Propaganda

What promotes the subjection of women?

Master before enslaving a body must first enslave the mind of the weak to poison

their self-esteem to request total obedience. Propaganda is always trying to persuade the

audience to a persuaders point of view either political, religious, ethical. One of the

approaches is to make the individual believe that she or he will benefit from it. If you stay

young longer using our creams, diets, drugs and surgeries only then you may make your

dreams come true. Person who is being targeted is often named the national citizen so by

addressing a mass that is one nation or a race the propaganda text is addressing the

individual. It is very “American”, “Polish”, and “Japanese” to look
In war, where truth is often said to

be the first casualty, propaganda is the major weapon. Nazism, Communism, Islamic

Extremism to name a few that used the tool of propaganda. Beauty propaganda that is

usually targeting women is an ongoing war where we do not have a chance living in this

customer Matrix where no one even offers the choice of blue or red pill. Altered images

of beauty by digital technology are bombarding women from very early age and through

out their whole life. “Our culture gives a young woman only two dreams in which to

imagine her body, like a coin with two faces; one pornographic, the other anorexic; the

first for nighttime, the second for day one supposedly, for men and the other for other

women.” The Beauty Myth by Nomi Wolf

The definition of beauty changed from healthy looking female body to anorexic,

tall and skinny mannequin like. Unnaturally looking models on catwalk, billboards, bus

stops, TV commercials, magazines, cosmetic commercials are everywhere. Media affects

the self-esteem and body image of young girls that are the easiest target. They are
The average American will spend one and one-half years of his or her life watching

television commercials. The ads sell a great deal more than products. They sell values,

images, and concepts of success and worth, love and sexuality, popularity and normalcy.

They tell us who we are and who we should be. Sometimes they sell addictions.

Advertising is the foundation and economic lifeblood of the media.

By Jean Kilbourne “Beauty…and the Beast of Advertising” But what do people,

especially teenagers, learn from the advertising messages? On the most obvious level

they learn the stereotypes. Advertising creates a mythical, mostly white world in which

people are rarely ugly, overweight, poor, struggling or disabled, either physically or

mentally. The image is artificial and can only be achieved artificially (even the "natural

look" requires much preparation and cost). Beauty is something that comes from

without; more than one million dollars is spent every hour on cosmetics. Desperate to

conform to an ideal and impossible standard, many women go to great lengths