Monday, September 10, 2012
assignment #2
This past week, we learned about pamela anderson and marilyn monroe and how they are major sex symbols. I think these two sex symbols do effect our society because people strive to be like them, they think thats how people today should look and act. It impacts how kids feel about themselves growing up and effects how they think they should act in society. We also learned about porn and how its different today then it was in the past. Kids have very easy access to porn now when before kids had to wait to figure things out. I think having easy access to porn makes kids think that they should start having sex earlier then they should be. magazines, tv and advertising use sexual imagery a lot because they think it attracts more people to the item or the tv show. Sexual imagery is used in pretty much everything these days and i think it is an effective way to sell a product because it does bring more people to look at the product and potentially buy it.
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It is true that sexual imagery is used in everything these days. When I was young this was not case (I'm 44). Although it is very effective, sometimes I feel that the advertisers that don't go that way tend to have better products that stand on their merits. Great comments though, it is too bad that kids have access to porn at such a young age. In my opinion, I believe it robs them of their innocence and they grow up too fast.
ReplyDeleteI'm getting two conflicting ideas from your post. You praise sexual images in ads as being effective, though you state that it's harmful to children. In this case, is the public good or the bottom line the more important aspect of the situation?
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