Summary of The dangerous ways ads see women | Jean Kilbourne | TEDxLafayetteCollege
Jean Kilbourne started collecting ads in the late 1960s to analyze the image of women in advertising, leading to the creation of her film "advertising's+image+of+women&tag=dtdgstoreid-20">Killing Us Softly: advertising's image of women."
She discusses the pressure on women to be young, thin, and beautiful, exacerbated by the use of Photoshop in advertising.
Kilbourne highlights the dismemberment and objectification of women's bodies in ads, as well as the sexualization of young girls and boys.
She addresses the normalization of violence and dangerous attitudes towards women in advertising.
Kilbourne emphasizes the need for media literacy, political action, and awareness to challenge harmful advertising messages and create a better world.
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Notable Quotes
— 07:42 — « It's a good thing it got some coverage, I suppose. (Laughter) »
— 08:15 — « But at least you can have a great pair of jeans. (Laughter) »
— 08:16 — « I don't want them to do this to men anymore than to women. »
— 10:56 — « So boys are sexualized too, although in a very different way than girls. (Laughter) »
— 11:30 — « Maybe it's wild rice. (Laughter) »
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Art and Creativity