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    that sexuality factors in advertising will misrepresent the company’s and the products image. This essay will attempt to illustrate that advertising should use masculinity and femininity in advertising as objects of attraction to sell products. Firstly, one of the reason for allowing masculinity and femininity in advertising is because it has been a trend in advertising industries for the past decades. The consumer has seen this as a stereotype in advertising…

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    photographs and phrases, but instead they try to provoke a memorable message to its audience. The animal rights organization, People for Ethical Treatment of Animals, commonly known as PETA never fails to demonstrate unusual techniques in their advertising campaigns. Trying to promote the alternative vegan lifestyle, PETA often derails from their animal rights advocacy and uses violent sexists ad’s in their campaigns. In their late 2000’s “go veg” campaign, an advertisement…

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    Ads on Perfection. Ads have been around for many years. Only recently have people noticed the effect that ads have on women and men. Besides their original intention to spread awareness of a product or celebrity, ads also have a hidden message. This hidden message is what has been secretly effecting the people of America, making them develop this self-hate, lower their self-esteem, and even develop phycological disorders. Because of this, ads need to change the images and message they are…

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    sells the basic eurocentric sex appeal to women if you buy this perfume. The advertisers use various visual techniques to suggest that it’s okay to bide into your deepest desire and note feel guilty about doing it. This appeal targets women who want a more entertaining sex life. Based where I found this ad, this magazine is often read by 25 years old and above which makes the ad semi-effective. Based on Jack Solomon’s Master of Desire we see how American Advertising uses ample ways to persuade…

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    Sex Advertisement Analysis

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    Sexuality has been exploited by the advertisers for many years – particularly in merchandising. The trend to use the sex appeal to sell the products first started in 1900s and has kept on increasing. An advertisement may be defined as a message whose main aim is to persuade the potential customers to purchase the products of a particular company. The advertisement can be either printed in the newspapers and magazines, broadcasted through the radio and television or using other means to reach its…

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    Objectifying Women in Advertising: By Sarah and Cassiopeia Objectification. American Apparel has created serval advertisements that fall under the category of dehumanizing and objectifying. We have found a series of ads that prove this so. By comparing the male and female models you can clearly see an ongoing theme of degrading women specifically. There are many problems with this product’s models. One being it’s exactly the same shirt just being depicted differently due to the gender of the…

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    when they desire to be noticed or looked at. Fowles described this as similar to sex appeal, but since this advertisement shows both individuals gaining happiness and comfort from the attention that they are getting, and shows people pushing sexual tendacies or behaviors onto other through the means of dancing. This advertisement both shows the need for attention and the need for sex. In the advertisement the need for sex is merely used to gain the attention of young males. The dancing shown in…

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    appeals will they use to catch your attention? Jib Fowles “Advertising’s Fifteen Basic Appels” breaks down the fifteen basic appeals that you will find in ads today. You will find at least one of these appeals in every single ad that you see.In “Advertising ‘s Fifteen Basic Appeals” Fowles talks about how advertisers use emotional appeals in order to get us to remember their products they advertise that they are trying to sell us. An average of five hundred ads are seen a day by the average…

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    Sexism In America

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    only makes sense, then, that advertising is one of the most powerful mediums we encounter. With great power comes great responsibility, though; some sources estimate that the average adult American sees roughly 5,000 ads each day (Johnson). Because every advertisement is trying to persuade us though, through analysis we can gain a unique look at what corporate America believes is most important and appealing to its demographic. A lot of these analyses are disheartening…

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    Women Body Image Analysis

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    Advertising and media roles often play an important role in everyday life, and messages often relay to young women about beauty are often harmful and misinterpreted.The female image and what women should or could look like in marketing and advertising in particular is a trending controversial topic. Advertising can be portrayed through positive ways but often times they are negative. In one scholarly article written by (British Journal), reads “ the mass media is described as the loudest and…

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