Blog #20-Killing Us Softly

Like I said in blog #19, we become immune to these sexist ads, but on the other hand we still do try to be like the women in the ads. I feel as though we still see women as property which means that we can sell the image this way. Sure, not everyone sees this or will admit that they see women as objects but the image does sell.

The major issue for myself is the way they portray young girls and the messages that these girls are getting from the media. If you talked to a room full of adolescent girls, you would hear them talking about diets, working out, what type of hair style they want, what type of clothing that they want, and so on. Almost every young girl wants to be model-like because the model looks like she has everything... I know that as a teenager I wanted to be a model but I am only 5'3, so the chances of that was out for me, but I wanted to have what they had. I grew out of wanting that image and realized that I am, who am, and that is all I want to be!