Blog 6: Body Image

Somehow I don't understand why they think women can help sell cars i can see maybe a woman fully dressed driving the car but once again not a woman barely dressed. They are using this ad to show women as a sex symbol instead of a human being. This ad is definitely directed to the male public. The woman is wearing nothing up under the ties which makes her look like an object which offends women as human beings. Not only is the laced tied up around her whole body but it is definitely tight around her face and neck which all you can see is her eyes. Once again making it seem like woman do not have anything to say. Women like to drive lexus too but to this picture you would never get that idea.


The second ad is a typical ad that you see with women being up under the man but with the particular picture you see numerous men in is surronding a helpless woman or looks like taking advantage of her. This is the gender role that is always being portrayed as men being the dominate subject which have to take advantage over the women and be that strong, aggressive person. Where as the woman seemed to be portrayed as inferior, objectified,and dehumanized just to make the man seem more of a "tough guy". The are images that are seen in a lot of ads across the nation. Women being pinned down trys to show that women are weak but this is far from the truth.

RESPONSE TO READING:
In the reading of FIFE this week it stressed on the facts of womens rights. Women rights to get birth control and have abortions since it is our choice and our bodies. Even though I am not for abortion I still believe that is should be our decision to choose rather or not they want to have a baby or not. This is a main reason for the feminist movement to get women's rights out there. The chapter also talked about women's body image and their appearance. Now a days you do not know what a real woman is suppose to be like since there is so many images in the media that stresses on how a "real woman" is suppose to look like. As woman we should be more acceptive of our bodies and not look at the media to see what we should look like because those images aren't even 100% real.