kilbourne article

I thought that the Kilbourne article we read was very interesting. I agreed with most of the article but there were parts that I felt were far fetched. I agree with her that women have been exploited in order to sell goods. It really is sad that people are impacted to heavily by the media and these magazines. These ads really portrayed women as merely being tools for trade. I thought she was rather selective with the ads she chose. I don't feel that all the ads in the world are this sexually driven. The ad of a little girl in a cherry dress was of a girl in a cherry dress. Why would you try to think of it in a sexual context? Unless there was writing that implied something sexual, it is pretty awful to think of that in a sexual way. Interpretation is the key word in these ads. Some people perceive these ads as being one thing when really they are not portraying that message.