Wednesday, February 15, 2012

“When bondage is used to sell [various products], we can say that pornography has become mainstream.” I would definitely agree with this quote, certain advertisements use almost blatant pornography to advertise their particular product. This objectification of women not only negatively impacts women, it also negatively impacts men. With women, and girls these kinds of ads make them much more critical of their own bodies, and makes them feel like they are required to expose themselves more to be socially acceptable. With men and boys being exposed to these sexually focused images throughout daily life causes an overly sexual mentality that is now thought of as the norm. The expression "guys only have one thing on their mind" eluding to concept that men only think about sex, is commonly used to warn girls about  "the true intentions" of guys. I feel like males have sex on there mind more often, because they are constantly being bombarded with images designed to sexual stimulate them.

1 comment:

This Must be the Place . . . said...

Kyle,

I think this is a great point: " With men and boys being exposed to these sexually focused images throughout daily life causes an overly sexual mentality that is now thought of as the norm." Perhaps you're correct -- the hypersexuality men are so often accused of having might be a socially constructed identity as opposed to a biological fate ruled by testosterone.