discreetly manipulates the beliefs‚ morals‚ and values of our culture‚ and it does so in a way that most of the time we don’t even realize it’s happened. In order to reach our main goal of prospering as a nation‚ we need to become more aware of the damage that has already been caused by this advertising and prevent it from negatively affecting us even further. Kilbourne’s major claim in “Two Ways a Woman Can Get Hurt” is that advertising has reached a point where bodies are portrayed as objects thereby
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Response to “Two Ways a Woman Can Get Hurt”: Advertising and Violence It is without a doubt that advertisement surrounds one’s life on a daily basis. According to Consumer Reports Website‚ the average American is exposed to 247 commercial messages each day. In the article “Two Ways a Woman Can Get Hurt” the author Jean Kilbourne strongly believes that advertising is one of the culprits behind the objectification and violence against women. Kilbourne points out that ads depict men and especially
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women has been noticeable problem of our society and much effort has been done to solve it and it is on its way to being slowly resolved. However‚ that is only one side of the problem; sexism against man is rarely recognized and understood by only few. In the article “Two Ways a Woman Can Get Hurt” by Jean Kilbourne‚ like any other media‚ depicts sexism as something that only accounts toward woman. Women and men should be treated as equal. However‚ more attention is directed towards discrimination towards
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subconsciously or consciously they influence us. Imagine how many ads you have seen in your lifetime and how they have affected you over time. “Two Way a Woman Can Get Hurt” by Jean Kilbourne is an article about how the objectification of women in advertising can lead to violence because ads shows a truth and this truth is that women are more likely to get abused. Jean Kilbourne successfully attempts to inform women that objectifying people in advertisement makes violence seem acceptable by using logos and
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Alhallafi Professor Lidinsky Sept 10‚ 2012 "Two Ways a Woman Can Get Hurt": Advertising and Violence Jean Kilbourne in her article Two Ways a Woman Can Get Hurt says‚ ” Sex in advertising is pornographic because it dehumanizes and objectifies people‚ especially women‚ and because it fetishizes products‚ imbues them with an erotic charge- which dooms us to disappointment since products never can fulfill our sexual desires or meet our emotional needs" (459). Jean Kilbourne explains the relationship between
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memory of the viewers. For that reason‚ the marketing people concentrate on creating images that will not be easily forgotten. If the add drew the attention of the viewer there is a big chance the product for gaining a prospective buyer. The easiest way to do that of is to link the product with the ideas that all people are familiar or the opposite: the ideas that will shock the viewers. Therefore‚ the sex and attributes of gender as well as violence are so widely used in a modern world of advertisement
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In article “Two Ways a Woman Can Get Hurt: Advertising and Violence‚” Jean Kibourne argues that advertising encourages sexual and physical violence towards women. One example from her article that supported main argument well is the advertising about jeans. Jean discusses‚ “The ad that ran in the Czech version of Elle portraying three men attacking a woman seems unambiguous‚ the terrifying image is being used to sell jeans to women” (583). It a strong use of evidence for advertising encourages sexual
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English 112 5/17/2013 According to the article “Two Ways a Woman Can Get Hurt” by Jean Kilbourne advertising is dehumanizing to women and men which portrays sexually explicit material. It is all about the marketing of products. In today’s society‚ women are being exploited and degraded by men. In the world of advertising‚ it is all about making money in addition‚ promoting a product. Jean Kilbourne stated that”the poses and postures of advertising are often borrowed from pornography” (page
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The Power of Media In the text “Two Ways a Woman Can Get Hurt: Advertising and Violence”‚ Jean Kilbourne‚ an award winning author and educator who is internationally recognized for her innovative work on images of woman in advertising‚ argues how media images influence our interactions and shape our social reality. Kilbourne’s sensible analysis of these powerful and harmful advertisements lacks a simplistic cause and effect relationship between the way we act and the images presented to us
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“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
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