PETA selling women to save animals
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This advertisement was really frustranting to see. Due to the school setting of this advertisement it is clearly being directed at 22 years of age and younger. I don't like this advertisement because it is exploiting the school girl image even more than it has been before (at least when Britney Spears did it she was still wearing clothes). It seems that there are many other ways to advertise for animal rights to this age group rather than objectifying women for their bodies. Although, through her facial expression and even kind of through her body language she seems to be trying to be powerful while standing up for her beliefs, but she is naked which projects a kind of vulnerabillity that seem unnecessary. After looking through other PETA ads I have noticed this seems to be a theme; having a naked women prominetly displayed while metioning they are that way because of their love of animals.
This reminds me of the readings and the discussion last week through the fact that preteens see images in their everyday life and take them into their own lives. This ad is especially a problem because girls can relate to this picture through the classroom setting, and unfortunately the message of no fur isn’t nearly as shockingly prominent as the idea that this is what a normal school girl looks like. I'm sure before this class I would have still been disturbed by this picture, but because of the reading by Banet-Weiser about Nickelodeon's work at potraying girls more positively I think I may be more upset about this image being something of a step backwards.