Sports Illustrated Argumentative Essay

This last February’s Sports Illustrated swimsuit catalog has received a lot of heat for the risque image on the cover of the issue. The beautiful 24-year old, Hannah Davis, was given the rare the opportunity to be this year’s SI cover girl, and has unfortunately gotten a bad wrap for the image that she has produced. She looks stunning and incredibly fit in the photo, but many viewers are unhappy with the sight of “dangerously low-slung bikini bottoms” (Business Insider). Hannah is a model, therefore she is told how to pose, so it is not her fault for the provocative way in which she is sporting the bikini. While Sports Illustrated is trying to bite the bullet for her, and contracts are protecting her rights, it still must be tough receiving such an incredible opportunity and having it get torn to shreds by the public. The utilization of ad hominem is apparent in this scenario, and the authors of the articles cited below have employed this fallacy in order to …show more content…
In order to unveil the answer to this question, it’s important to define what exactly “too far” means. It’s fair to say that Sports Illustrated does “go far,” which is a large part of the success of their company, but if it is going to be argued that the photo does goes “too far,” then there needs to be a valid argument for the negative impact that it has on readers, or those just passing a newsstand. With this being said, I think it’s difficult to argue that the cover goes “too far.” I fully understand why the public is condemning the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition as being yet another example of a liberal society corrupting the minds of this generation's young males. Although I do not foresee how this racy action shot would lead to any extreme negative behavior in today’s society. That being said, I would have to argue that Sports Illustrated did not go “too far” with the graphic