Tag Archives: sexism in advertising

Female college students, beware the slut-shaming

By Salma Haidrani | Published: February 1, 2013
TweetThe walk of fame. The stroll of success. It seems that the stride of confidence across campus in the same clothes as the night before, ducking behind buses and bushes after spending the night with a member of the opposite sex is now considered a rite of passage and even an imminent fate for many [...]
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Olympic sexism

By Laura | Published: May 31, 2012
TweetThe fast-approaching Olympic Games should present a fantastic opportunity to combat sexist stereotypes by profiling talented and successful female athletes from around the world. With the release of a UK government report this week revealing that girls as young as 5 are worried about their appearance, and an Association of Teachers and Lecturers study showing [...]
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Super Sexism – Not Buying It

By Nancy Lynne Kanter | Published: February 7, 2012
TweetUnlike most commercials, those that air during the Super Bowl are ones that people actually want to watch. These $3.5-million-per-30-second-time-slots can be opportunities for companies to be clever, maybe even inspiring … but instead, many insist on falling back on lazy and uninspired sexist clichés. This is so expected in fact, that MissRepresentation.org, a campaign [...]
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Commercial catastrophe

By FarmerDyke | Published: January 22, 2012
TweetHello Feministing community! Just thought I would share a little ass-hattery brought to you by Crystal Light! http://youtu.be/y8pNQ6lSQ-8 It’s a diet product commercial! So we have to have women talking about how much they love diet products cause only women diet! Also, I live in WA. It is never almost bikini season. Except for that [...]
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Why are women still objects?

By Carolina Are | Published: January 15, 2012
TweetI’m sure that everyone here is familiar with the issue of the image of women in advertising. It’s not news: everyone knows it. I’m just really shocked that we still allow it to be like that. This video (some bits are in Italian, but there’s usually a translation) brought the problem back to my mind. http://youtu.be/wuyf3407-y4 [...]
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