Psychology of Childhood and Adolescence in an Urban Context

Over the years and across the globe, advertising has not only emptied our pockets but has altered the way we view and value gender.  While the main purpose and outcome of sexual and gender related marketing is to trigger a want in the general public’s mind for a specific product, adverse affects are subconsciously obtained.  […]

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I think Kilbourne talks about how advertising has helped cause women to be viewed as objects, especially for sex, and how this leads to violence and women getting raped or harassed. I agree with her on the topic that ads have helped cause women to be viewed as objects. The ads show beautiful women with […]

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From a very young age, girls grow to learn that we must spend a great deal of time on how we look. Many women these days try so hard to lose weight and to look good for the world. It is no wonder that so many women these days suffer from eating disorders. But where […]

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Advertising is an extremely powerful force that helps shape the opinions of people on various topics. The most common issue that is used is the sexualization of women by portraying them in provacative images that sometimes have little or nothing to do with the product at all. It seems that more and more advertisements, especially […]

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Kilbourne’s argument provides a lot of insight to the messages being portrayed in the media and advertisement. In our world today these messages are most often over looked because of their subliminal nature. Other times we just don’t pay attention to them and how they can affect younger generations, especially the ones who are close […]

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In watching Kilbourne’s speech concerning the effects of advertising on modern society, one cannot deny she raises many interesting points. By illustrating how pervasive advertising has become in modern media, she makes it clear how powerful it can be on our culture. It goes beyond selling products, and affects a society’s values, ideals, and concepts […]

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I strongly agree with Jean Kilbourne’s argument because the ads she portrays on “killing us softly” videos show very disturbing images of men and women. I especially found the ads by big clothing companies targeting young teenagers to be vulgar. The mass media; television, books, magazines and games, are revealed as vicious when it comes […]

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When people hear “gender” and “sex” they often categorize the two things as the same. When in fact, sex is biological, and gender is socially constructed. Sex is: male or female. Gender is: girl, boy, woman, man, and is basically what society ends up piling on top of sex. Gender-neutral parenting has been a recent […]

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             Advertisement is a powerful force that has influence over society and has encapsulated the rigid roles of an exaggerated normality with the sole purpose of drawing attention. Through the eyes of a feminist, I can understand the position Kilbourne is taking regarding the derogatory messages that advertisement portrays about femininity. The media does show […]

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I thought Kilbourne’s speech was very well thought out and supported by substantial evidence. At first I thought her claims were outrageous and speculative. For instance, she kept saying that women were portrayed as passive and in the background. I thought she was selecting advertisements that supported her claim and it took me a few […]

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