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	<title>Comments on: Using Sex To Sell The Most Unlikely Things</title>
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		<title>By: Rjjspesh</title>
		<link>http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/11/13/using-sex-to-encourage-organ-donation/comment-page-1/#comment-539632</link>
		<dc:creator>Rjjspesh</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Is it &#039;sex&#039; that sells here- or female body conformity?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is it &#8216;sex&#8217; that sells here- or female body conformity?</p>
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		<title>By: Jinx J</title>
		<link>http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/11/13/using-sex-to-encourage-organ-donation/comment-page-1/#comment-539171</link>
		<dc:creator>Jinx J</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 02:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Okay, the phone ad scares me...it looks like her nipples are scary fingers...which in turn sounds like a bad Syfy weekly movie-- BOOBFINGERS: The Revenge</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Okay, the phone ad scares me&#8230;it looks like her nipples are scary fingers&#8230;which in turn sounds like a bad Syfy weekly movie&#8211; BOOBFINGERS: The Revenge</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
		<link>http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/11/13/using-sex-to-encourage-organ-donation/comment-page-1/#comment-539145</link>
		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 20:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The other aspect of dehumanising women with these ads is how they are completely erased as an audience. Most of the products in this are not ones we usually consider specifically for males, yet the female half of the customer base is nowhere in sight.

You sometimes even see this in advertisements that are supposedly aimed at women, like most ads for underwear.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The other aspect of dehumanising women with these ads is how they are completely erased as an audience. Most of the products in this are not ones we usually consider specifically for males, yet the female half of the customer base is nowhere in sight.</p>
<p>You sometimes even see this in advertisements that are supposedly aimed at women, like most ads for underwear.</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
		<link>http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/11/13/using-sex-to-encourage-organ-donation/comment-page-1/#comment-539136</link>
		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Lens distortion. Probably shot closer up with a wider angle lens. It tends to exaggerate the parts of the image closest to the camera. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lens distortion. Probably shot closer up with a wider angle lens. It tends to exaggerate the parts of the image closest to the camera. </p>
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		<title>By: Blix</title>
		<link>http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/11/13/using-sex-to-encourage-organ-donation/comment-page-1/#comment-530352</link>
		<dc:creator>Blix</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2011 00:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>How sad and pathetic these are! We are so caught up in selling, yet so lazy about it that we resort to disgusting/ demoralizing kneejerk reactions to do so.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How sad and pathetic these are! We are so caught up in selling, yet so lazy about it that we resort to disgusting/ demoralizing kneejerk reactions to do so.</p>
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		<title>By: Lullabee</title>
		<link>http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/11/13/using-sex-to-encourage-organ-donation/comment-page-1/#comment-494610</link>
		<dc:creator>Lullabee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 19:29:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;Sea Monkeys are being used to sell sex.&lt;/i&gt;

Really?

I also think it&#039;s kind of interesting how the sea monkey&#039;s legs are the only part of her that looks sexualized. They didn&#039;t really make her look particularly like any adult human woman I&#039;ve ever seen, particularly not the sort you&#039;d usually see in an ad that&#039;s trying to use sex. She&#039;s got a flat, scaly chest and a round, rosy little belly, and her hair seems to be on upside-down. I guess her face is supposed to be sort of sexy/flirtatious, in a cartoony kind of way, because she&#039;s winking and she has big, pink, exaggerated lips, but to me, the torso sort of throws it off because she&#039;s shaped like a chubby child.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Sea Monkeys are being used to sell sex.</i></p>
<p>Really?</p>
<p>I also think it&#8217;s kind of interesting how the sea monkey&#8217;s legs are the only part of her that looks sexualized. They didn&#8217;t really make her look particularly like any adult human woman I&#8217;ve ever seen, particularly not the sort you&#8217;d usually see in an ad that&#8217;s trying to use sex. She&#8217;s got a flat, scaly chest and a round, rosy little belly, and her hair seems to be on upside-down. I guess her face is supposed to be sort of sexy/flirtatious, in a cartoony kind of way, because she&#8217;s winking and she has big, pink, exaggerated lips, but to me, the torso sort of throws it off because she&#8217;s shaped like a chubby child.</p>
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		<title>By: andie</title>
		<link>http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/11/13/using-sex-to-encourage-organ-donation/comment-page-1/#comment-373203</link>
		<dc:creator>andie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 16:28:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Agreed.. Objectification of that level is inexcusable no matter what is being promoted.  I can&#039;t even begin to describe how problematic the text is - basically, &#039;you wanna f*** this, but if you can&#039;t get your d*** in her, you can at least get a kidney in her?&#039; 

wtf??.  

It&#039;s a blantant example of objectification and dehumanization, which is pretty much the opposite of what you want to do in order to promote organ donation.  It doesn&#039;t make you see this woman as a human who may need help, who may have a family to take care of, children that need a mother and that&#039;s why you should donate.. it&#039;s almost equating organ donation to some kind of stealthy way to sexually assault someone.

That is some messed up.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Agreed.. Objectification of that level is inexcusable no matter what is being promoted.  I can&#8217;t even begin to describe how problematic the text is &#8211; basically, &#8216;you wanna f*** this, but if you can&#8217;t get your d*** in her, you can at least get a kidney in her?&#8217; </p>
<p>wtf??.  </p>
<p>It&#8217;s a blantant example of objectification and dehumanization, which is pretty much the opposite of what you want to do in order to promote organ donation.  It doesn&#8217;t make you see this woman as a human who may need help, who may have a family to take care of, children that need a mother and that&#8217;s why you should donate.. it&#8217;s almost equating organ donation to some kind of stealthy way to sexually assault someone.</p>
<p>That is some messed up.</p>
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		<title>By: adrenalectomized</title>
		<link>http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/11/13/using-sex-to-encourage-organ-donation/comment-page-1/#comment-349804</link>
		<dc:creator>adrenalectomized</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 10:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I feel nauseous after seeing that first ad...</description>
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		<title>By: moonbathing &#171; Pulsations</title>
		<link>http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/11/13/using-sex-to-encourage-organ-donation/comment-page-1/#comment-349708</link>
		<dc:creator>moonbathing &#171; Pulsations</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 04:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] is it that the media and advertising surround us by sex, but we cannot seem to have candid and intelligent discussions about it? Why is watching murder [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] is it that the media and advertising surround us by sex, but we cannot seem to have candid and intelligent discussions about it? Why is watching murder [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Selling CPR with Sex (NSFW, Trigger Warning) &#187; Sociological Images</title>
		<link>http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/11/13/using-sex-to-encourage-organ-donation/comment-page-1/#comment-334104</link>
		<dc:creator>Selling CPR with Sex (NSFW, Trigger Warning) &#187; Sociological Images</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:46:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] certification campaign that embraces the idea that sex sells.  I initially added it to our post on using sex to sell unlikely things (e.g., organ donation and sea monkeys), but I changed my mind and decided it deserved its own [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] certification campaign that embraces the idea that sex sells.  I initially added it to our post on using sex to sell unlikely things (e.g., organ donation and sea monkeys), but I changed my mind and decided it deserved its own [...]</p>
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		<title>By: How to Make Medical Supplies Hot &#187; Sociological Images</title>
		<link>http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/11/13/using-sex-to-encourage-organ-donation/comment-page-1/#comment-321210</link>
		<dc:creator>How to Make Medical Supplies Hot &#187; Sociological Images</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] H., Elisabeth R., Violet S., Rose B., and two anonymous tipsters sent us another great example of the use of women&#8217;s sexualized bodies to sell the darndest of things.  This time&#8230; medical supplies.  A selection of [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] H., Elisabeth R., Violet S., Rose B., and two anonymous tipsters sent us another great example of the use of women&#8217;s sexualized bodies to sell the darndest of things.  This time&#8230; medical supplies.  A selection of [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Sociological Images Update (Mar. 2010) &#187; Sociological Images</title>
		<link>http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/11/13/using-sex-to-encourage-organ-donation/comment-page-1/#comment-256187</link>
		<dc:creator>Sociological Images Update (Mar. 2010) &#187; Sociological Images</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] W. sent us another great contribution to our post: selling the most unlikely things with sex!  It started with organ donation, but this addition involves [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] W. sent us another great contribution to our post: selling the most unlikely things with sex!  It started with organ donation, but this addition involves [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Simone</title>
		<link>http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/11/13/using-sex-to-encourage-organ-donation/comment-page-1/#comment-249778</link>
		<dc:creator>Simone</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 04:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wow.  That language is really enhancing your credibility.  Geez.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow.  That language is really enhancing your credibility.  Geez.</p>
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		<title>By: Del Monte says: Get Naked, But Be Insecure About Your Ass &#187; Sociological Images</title>
		<link>http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/11/13/using-sex-to-encourage-organ-donation/comment-page-1/#comment-249622</link>
		<dc:creator>Del Monte says: Get Naked, But Be Insecure About Your Ass &#187; Sociological Images</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] the theme of selling everything with sex, I present Del Monte&#8217;s &#8220;fruit undressed&#8221; campaign.  First I saw this along the [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] the theme of selling everything with sex, I present Del Monte&#8217;s &#8220;fruit undressed&#8221; campaign.  First I saw this along the [...]</p>
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		<title>By: bosstone75</title>
		<link>http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/11/13/using-sex-to-encourage-organ-donation/comment-page-1/#comment-196750</link>
		<dc:creator>bosstone75</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:36:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What strange world do you live on?  These marketers are geniuses, possibly tapping an entire demographic of people who previously would not have considered donating, thus saving tens, hundreds or possibly thousands of lives that would not have been saved otherwise.  And the fact that she is hot does not say that our society only values hot people.  If it showed a whole line of hot people all in line for organs while a pile of ugly people were being harvested for their organs and discarded in mass graves... then THAT would show that we only value hot people.  This is ONE person, not a representational sample of all the people.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What strange world do you live on?  These marketers are geniuses, possibly tapping an entire demographic of people who previously would not have considered donating, thus saving tens, hundreds or possibly thousands of lives that would not have been saved otherwise.  And the fact that she is hot does not say that our society only values hot people.  If it showed a whole line of hot people all in line for organs while a pile of ugly people were being harvested for their organs and discarded in mass graves&#8230; then THAT would show that we only value hot people.  This is ONE person, not a representational sample of all the people.</p>
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