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Teenage Girls and the Sexual World of Advertising Picture this: quiet little 13-year old girl is sitting down to watch TGIF with her friends. During a break of commercials in between "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch," an advertisement for Calvin Klein's new scent, entitled "one," appears on the screen. Perfume, however, is not the focus of this little girl's mind. All she can see is the half-naked, skinny (which may quite possibly be an understatement), blonde and beautiful woman wrapped up in the arms of a brawny, gorgeous looking male model. All this little girl can think of is how she wants to look like her one day - beautiful, large-breasted, thin (malnourished is more like it), and... well, thin! In reality most women do not even come close to looking like those models we see in advertisements every single day. Sadly enough in our society today, though, they are the epitome of the perfect girl. Also, sadly enough, young girls are negatively affected by what they see on TV, in magazines, in movies, on the internet, and much more. There is no doubt about it - these advertisements featuring barely-clothed models selling car wax (of all things!) are targeted toward men. Obviously, though, men are not the only ones who wa
Watch Out, Listen Up! Feminist Primetime Report. " And more often than not, the only way they go about doing this is the unhealthy way - becoming anorexic or bulimic. Barthel explains, "To be the object of attention is a role in which women have often been placed. reinforcing the message that women are objects rather than whole human beings" (MAN 1). These are the shows that young teenage girls watch. They found that CBS has many series that portray many of their characters to be mature, strong, independent, and ".
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