Objectification in Advertisements

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Sexual objectification is a common form of advertisement in the 21st century. When the becoming of ads to persuade a new generations of audience arrived, it came with full force and a whole new idea of nudity, discrimination and objectification. Two ads that I have chose for this blog have nothing to do in the industry of modeling, apparel, tanning, or anything to do with pornography, yet they show it to appeal to the crowd. Seeing some of these advertisements today makes me wonder what someone from the 1950's would think if they saw this Hardee's ad. In the first ad of the woman in the Go Daddy.com white, too small t-shirt. her apparel does not apply for the job she is advertising for. Since when do women with big breast, almost taking off her shirt to reveal them, have to do with website and URL creating and selling? When has eating a giant half pound hamburger on a beach been a bikini models favorite past time? These ads have become more unrealistic and more revealing over the past few decades and it is rolling out of control.










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