Ashley

__Objectifying the Human Body in Mass Media__ I chose to talk about how the human body is objectified in the media because it's something I can speak freely about. The human body is not a product that can be bought in stores. So why does "sex sell?" Perhaps people are focusing on the idea that purchasing a product will make them a more desirable mate. A mate is someone who a connection is formed with, not some hot sweety woman on a bilboard, conveniently dancing with a weightloss or deoderant product. We are exposed to this on a daily basis. It probably effects our work ethic just as much as our mental state. our people don't benefit from developing selfconciousness. Maybe it assists in making the workers more apt to doing a job they don't like because they can't think of anything but their hairy legs and smelly pot bellys. What tells you to like this? When did it become a crime to have hairy legs? We were born to grown it just like we were born with a real nose, breasts and a chin but we can't fit in without being ridiculously orange, hairless, and plastic.

Whether it's art or advertisement, the human body is glorified, objectified and personified by just an image. It's the choice of the individual to pay attention to the meaning or not. What may capture an individuals attention more easily is appealing to the basic needs of almost any creature. One of these needs is to reproduce. Unlike plants or A-sexual species it usually takes sperm and egg to meet through intercourse. Threading images together, creating an idea of intercourse is highly effective and used in the media today. This advertisement is personal in a sense that it stitches these thoughts and images to their products and objectifies the human body. I chose to talk about this topic because I believe the qualities which make individuals appealing to eachother, for sexual intercourse should not be based off of the thought process which objectifies the other compainion. It is perfectly fine to glorify a person for a quality (including beauty) but the person is as equivalent as any other begin. A good example of these objectifying ads are in my blog post "Composition of Ads" http://jrn131ashley.blogspot.com/2009/10/composition-of-ads.html. Recently I've learned that the composition of advertisements changes the effectiveness of selling sex. For instance if you can see a triangle in the main focus points of the piece, your eyes are probably less likely to drift from the image and if you have an image sexually arousing the viewers attention, then the advertisement is more likely to be looked at among others.Also, men and women view these types of adds differently based on the amount of skin showing, the way the product is showcased and the type of intimacy being displayed. Whether it's just sexual display or romance based truely makes a difference from viewer to viewer. An image that speaks freely about the human body can be as effective for advertisement based off of composition however it might not be as eye catching from the start. Creative oddities in an ad is a way to regain this focus however these are usually figurative and over exagerate the human form. Mutating the human form can change the meaning completely and gives free rein for oddities and sexually charged images depending on the mutation and how it's expressed. Other than advertisements, dancers, musicians, and movies are some of the many arts that media can miniplulate. Women tend to play submissive roles in movies and don't play the lead roles as often as in men, female dancers almost always where dresses or clothing items resembling lingere. 2D art has been exploring the limitations of body minipulation and stimulating symbolism almost since it began. People paint the cultural vision of beauty but not as often what beauty can be seen in people not recognized in the masses. Nail polish, lipstick, shaving razors, wonderbra, boxers or briefs, mini skirts, hair extentions, high heels, jewlery, make up, plastic surgery, tick tacs.... make yourself a better you today.

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