Showing posts with label self esteem. Show all posts
Showing posts with label self esteem. Show all posts

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Killing Us Softly:Advertising's Image of Women

Body image and self esteem issues are some of the most overt ways in which gendered expectations manifest themselves.

The following links are trailers from pioneering movies made by Jean Kilbourne about how advertising is influenced by society and in turn exercises influence over society and leads to opinion formation of a specific kind that expect conformity to a norm. 



Also, you could visit her website: http://jeankilbourne.com/