Nudity

created in response to the lack of interest by viewers to watch commercials during TV programs or movies. 3.5.3 Sex in Advertising Sex in advertising has been a very controversial strategy through the years. Imagery for this type of strategy includes nudity, pin-up models and muscular men. Messages can be spread in an explicit or underlying way. This type of advertising is mostly used in the fragrances, clothing, alcohol and beauty products industries. Acceptance of this type of advertising…

one thousand years apart, human representations are mediums used by Delacroix and Trajan. Similarly, Liberty and Trajan are depicted nude despite the facts that the nude image of Liberty was intended to showcase rebellion and freedom while Trajan's nudity depicted his power atop his people and his…

look at them has changed. Firstly, John Bell’s statue The Octoroon (1868) presents a nude female slave, bound with rope. ‘Octoroon’ was a word used to classify an individual’s blackness, and how they would be classed in society by law. The woman’s nudity firstly shows the sexualisation of the subject, as a commodity it is not deemed unacceptable for her to appear this way. As she is nude and bound, it shows that she is on display, most likely for sale. As a piece of art, event now, the subject…

Censorship in films can be best described as the maxim “see no evil, speak no evil and hear no evil”. Especially in Malaysia, the censorship in films are very strict when it comes to sexual content. With this being said, citizens of Malaysia have very minimal, almost close to none, in terms of exposure to sexual content in films. The Film Censorship Board of Malaysia, as known as ‘Lembaga Penapis Filem’ or ‘LPF’ for short, is under the control of the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Board was…

dignity, equality between women and men, non-discrimination and physical and mental integrity.” “GBV in conflict and post-conflict areas can take many forms including rape, slavery, forced impregnation/miscarriages, kidnapping/trafficking, forced nudity, and disease transmission, with rape and sexual abuse being among the most common.” When there is conflict in a particular place, there is violence that the people experience, particularly women and children. Below is a discussion of the…

There is an ongoing debate on whether the government should regulate pornography because it is harmful or offensive to women and society. Offense and harm seemingly go hand in hand but are two different concepts. Being offended means being in a disliked mental state such as annoyance, disgust, or shame, but without being harmed (Feinberg, 1988, p. 278). Being offended is less serious than being harmed; thus, John Stuart Mill’s harm principle, which states the government can only interfere with…

Not all people connect with the art or even see it in an appreciative way. Some art is religiously offensive, racially offensive, has too much nudity, or just makes a person uncomfortable. Censoring the art intrudes on the rights of the artist and the freedom of expression. Things in an art piece that offend someone could speak to another person and inspire them. Most art that gets challenged is…

In the United States, most individuals are exposed to three thousand advertisements a day. Think about advertisements people have seen recently. Remember seeing a woman strut down the street, smiling flirtatiously at a man who uses a particular product? Or maybe seeing a woman look lustfully at a man as he drinks his beer? The ad could be an Axe body spray commercial or for the most interesting man in the world (Dos Equis). Most commercials often use sex to sell their products. Sex does sell…

During the 1950s and 60’s American was in the great society and in a thriving economic time. The Unites states economy was powerful and the tax revenue was so abundant and employment was very high because the federal government had money due to WWII and United States being the country that was not destroyed. Although in the 1950s and 60’s it was a great time for economy and a period of consense where most people agreedon on the American values like indivgualizm, repect of property and equal…

El Crimen Perfecto is a comedic crime thriller that highlights mans willingness to be at the top, and what he has to go through. The introduction of the movies sets a preconceived idea about main character, Rafael. One man is analyzed by a group of other salespeople, and his ability to sell a specific suit. He is ridiculed and critiqued for his mistakes by the man in charge and, scored a zero out of one hundred which prompts the question, “has anyone every received a perfect score.” Reminiscing…