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“Frederick’s of Hollywood, brainchild of the inventor of the push-up bra and purveyor of “marry-a-millionaire” lingerie since 1947” (Blakemore, 2015). Frederick’s created the “sex sells” image for themselves especially marrying a millionaire. They cannot go back from this and just try to reinvent themselves to cater to the everyday women when the company was built from these products. Frederick’s of Hollywood’s catalogs have most of the women in bed in the most uncomfortable position in the most uncomfortable looking lingerie. Victoria’s Secret catalogs are on a beachy location or just on location, not just a set. “That is, demureness is sexy in a middle-class setting and directness is sexy in a working-class setting.” (Blakemore, 2015). The catalogs create the ambiance of where the girls are when they are wearing the lingerie, therefore, it makes us the people shopping from these catalogs feel like we need to be in that place or atmosphere to wear what they are
In the article, “The Fashion Industry: Free to Be an Individual” by Hanna Berry, Berry discusses how for decades women have been told to use certain products and that if they used those products they would be beautiful. Women over the years have believed this idea and would purchase items that promised to make them prettier, thinner, smarter and even more loved. However, in reality it was never what they wore on their bodies that helped them be any of those things; but what it did help with was to empower women to become fearless and bold by what they chose to wear on their bodies as a form of expression.
Fashion is a constantly changing industry; what is trendy one day is outdated the next. The 21st century has been a catalyst for a large movement in fashion. Paris, New York, and London are some of the main contributors to the fashion industry (“Fashion Capitals”). Along with being the main influences in fashion, they have significantly connected the world on a global level. Even on a local level, students and young adults indulge in fashion as a way to express themselves. Some people may argue that fashion helps express one’s imagination; however, fashion has become one of the major influences that promotes an unrealistic image of women that is detrimental to their bodies. This unrealistic image can lead to health problems, a negative body image, and a society based on appearances which is disadvantageous to our culture as a whole.
A Study Conducted by the American Psychological Association Task Force concluded that sexualization occurs when a person’s value comes only from his or her sexual appeal or behavior, to the exclusion of other characteristics; a person is held to a standard that equates physical attractiveness (narrowly defined) with being sexy; a person is sexually objectified- that is, made into a thing for others’ sexual use, rather than seen as a person with the capacity for independent action and decision making; and/or sexuality is inappropriately imposed upon a person. The APA Task Force reported many example of the sexualization of girls, such as toy manufactures duce dolls wearing black leather miniskirts, feather boas, and thigh-high boots and market them to 8- to 12-year-old girls. Clothing stores sell thongs sized for 7– to 10-year-old girls, some printed with slogans such as “eye candy” or “wink wink”; other thongs sized for women and late adolescent girls are imprinted with characters from Dr. Seuss and the Muppets. In the world of child beauty pageants, 5-year-old girls wear fake teeth, hair extensions, and makeup and are encouraged to “flirt” onstage by batting their long, false eyelashes. Journalists, child advocacy organizations, parents, and psychologists have become alarmed according to the APA Task Force, arguing that the sexualization of girls is a broad and increasing problem and is harmful to girls, and I for one agree with their proposition.
Since young girls today spend more time surfing the web, they are exposed to more mainstream advertisements that boast sexual content, and as a result, many girls want to do the things they are seeing young girls just like Winifred do. In addition to exposure to sexual content on the internet, the music of popular culture leaves very little to the imagination. Women in these music videos are more often shown as provocative and wearing revealing clothing. Many girls look up to these women and want to emulate them because they are their favorite artist. For instance, Beyoncé’s album “Beyoncé” features the song “Partition”, where Beyoncé says “He Monica Lewinski all on my gown”. The sexual reference to Monica Lewinski is hypersexu...
On Halloween night, one will inevitably see tween-aged girls adorned in sexed-up skeleton, vampire, and doctor ensembles. Costume companies design these provocative outfits specifically for children who want “a sexy look to give you the perfect butt” (Jones, 2014, p.7). The sexualization of girls’ clothing and, consequently, the girls wearing the clothing is not limited to one day per year, however. Popular retailers, such as Abercrombie Kids and Victoria’s Secret PINK, market children’s thong underwear adorned phrases such as “eye candy” and “call me”; push up bikini tops are commonplace in sections intended for young girls (Goldfarb, 2008). Even television shows such as My Little Pony are marketed to sexualize girlhood. The sexualization of girls is inescapable in today’s society, where it is pervasive on virtually all media platforms. This issue must be addressed immediately, as it damages not only the individual, but the well-being of society as a whole.
The advertisement states that a young girls self-esteem dramatically drops at the end pre-adolescence and beginning of puberty. Marsh (2002) found that there is often a decline in global self-concept at the time young girls reach puberty. Later on, this plummet most likely stabilizes and becomes more multifaceted. ‘Always’ teaches us how we can change the way society thinks and avoid this drop in self-esteem by their empowering use of pathos, ethos, and logos. Sexism is at an end, it is time we think
The first thing most people see when it comes to a company or brand is usually an advertisement. Advertisements are what creates your brands image or persona and allows consumers to see what your company can do for them. For the Target Corporation it is no different, “We fulfill the needs and fuel the potential of our guests. That means making Target your preferred shopping destination in all channels by delivering outstanding value, continuous innovation and exceptional experiences—consistently fulfilling our Expect More. Pay Less.” (Target Brand Promise). Their brand promise is one of the first things you will see when viewing their website, to us that gives a consumer the immediate knowledge of exactly what this company
Rather than feature and promote unnatural body weights, society can benefit from the promotion of a healthy physical appearance. This would increase self acceptance for young girls of their body. After all, women and girls come in all sizes and shapes. If society cares about the future of our young girls, steps should be taken to minimize eating disorders. With the knowledge that young girls can be very impressionable, society and the media have a responsibility to stop promoting unrealistic body images. The need to have clothing look better on the runway is not more important than the health concerns of young women.
The main way the love my body campaign advertisement is allowing men to sexualize females is because it is public. When Victoria’s Secret came out with the advertisement they did not think “how can we make this advertisement where only females can see it.” The marketers for the advertisement made sure that it would get advertise well in hope of increasing their sales. The advertisement is placed everywhere for people to see the “perfect” body, not to help to learn to love their bodies. Therefore, if the love my body campaign advertisement is public then, it was meant for everyone to see. If the advertisement was not created for that purpose, then it would have been placed where only females have access to it. With the advertisement being in public it puts the pressure on females of all ages to look like that because it is what they see everywhere. Women see the advertisement will start to body shame themselves and other women if they do not look like that. The love my body campaign advertisement makes women objects for men because it is a public advertisement for lingerie. Men will see it and want a woman like that. When men see a picture of a female dressed in just lingerie their mind will automatically start to sexualize the image. The advertisement was created to teach females to
This advertisement appears in the Seventeen magazines, whose readers range in age between thirteen and twenty-five. The visual shows a young, blonde, Caucasian female who is attracting the readers to the COVERGIRL™ product. Placing this sort of ad in the Seventeen magazines is appealing to most young women due to the beautiful celebrity, Taylor Swift, who uses the same product. Also, the colors used, such as the pastel pinks, draws in the reader since they are very feminine colors. Finally, the product itself is appealing to the audience of Seventeen because younger women like to look their best, and to do that, lip-gloss is a handy accessory.
I choose this journal article as one of my sources for my report because the article explains different key information in specific detail on beauty pageants, and compares beauty pageants to real lifestyles. By using sources from this article, there is interesting information about what young girls must do to win for their mothers, example, flirting, winking at the judges, as well as how beauty pageants have a different view today, from the way it used to be back in the 1950’s. The authors of the report APA Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls include E. Zurbriggen, R. Collins, S. Lamb, T.A. Roberts, D. Tolman, L. Monique Ward, and J. Blake. This report summarizes theory, and research behind sexualization of American girls and real life experiences that have occurred towards the sexualization of young girls. The arguable statement towards this report is that older girls in America promote themselves to a type of media where they become a non-example towards younger females as what to look like – how to dress, how you should wear your make-up, etc. For example, as a young girl is connected to the world of beauty pageants, they would be inspired and encouraged to wear printed slogans as T-shirts outside of their pageant world, such as “eye candy” or “wink wink” Cook &Kaiser.
Have you ever noticed walking into a large shopping complex and seeing children as young as 6 years old wearing midriff bearing t-shirts and short skirts? And wondered to yourself why the younger generation of today portray themselves like that and why their parents allow it. It all goes back to the strong impact that sexualization portrayed in media and marketing has on everybody in today’s society especially young children from toddlers to late teens, both girls and boys. They see it everywhere from movies/television shows, magazines, clothing, computer games, toys, the music industry and of course the internet.
The Mission Statement of Mattel states, “Mattel makes a difference in the global community by effectively serving children in need. Partnering with charitable organizations dedicated to directly serving children, Mattel creates joy through the Mattel Children's Foundation, product donations, grant making and the work of employee volunteers. We also enrich the lives of Mattel employees by identifying diverse volunteer opportunities and supporting their personal contributions through the matching gifts program (Mattel, 2015).” Visiting the “About Us” section of the Mattel Corporate Portal, one will see this reflected throughout. There are photos of happy children from multiple ethnicities, smiling and happy at play. This reflects the ideal of “global.”
Young people are bombarded with sexual images on a daily basis from media. Hollywood paints the picture that being a woman means being sexy. One of America’s top selling magazines, Cosmopolitan’s February 2016 issue has phrases like, “Look Hotter Naked” and “5 Ways to Keep Lust Alive”, plastered on the cover. Pop recording artist, Demi Lovato, recently posed for a nude photoshoot to showcase her new found confidence after suffering with an eating disorder and low self-esteem. Racy magazines and risqué celebrity photoshoots have a major effect on teenage girls, because it shapes their perception of womanhood.