Blog 6

I feel that this is a very controversial image because it portrays women as sexual creatures who are willing to let a man take control of them. In this picture the man is holding the woman up against a door and pressing her into it. I feel that this portrays the woman as a weak and fragile being who will let men take advantage of her for sexual pleasure. I also feel that the man is trying to "turn her on" by blowing into her ear so that she will want to have a sexual relationship with him.The name of the perfume also makes me a little angry because the name "unforgivable woman" has a negative connotation. Unforgivable means too bad/cruel to be excused and this ad makes is seems as if the woman is the one who is unforgivable.

I could not believe my eyes when I found this advertisement! Like the other advertisement, it shows women as sexual beings who only care about pleasing men. This picture is an ad for suits saying "A custom-tailored suit is a natural aphrodisiac". I feel that this is extremely offensive because an aphrodisiac is a substance that is used to increase sexual desire. So, the advertisement company is saying that a suit can make a woman more attracted in a sexual way to a man. I think that when men see this ad they are going to think that they need a custon-tailored suit because "women will want them." This ad definitely makes me mad because it is making women look like horny tramps. The woman in the ad is only wearing a bathrobe over lingerie and it is practically falling off of her. She is also teasing the man by yanking his tie and acting like she is about to kiss him. I am unhappy with the way woman are portrayed in both of these ads.

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I definitely agree with what Wolfe said about the way women show themselves off and how it has changed in society today. In the past, I feel that women dressed a lot differently than women dress nowadays. When you turn on the tv, you can turn to practically any channel and find that women are wearing clothes that show off their breasts and butt. On my favorite show, 90210, the two main girls are so skinny that their clothes are practically hanging off of them. They are sickly skinny, but our society thinks that skinny is beautiful. When flipping through magazines almost every ad is full of girls who are skinny, tall, and tan. They also usually have long, flowing hair that is ususally blonde or brunette. I think that this makes girls so self-conscious and feel far from perfect. I also hate how this is the stereotype that men think they need in a woman. If she doesn't fit they skinny, beautiful hair, tan stereotype they won't even give her the time of day. One time last year I was at a party and I started talking to this really cute guy. We hit it off and started hanging out and even dating. A few months later he told me that he wouldn't of walked up and started talking to me if I would of had "a beer belly." I was kind of hurt by this comment because it meant that he was only interested because of my looks. It taught me a lot, however, because men are greatly affected by the stereotypes of feminine beauty that are put in their heads. I really think that we need to change this stereotype of women.