Porn products have been reintroduced to society as artifacts of pop culture, the lines between the two blurring so that now what we consider mainstream, pop culture looks a lot like soft-core porn…including advertisements.
We are desensitizing men and boys by teaching them that degrading women is “normal” and accepted, women and girls are brainwashed through conditioning to believe that they are nothing more than sex objects.
Supply and demand; porn is a commodity, and it sells well. It is a product in high demand, it sells pretty much whatever you want it to—it is the perfect marketing tool, and that’s how it is being used.
It sells products; perfume and stars, burgers and cars. And it has become a part of normal society. It is exploitation, not glorification of the female form. It cultivates a sexism and racism that keeps our society from moving forward.
The sad thing is, and I include myself in this, that we don’t really notice it much anymore. We find these adverts funny, perhaps a little shocking, but nothing out of the ordinary. That we have been socialized to not be bothered by these images is unnerving.
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