Killing us softly - Advertising image of women Part 4.

[pugdogy]

thank you so much for this video, we could all learn from it

[kattymoon555]

The only reason men would disagree with the message of this video or dismiss it as "spreading it on too thick" (stated in a comment below) is because they don't want to accept the truth that the world they live in where they are considered to be dominant is not reality, it is simply an image that society mistakenly follows. I love this woman, and these videos should be shown to everyone beginning with elementary school. Let's get the views on these videos up in the millions, yeah?

[darlingmoon]

It's incredible watching this video was part of a Sociology project at my college. This is the reason why I watched it. The video is interesting and I like the idea of it. I am not saying why but I like it.

[Sociopathics]

I love this woman.

[akawhippy]

I'm really concerned and curious on the part where she states that human qualities and values are divided and polarized, and that they make a man less manly. So GUYS, why would you feel less manly if you possess positive human qualities and values?

[charlope]

Wow. This reminds me of all my classes where we had to use a single data set to prove and disprove something using statistics and that data set. what she says has a toe in reality, the rest is simple fancy tap dancing to get us emotionally involved. Nice argumentative dictation, but your as one sided as Hitler was when he convinced a nation to follow a single ideal. Good choice in images that support your thesis. I agree with your overall message, You just spread it on a little thick.

[DreamFilledDonut]

@charlope Hitler? You've got to be kidding me. Hitler rallied people to kill Jews. Jean Kilbourne is educating the public about how advertising warps our view of women (and men) and keeps us disconnected. These are two very different ends. And if the only similarity you find between them is that both of them had a position and argued in favor of that position then by your logic everyone arguing a thesis is "just like Hitler"... which is so beneath refutation that I am just going to end here.

[cyanmanta]

She doesn't say a word about how straight women are encouraged to treat their gay male friends like clowns and minstrels put on earth solely to make catty comments and prance about for women's amusement. The "hidden message" here is 1) that it's wrong for men to dominate women physically or sexually, but at the same time 2) any man who doesn't show sexual interest in women can be caricatured and marginalized and condescended to by women because he is effeminate, yet not a woman. How about that?

[Mayokitty7]

@cyanmanta This comment is completely true, but remember:

1. this was filmed a while ago, when the gay issue wasn't in the spotlight as much

2. When you're doing a comference about a particular thing, you have to STAY on topic.

So stop being so butthurt because we don't mention LGBT rights at the end of every sentence.

[Dansback21]

@cyanmanta her research and doctoral work is on women in ads and how they are sexualized, objectified, child like and so on. She is specializing in this area of ad research, so that's why she doesn't talk about LGBTQ... she can only do so much, and as a upcoming grad student, I'll say that you have time only to focus on one topic when you're doing doctoral work because that's what you'll get a doctorate for, finding and doing research that no one else is doing.

[G3an]

Shame it doesn't have more views than it actually do

[Marglar7]

@G3an *does

[PrincessMoonFeathers]

this was fantastic. thanks for sharing this, i shared it with everyone on my fb page

[LudiHERMANkoknit]

Oh well, look at Lady Gaga, look at Andrej Pejić. Look at emo and hipster faggots. Look at all the homosexual people. I know lots of them and I live in an almost third world country. It makes sense humans won't be divided in two parts anymore. Seems kinda natural to me actually. 

[lambchopxoxo]

I understand the concerns here but I dont think that the solution is a blurring of the gender lines.

[ayadew]

@lambchopxoxo well, to build something else we need to go back to basics

[LadySeraph]

@ayadew hunters and gatherers?

[janeyanna]

It's not about blurring gender lines, but about completely stopping to impose these arbitrary rules about what a woman/man ought to be and what is taboo for them.

There is absolutely no difference between women and men, we have to accept that. Even the sex organs and chromosomes aren't specific. There ARE women born with a penis/xy and men born with a vagina/xx.

The gender lines you speak of only hurt people who don't fit within them. And since nobody really fits, they hurt us all.