Two Ways A Woman Can Get Hurt Analysis
“Two Ways a Woman Can Get Hurt: Advertising And Violence”
Can advertisements really cause violence in people’s lives? Jean Kilbourne’s “Two ways a Woman Can Get Hurt: Advertising and Violence” talks about how advertising and violence against women can cause women to be seen as objects. The author discusses how pornography has developed and is now part of social media, which glorifies violence that permeates society and encourages men to act towards women without respect. Kilbourne uses logical and emotional appeals, as well as ethical arguments, to effectively convince readers to ignore specific advertising techniques.
Jean Kilbourne has spent most of her professional life teaching and lecturing about the world of advertising. She has produced award winning documentaries on images of women in ads, is a member of the national advisory council on alcohol abuse and alcoholism, and is a senior scholar at the Wellesley Center for Women at Wellesley College. Kilbourne has served twice as an adviser to the Surgeon General of the United States. Kilbourne has also written a book which is titled “The New Sexualized Childhood and What Parents Can Do to Protect Their Kids.” Another one is her book from 1999 “Can’t Buy My Love; How Advertising Changes the Way …show more content…
"Today every girl is endangered, not just those who have been physically and sexually abused. If girls with positive role models are at risk, imagine then how vulnerable are the girls who have been violated. No wonder they so often go under for good- ending up marriages, in prison, on the streets. More than half of women in prison are addicts and most are there for crimes directly related to their addiction. Many who are there murdered men who had been battering them for years. Almost all of the women who are homeless or in prisons and mental institutions are the victims of male violence" (Kilbourne
Can advertisements really cause violence in people’s lives? Jean Kilbourne’s “Two ways a Woman Can Get Hurt: Advertising and Violence” talks about how advertising and violence against women can cause women to be seen as objects. The author discusses how pornography has developed and is now part of social media, which glorifies violence that permeates society and encourages men to act towards women without respect. Kilbourne uses logical and emotional appeals, as well as ethical arguments, to effectively convince readers to ignore specific advertising techniques.
Jean Kilbourne has spent most of her professional life teaching and lecturing about the world of advertising. She has produced award winning documentaries on images of women in ads, is a member of the national advisory council on alcohol abuse and alcoholism, and is a senior scholar at the Wellesley Center for Women at Wellesley College. Kilbourne has served twice as an adviser to the Surgeon General of the United States. Kilbourne has also written a book which is titled “The New Sexualized Childhood and What Parents Can Do to Protect Their Kids.” Another one is her book from 1999 “Can’t Buy My Love; How Advertising Changes the Way …show more content…
"Today every girl is endangered, not just those who have been physically and sexually abused. If girls with positive role models are at risk, imagine then how vulnerable are the girls who have been violated. No wonder they so often go under for good- ending up marriages, in prison, on the streets. More than half of women in prison are addicts and most are there for crimes directly related to their addiction. Many who are there murdered men who had been battering them for years. Almost all of the women who are homeless or in prisons and mental institutions are the victims of male violence" (Kilbourne