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- From: aaldrich@encore.com (Al Aldrich)
- Subject: Re: Elle MacPherson causes rape?
- Organization: Encore Computer Corporation
- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 15:44:57 GMT
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- williamt@athena.Eng.Sun.COM (Dances with Drums) writes:
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- >In article <BxBCp7.BC8@encore.com> aaldrich@encore.com (Al Aldrich) writes:
- >>williamt@athena.Eng.Sun.COM (Dances with Drums) writes:
- >>
- >>>The fact is we see *one-type* of women portrayed everywhere as the idealized
- >>>women and even this isn't a real type for she is subjected to hours of makeup
- >>>and airbrushing before she goes in front of the camera. The majority of women
- >>>don't see themselves reflected in society at all. How many models have you
- >>>seen with crooked teeth?
- >>>----
- >> I had to take issue with this. When was the last time you saw
- >>a car in a car add anywhere that was dented and/or scratched, paint
- >>bleached out, seats torn, tires flat or worn, windshield cracked, rag
- >>top torn, etc etc etc... The fact is when advertisers are selling somethink,
- >>they want to use 'perfect' models.
- >>
- >What does this mean? Are they selling women on TV now?
- >
- >al
- >----
- * Duh. Women are used as 'model's on which to hang products that
- *are sold. Also, models are looked at for their own sake -- just as
- *you can buy calendars of cars for their own sake. Nothing is being sold
- *except the vision of the car (or women) itself.
-
- Exactly my point.. so what was it you were `taking issue with'.. seems to me
- that the original statement was taking issue with the idea of `selling the
- image' and deciding for us what `perfect' should look like.
-
- al
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- Al Aldrich inet:aaldrich@encore.com
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