In this ad, women are represented as being annoying on airplanes. This ad is for Sony Noise Canceling Headphones, and it shows the man wearing the headphones to block out the sound coming from the women, whose heads are megaphones. It is portraying women as being loud, obnoxious and annoying. I found a website that had several hundreds of advertisements categorized into females in ads, men in ads, together in ads, objectification and several other categories. It was very interesting to see women portrayed as animals, stupid, naggers, violent, etc. I thought the ad I chose tied in several categories such as women being naggers, stupid, not worth listening to, etc. I can't imagine that women are the ones behind the scenes creating such ads, I know I would never come up with an idea to make women look dumb. I am still confused on the strategy behind several of these ads, I know seeing this ad definitely does not make me want to buy these noise cancelling head phones. I don't need to block out any women in my life.
As for the readings, The Beauty Myth was very intersting to read. After talking about it in class and reading the article there are many things that once again I had never really thought about. Women are struggling with their looks the most these days, but women are allowing society to control their views. Instead of being comftorable in our bodies, people are getting cosmetic surgery and weight-loss surgery, because they want to be a part of society's "norm." If women want to change how society looks at us, then we need to stop conforming to what they want us to look like.
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