The Ethics Of Selling Stereotypes

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Have you ever seen a commercial and you see a pretty girl and how she looks so perfect. Well she doesn’t really look like that people edit the video and how the female looks in it. People think a lot of pictures they see are real. If some one see’s a photo on a bill board and catches their attention it makes the want to get what ever it is they see. An example, when you see a poster of Lebron James with his latest shoes on dunking your going to want to get them because it looks cool. A lot of those pictures are edited to look good so it gets peoples attention. Photos make people think they can do the same thing if they get the shoes or what ever else. I think that some photo editing is going a little to far. Like making peoples eyes look different. That’s to much I think putting on make up is enough. People shouldn’t allow people to edit your face in a photo. If people see you in real life they might notice you don’t look the same as you did on the photo. If you edit a photo its basically changing your identity. Me personally I wouldn’t want my identity to be changed. If I were to have a photo put on a bill board of me I would want it to look the same as when I took it. What if the person that edits it for you makes you look bad and puts it all over the internet. …show more content…
An other example is Kim Kardaishian. they make her look more attractive than she already is so that girls and guys see it. They make things look good in photos so that they get attention and make more money. I think its cool and all but when you see the real thing some times it’s a disappointment. I see it and I’m like what the heck it looks nothing like the photo. That’s what the manipulation part gets

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