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Essay On Sexualization Of Women

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The infamous aphorism “sex sells” has been the inspiration and driving force behind many popular modern advertisements; therefore, one can infer that this statement is true based on the numerous mainstream advertisements displayed in western culture that have a main focus on objectifying and sexualizing of the men and women depicted in this specific medium, rather than the actual product being sold. The main focus when it comes to this topic is the sexualizing and objectification of women and the harmful effect it has on girls and women in society. However, one can reasonably argue that there also might be a possible impact on males due to the recent increase of advertisements that feature men being sexualized. That is why I have decided to explore how men are represented in modern advertisements in the West. To support my investigation, I have conducted an analysis on two well-known advertisements to further show the similarities in the objectification of both men and women in advertisements and the power and privilege that regards how and why a social group is represented in a particular way.
The first advertisement is one for panty hose that show the bottom half a woman wearing panty hose who is sitting on top of a naked man, whose wrists are tied up with what appears to be a green pair of …show more content…

With an increase is advertisements that objectify and sexualize men, it can be expected that it will leave the impressionable young boys of society to have low self-worth and feel disadvantaged, how women have felt for a number of years. Although some may argue that this is a step forward in gender equality due to the fact men and women are now being shone in the same light, a majority of people would agree that it is nothing short of harmful to society as it has been proved a countless number of times with advertisements that objectify and over sexualize

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