Killing Us Softly 4: Advertising's Image of Women

[Heidi]

Run time: 04:57 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTlmho_RovY   Posted on YouTube: March 12, 2010 By YouTube Member: ChallengingMedia Views on YouTube: 281905   Posted on DU: January 03, 2011 By DU Member: Heidi Views on DU: 608

 
Worth watching. In advertising, women are just "things, and parts of things..."

[crim son]

1. Interesting, the (undoubtedly true) assertion that

the rate of eating disorders continues to rise at the same time as does the rate of obesity in this country and in the industrialized world. Also interesting: the connection between objectifying women and violence against women.

[Heidi]

2. I think a lot of people would prefer not to think about these facts.

They don't want their candy taken away, perhaps. :shrug:

[seabeyond]

3. +1. nt

[crim son]

4. Indeed.

I also believe that women have some power over their own actions and if we didn't all fall in line by perching ourselves on precarious heels, disguise ourselves with layers of makeup and other nonsense, and deride other women who don't pull it off as well, we'd be taking a step in the right direction. There is a cost of course, but it would be lower if more of us refused to play the game.

[Duncan Grant]

5. KnR

Happy to rec this! :kick:

[Pool Hall Ace]

6. That model weighed 88 lbs?

And she was still working at the time of her death, so I'm assuming she was not in treatment. :cry: