Sexualized Ads

The first example of sexualization in the media is a diesel jeans campaign which first started in Italy and their jeans spread all over the world, it was released in 2005. This advert won a silver award at Epica. This advertisement is an example of pain is pleasure because it shows a man tied to a pole and there are two topless women with whips, it suggests that they are whiping him and the smile on his face indicates that his is enjoying it, making it a good example of pain is pleasure.


http://www.adsora.com/clothing-footwear/diesel-jeans-campaign










The second example I chose is an example Women as sexual objects. This is an ad for Kit Kat at the beginning of the year, and the photo implies that she is enjoying the bar in a sexual way instead of a practical commercial who would have shown her eating the Kit Kat.





http://www.buzzfeed.com/llosgicoch/is-this-really-a-kit-kat-ad-3ksm

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We have previously watched a documentary in class, in my opinion it was quite effective but also quiet far fetched. One point that I thought was very far-fetched was when they said that playing princess as a young age actually primes them for sexualization later. Girls go from wanting to be the prettiest to wanting to be the sexiest. I don't believe this because playing princess at a young age is a way express yourself, for a young girl to explore her imagination and to have fun. I also don't believe the part where they state that students are using adult devices and appear not to be capable of understanding the difference between private and public because I believe their how they act reflect on their parents. When parents are strict with their children the less trouble they will get into, but if the parent is too strict with their children they will act out. However when they say "70-80% of boys watch porn" it is a common thing for a young boy around the age of 16-17 to watch a porn video, I don't think that 70-80% of boys actually sit down and watch a whole porn video, boys see at least one porn video once in their lifetime. I think it's a curiosity thing not an addiction. Also I agree with the statement they said that girls either have to portray themselves as sexual objects or be invisible, this is true because the media has made the image of a "pretty" girl, so girls need to live up to the standards they see on tv. Girls want to be noticed by boys so they will do anything to attract the attention of boys.


The sexualization of Miley Cyrus is becoming increasingly scandalous. Miley Cyrus has been a role model for girls from the young age of 3 up to the teenage years and sometimes older. Young girls look up to her because she was known around the world for being Hannah Montana, and she had the "best of both worlds", but lately Miley is being compared to Brittney and Lohan for going from innocent to sexual. Young girls still look up to Miley, but the media has made it impossible for young stars to obtain their innocent looks and made them chose a more sexual look. The parents of these young girls need to try to keep the innocent image of Miley alive so their daughters won't dress or act like the now sexualized Miley Cyrus.

http://www.mediaite.com/online/shes-just-being-miley/
http://takesupspace.wordpress.com/2010/01/05/miley-cyrus-sexualization-and-hyperscrutiny/