Advertisements__Shaping_The_Culture

Advertisements: Shaping The Culture Advertisements: Shaping the Culture There is a four year old girl named Riley, who one day her grandmother over heard her say that she was fat. Her grandmother was taken back for a minute, and had no idea what to say to her. This got me thinking about how self conscious people have become about their bodies. This writer came to the conclusion that it is just something every woman has to go through at least one time in her life. But why, what is it that makes every woman want “the perfect body'” Advertisements play a large part in the culture. The images that are used in most advertisements are directed at fantasies. They portray beautiful, thin people having a great time with whatever product that is being sold. According to ads, all women are stick skinny with very large breasts, and all men have a six pack of abs and the pecs to go along with them. Most all people wish they looked as perfect as the models in advertisements, and the advertisers use it to their advantage. This is very depressing for the “normal” people of the advertisements, commercials, women, people, men, culture, advertisers, about, one, characters, very, mtv, life, bodies, advertising, adolescents, young, time, sell, products, look, female, even, adults, 30, woman, weight, way, viewers, together, super, show, product, portray, perfect