bullshit! (Pardon my language, but this topic REALLY irks me) Everything that the media shows us is BS...it's just one little part of our terrible western society.

omg...

ok this is how most people's minds work:

they see someone hot.. they get attracted. this is how people advertise ->

they put someone sexy on a picture that gets placed in an ad. the person then wants to buy the product because the model is "hot".

haha.. it's the truth.

anyway, i feel anyone who falls for that stuff can't help it, but it's demeaning to women everywhere.. so the next time u see a pic like that, try to ignore it. it's the media's way of brainwashing.

You dont even have to look at one to pick out one. You can find them easily here.. My friend wants to be one of those models and trys to be and its a more risk for her to be raped.. And she comes screaming to me that she was raped a year ago because she dressed sexually and let the guys touch her which made the boys want 'more'. What in the world is our world coming to?

~4ever

P.S - ALl your answers are correct of why in they keep using these females sexually.

Hey, obviously, the first post was deleted. Could someone please repost the links?

well i got tired of reading all the threads but i got the main idea that everyone was mentioning. i also agree with the medias effects and how so on.it's disgusting what messages are being sent to younger generations. on tv and movies and magizines it's more acceptable to show sex and wear less clothes. it's making teens think that it's more acceptable to have sex and wear the tight and small short and so on. i'm just rambling now but i believe i've made my statement.

~Jacklyn

What came first: Looking at suggestively posed women in society, or looking at suggestively posed women in magazines?

The winner gets a copy of Cosmo and a box of matches.