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Lexi
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[Poll] Sex in the Media
June 14, 2004 - 04:59 AM
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What do you think about the media using sex to sell their products to teens?
Do you think that sex appeal influences what you buy? ex: my butt looks cute in this
Yes, that is main thing that determines what I buy
(2 votes for 11.11%)
Yes, but it is not the only reason I buy stuff
(6 votes for 33.33%)
No, I want people to notice my personality before they do my body.
(10 votes for 55.56%)
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Re: Sex in the Media
June 15, 2004 - 01:40 AM
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Cute cat pic btw...
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Re: Sex in the Media
June 15, 2004 - 02:11 AM
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If it helps You and does not fatally harm community, then its good.
Ave Futuria
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Re: Sex in the Media
June 15, 2004 - 03:01 AM
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hmmmm...typical male response :-). Thanks for your honesty though
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Re: Sex in the Media
June 15, 2004 - 08:12 AM
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kaiser keep in the mind the minds that are being subliminally harmed. The ad biz is in full-assault mode and sex is the waepon of choice.
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Re: Sex in the Media
June 15, 2004 - 10:47 AM
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I feel that we are being held back as a society by using so much sex in advertisement. I realize that some European countries (Britain I believe) actually show nudity in ads. That doesn't make it right. It boils down to this: If we keep everything at a "lowest common denominator" level then our people aren't going to be able to think about things that matter when it counts. I am throwing reality shows into this pot. I read about a "revolution" in another thread. Well, no one is going to revolt if they have their head full of Gap commercials and Survivor.
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Re: Sex in the Media
June 15, 2004 - 11:40 AM
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I think that that is intentional and that the media thinks that they can distract us with sex so that we won't think about all the crap they are doing to our society. Like the company FCUK, their entire campaign is to get teenagers to buy a fragrance because it will help them score. They even sell t-shirts that sell "FCUK on the beach". Its so lame, like teens are nothing but hormones. We need to show the media that we're not a bunch of horny sheep.
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Re: Sex in the Media
June 16, 2004 - 12:56 PM
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that is an interesting way of looking at the way the media uses sex, BrianK. I have a similar take on it, I think that America prostitutes itself with these ads. Selling sex is illegal in our country, so why isn't it illegal in the media too? Where do we draw the line in the media? Is it right to say that they can't profit from selling sex or is that violating freedom of speech?
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Re: Sex in the Media
June 23, 2004 - 09:02 AM
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Not a long time back i talked with one Individual from USA via MSN. The Individual talked about a need to watch a certain video. When i expressed what sort of an video, Individual replied: "Not bad one" ( pointing that porn video r deemed bad), just a video of american Paul Johnson being beheaded. Now - what is actually bad here ?
Americans have totally wrong standards concerning values. I suggest avoiding opinions to them as well - to prevent lot more problems occuring.
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Re: Sex in the Media
June 24, 2004 - 02:51 AM
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I'm not into ads that use sex or any sexual implications - upfront nor subliminal. Remember, an Ad is made to sell, to convince, to evoke not only the product but the idea as well.
Ads with sexual implications provokes the minds of the viewers, specially the young minds, to treat sex as ordinary and easily available.
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Re: Sex in the Media
June 24, 2004 - 11:26 AM
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People dont always talk about banning things: That way we will turn this world into a concentration camp.
As a Futurist, i am against banning things. Only limit is ability, and of course - not being interested in it.
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As long as Sex Sale work the Media should use it.
June 25, 2004 - 07:57 AM
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Oh, You mean from the stand point of doing harm to a child? Well when You told your Mother "NO" that is when You told her that You were grown and on your own. So who is to blame here not the Sex Ads they are selling Clothes and Cars and just about everything under the Sun, the Parents No they tryed very hard to get Us to not say that First NO and then they tryed to teach Us Right from Wrong but We would not leassion, would We. So who is to blame We got our NO and We are on our on, so We have to accept the Blame. Just don't buy any thing that You think promotes SEX. But don't Get me Wrong, Sex just for the sake of SEX is all wrong. Do You wear Perfume other than something flowery, say something suductive that says "I am ready for SEX WITH YOU", do You wear suductive make-up for those Bed-Room Eyes? Instead of letting the right Boy see just You and let him find that Scent that his Subconciense has been looking for for miles and miles (they are called Phermonies and We can smell them better than a Blood Hound). Sincerly A Friend, Gene
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Re: Sex in the Media
June 26, 2004 - 12:33 PM
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Hello,
I think first, it depends on the motive of buying sucg goods. Sex is not all because some people do buy cos of fitting. Anthose who buy for sex appeal means they have veted interest in getting that particular product to sooth a particular purpose which may be seductive.
Above all. we need not to encourage sex in the media because of kids who are innocent but are always inquisitive to know all this and why some certains things are done in a particular way.
remember media influences a lot of people's action in the world.
just my opinion
Rotimi omo iya shade
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Re: Sex in the Media
June 28, 2004 - 09:45 AM
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Advertising reflects the current mores of the society in which it is used. Ad executives and people who make the adverts target the adverts for the area in which they are used, this is logical as the idea is to make people wish to buy the product in question. For instance in Saudi Arabia the use of scantily clad women will not be as succesful a campaign as in Washington DC or London. As such the fault does not lie with the advertising company but with the society that allows/permits and encourages the use of sex in such a manner.
As a typical male I do respond to adverts where sex is used as a selling point. This is because I like my peers are conditioned by the society we live in and my biological and social norms to find sex attractive.
The reason sex sells is beacause people in general (including women) are biologically interested in sex. Male models are also used. The social situation we live in is relaxed enough to allow sex to be used as a selling tool. While the moral implications of this are suspect I would point out that it works! The Victoria secret adverts are aimed at women - these use attractive women wearing very little in order to promote how the purchaser would look. Why? Because we all want to look good. Wether the argument for our manipulated personal self image is valid is another post. The same tactics are used in magazines for both men and women. Few of us can live up the idealized images that perfuse our media. This includes movies, TV, advertising and music. Would Brad Pitt be so succesful if he was fat and bald? Would Brittnety Spears be so succesful if she was fat and bald? As a society we demand these perfect images, advertising merely reflects our own perspectives
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sex and the media
June 28, 2004 - 10:49 AM
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i believe that everything that we buy and we endorse is basically under the influence of the media. media has been called the sorrogate parents of the generation today and it is the reality that conciously and unconciously our choice and decision of what to buy, what to wear, eat and desire was the media's control and whether we like it or not it is true, happening and it succeeded in us in many ways.
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