Comments on: The Fear and Suffering of Women as a Sexual Turn-On http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/11/27/the-fear-and-suffering-of-women-as-a-sexual-turn-on/ Sociological Images encourages people to exercise and develop their sociological imaginations with discussions of compelling visuals that span the breadth of sociological inquiry. Fri, 25 May 2012 04:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Teresa Vittorioso-F. http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/11/27/the-fear-and-suffering-of-women-as-a-sexual-turn-on/comment-page-1/#comment-509784 Teresa Vittorioso-F. Sun, 29 May 2011 14:36:28 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=4545#comment-509784 I don't think you can blame any one person or group. If you've ever seen one of those stupid reality shows like America's Next Top Model, you've heard Tyra Banks or whoever tell the contestants that they had better suck it up and follow the direction of the photographer if they want to get ahead in the modeling world. Those who can't handle posing with a huge fucking bug on their face are voted off, or asked to leave. We are bombarded with literally thousands of advertisements every single day that either dehumanize or fragmentalize women, and interestingly enough, it's starting to happen to men too (Ax cologne and shower gel etc..."Ax, Get some hair action" and a swarm of women tackle the man and rough him up sexy style) Then there are those Heineken ads with e female robot who has a Keg for an abdomen but a super nice rack, and the Svedka Vodka ads, also using skinny robot women to sell their booze saying "make your next trophy wife 100% titanium" can anyone list the myriad things wrong with that statement? The Roots said it best with their song "Pussy Galore" ("Promoting everything from the liquor to the nicotine, cell phone antihistamines, chicken wings. You've got to show a little skin to get them listening. For real yo, the world is a sex machine. Every time I look around it's more pussy galore, more pussy galore") Sexualizing of women is starting at younger and younger ages too, and parents and consumers accept it. Department store like Abercrombie and Fitch market and sell little thongs with pictures of cherries on the front for pre-pubescent girls and Beyonce has a line of high heel shoes for BABIES... because, you know, it's cute. It's really cute to let your 4 year old wear heeled shoes, thus mis-aligning her still growing SPINE. yup. Real cute. Dress up the babies in pretend foam heals so that by the time they can walk they feel like those are the shoes they want to wear. When my daughter wants to play dress up she can walk around the house in my heels, but once we walk out the door she will be dressed and act like a little girl. Not a mini-hooker. So basically, people are GREEDY and if there is a market for something corporations will produce it and market it to us and put it out there for us to buy. It is OUR JOB as individual citizen's to NOT BUY such garbage. To protest ads like these that turn our stomachs by boycotting those stores. I have not ENTERED an Abercrombie and Fitch since I found out about their little girl lingerie/ their porno catalogue didn't help either. It is also our job to keep our boys and girls innocent as long as possible and educated and to teach them that self-respect is tantamount to protecting your body and treating it as something special, not something to be groped and gaped at. Photographers see that the more shocking the image, the more it sells. And models are just doing as they're told. It all has to do with making money, so we need to stop giving corporations that contribute to this base bullshit our hard earned cash... just because you think this stuff is "cute". Because the result certainly is not cute at all. I don’t think you can blame any one person or group. If you’ve ever seen one of those stupid reality shows like America’s Next Top Model, you’ve heard Tyra Banks or whoever tell the contestants that they had better suck it up and follow the direction of the photographer if they want to get ahead in the modeling world. Those who can’t handle posing with a huge fucking bug on their face are voted off, or asked to leave.

We are bombarded with literally thousands of advertisements every single day that either dehumanize or fragmentalize women, and interestingly enough, it’s starting to happen to men too (Ax cologne and shower gel etc…”Ax, Get some hair action” and a swarm of women tackle the man and rough him up sexy style) Then there are those Heineken ads with e female robot who has a Keg for an abdomen but a super nice rack, and the Svedka Vodka ads, also using skinny robot women to sell their booze saying “make your next trophy wife 100% titanium” can anyone list the myriad things wrong with that statement? The Roots said it best with their song “Pussy Galore” (“Promoting everything from the liquor to the nicotine, cell phone antihistamines, chicken wings. You’ve got to show a little skin to get them listening. For real yo, the world is a sex machine. Every time I look around it’s more pussy galore, more pussy galore”)

Sexualizing of women is starting at younger and younger ages too, and parents and consumers accept it. Department store like Abercrombie and Fitch market and sell little thongs with pictures of cherries on the front for pre-pubescent girls and Beyonce has a line of high heel shoes for BABIES… because, you know, it’s cute. It’s really cute to let your 4 year old wear heeled shoes, thus mis-aligning her still growing SPINE. yup. Real cute. Dress up the babies in pretend foam heals so that by the time they can walk they feel like those are the shoes they want to wear. When my daughter wants to play dress up she can walk around the house in my heels, but once we walk out the door she will be dressed and act like a little girl. Not a mini-hooker.

So basically, people are GREEDY and if there is a market for something corporations will produce it and market it to us and put it out there for us to buy. It is OUR JOB as individual citizen’s to NOT BUY such garbage. To protest ads like these that turn our stomachs by boycotting those stores. I have not ENTERED an Abercrombie and Fitch since I found out about their little girl lingerie/ their porno catalogue didn’t help either. It is also our job to keep our boys and girls innocent as long as possible and educated and to teach them that self-respect is tantamount to protecting your body and treating it as something special, not something to be groped and gaped at. Photographers see that the more shocking the image, the more it sells. And models are just doing as they’re told. It all has to do with making money, so we need to stop giving corporations that contribute to this base bullshit our hard earned cash… just because you think this stuff is “cute”. Because the result certainly is not cute at all.

]]> By: Steve http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/11/27/the-fear-and-suffering-of-women-as-a-sexual-turn-on/comment-page-1/#comment-449786 Steve Mon, 14 Feb 2011 08:26:46 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=4545#comment-449786 Actually, the one with the woman laying on the elephants back, seems fairly artistically done. In fact, after the image above it I found it shockingly not-offensive. Sure its a naked woman, but that one (and only that one) isn't really all that bad, its far tamer than many ads i've seen that DONT have any nudity. Actually, the one with the woman laying on the elephants back, seems fairly artistically done. In fact, after the image above it I found it shockingly not-offensive. Sure its a naked woman, but that one (and only that one) isn’t really all that bad, its far tamer than many ads i’ve seen that DONT have any nudity.

]]> By: Fashion Meets the Gulf Oil Spill » Sociological Images http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/11/27/the-fear-and-suffering-of-women-as-a-sexual-turn-on/comment-page-1/#comment-333284 Fashion Meets the Gulf Oil Spill » Sociological Images Mon, 05 Jul 2010 17:01:40 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=4545#comment-333284 [...] their bodies and their dignity.  So how else would an elite salon advertise its good-doing?  Female punishment is the language of fashion. Fluid just speaks it fluently. var object = SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title:'Fashion Meets the [...] [...] their bodies and their dignity.  So how else would an elite salon advertise its good-doing?  Female punishment is the language of fashion. Fluid just speaks it fluently. var object = SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title:'Fashion Meets the [...]

]]> By: Juli http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/11/27/the-fear-and-suffering-of-women-as-a-sexual-turn-on/comment-page-1/#comment-246658 Juli Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:04:21 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=4545#comment-246658 Can't someone sue Pirelli or something? The racism, misogyny and violence in these pictures is overwhelming! P.S.: I'm the same Juli as before. Can’t someone sue Pirelli or something? The racism, misogyny and violence in these pictures is overwhelming!

P.S.: I’m the same Juli as before.

]]> By: Jane http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/11/27/the-fear-and-suffering-of-women-as-a-sexual-turn-on/comment-page-1/#comment-245886 Jane Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:49:03 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=4545#comment-245886 It's not necessarily the photographer. A lot of these types of shoots have art directors and the photographers often have little control over what the content is. It’s not necessarily the photographer. A lot of these types of shoots have art directors and the photographers often have little control over what the content is.

]]> By: Andy http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/11/27/the-fear-and-suffering-of-women-as-a-sexual-turn-on/comment-page-1/#comment-245809 Andy Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:36:47 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=4545#comment-245809 I really could not comprehend with what the photographer was trying to portray and accomplish ultimately. May be generate disgust to the core and bad controversy. I believe that Pirelli the company should be blamed rather than the photographer. How could this pass w/o their consent. I really could not comprehend with what the photographer was trying to portray and accomplish ultimately. May be generate disgust to the core and bad controversy. I believe that Pirelli the company should be blamed rather than the photographer. How could this pass w/o their consent.

]]> By: aynne http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/11/27/the-fear-and-suffering-of-women-as-a-sexual-turn-on/comment-page-1/#comment-245783 aynne Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:37:22 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=4545#comment-245783 Well, Pirelli managed to be both misogynistic, racist AND xenophobic all at once.. that's an..uhhh..achievement..? bravo. (what sickos) Good job I saw this the day before I bought tires...Pirelli's name will certainly NOT be on my tires. Well, Pirelli managed to be both misogynistic, racist AND xenophobic all at once.. that’s an..uhhh..achievement..? bravo.

(what sickos)

Good job I saw this the day before I bought tires…Pirelli’s name will certainly NOT be on my tires.

]]> By: Trilly http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/11/27/the-fear-and-suffering-of-women-as-a-sexual-turn-on/comment-page-1/#comment-245709 Trilly Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:13:43 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=4545#comment-245709 Nah, I'd imagine Dario Argento would do a better job. The photography in this isn't that great, really. :/ Nah, I’d imagine Dario Argento would do a better job. The photography in this isn’t that great, really. :/

]]> By: Dead-ish Looking Women with Cats » Sociological Images http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/11/27/the-fear-and-suffering-of-women-as-a-sexual-turn-on/comment-page-1/#comment-150304 Dead-ish Looking Women with Cats » Sociological Images Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:20:19 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=4545#comment-150304 [...] women appear brutalized, threatened, or dead: the Lady Gaga video, a Rene Russo photo shoot, the Pirelli calendar, a NYT fashion slideshow, and the “America’s Next Top Model” murdered women [...] [...] women appear brutalized, threatened, or dead: the Lady Gaga video, a Rene Russo photo shoot, the Pirelli calendar, a NYT fashion slideshow, and the “America’s Next Top Model” murdered women [...]

]]> By: Juli http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/11/27/the-fear-and-suffering-of-women-as-a-sexual-turn-on/comment-page-1/#comment-146273 Juli Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:26:31 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=4545#comment-146273 The only thing missing to make this even worse than it already is would be to portray kids in the middle of it all. That's the only thing I can think of to make this even worse, because they seem to have put all of the horrifying and disgusting things in there already! Can't they be... I don't know, sued or something? It's not a good message... Oh, God, it had been a good while since the last time I had felt so sickened! I cannot put my disgust into words, I just can't, it's one of the worst things I've ever seen! The only thing missing to make this even worse than it already is would be to portray kids in the middle of it all. That’s the only thing I can think of to make this even worse, because they seem to have put all of the horrifying and disgusting things in there already!
Can’t they be… I don’t know, sued or something? It’s not a good message…
Oh, God, it had been a good while since the last time I had felt so sickened! I cannot put my disgust into words, I just can’t, it’s one of the worst things I’ve ever seen!

]]> By: Violence Against Women on Prime Time Up Since 2004 » Sociological Images http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/11/27/the-fear-and-suffering-of-women-as-a-sexual-turn-on/comment-page-1/#comment-138662 Violence Against Women on Prime Time Up Since 2004 » Sociological Images Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:21:21 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=4545#comment-138662 [...] here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. Leave a Comment Tags: gender, [...] [...] here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. Leave a Comment Tags: gender, [...]

]]> By: My Thoughts on Flirting, continued « Rocking it…on mars? http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/11/27/the-fear-and-suffering-of-women-as-a-sexual-turn-on/comment-page-1/#comment-117491 My Thoughts on Flirting, continued « Rocking it…on mars? Sun, 27 Sep 2009 02:34:11 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=4545#comment-117491 [...] way to say “deer in the headlights”? And way to compare women to animals. Is being scared to death sexy now? Apparently yes. Rape culture [...] [...] way to say “deer in the headlights”? And way to compare women to animals. Is being scared to death sexy now? Apparently yes. Rape culture [...]

]]> By: Sociological Images » Waking Up To The Link Between Violence And Sex http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/11/27/the-fear-and-suffering-of-women-as-a-sexual-turn-on/comment-page-1/#comment-71544 Sociological Images » Waking Up To The Link Between Violence And Sex Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:48:39 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=4545#comment-71544 [...] images of sexualized violence here, here, here, here, here, here, here here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and [...] [...] images of sexualized violence here, here, here, here, here, here, here here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and [...]

]]> By: Sociological Images » Sexualized Violence in a Lady Gaga Video http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/11/27/the-fear-and-suffering-of-women-as-a-sexual-turn-on/comment-page-1/#comment-46186 Sociological Images » Sexualized Violence in a Lady Gaga Video Sun, 31 May 2009 20:02:40 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=4545#comment-46186 [...] examples of sexualized or glamorized violence: strangling a woman with your necktie, suffering women as a turn-on, murder in a Wrangler’s ad, photo shoot with Rene Russo, t-shirts trivialize violence against [...] [...] examples of sexualized or glamorized violence: strangling a woman with your necktie, suffering women as a turn-on, murder in a Wrangler’s ad, photo shoot with Rene Russo, t-shirts trivialize violence against [...]

]]> By: Annette http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/11/27/the-fear-and-suffering-of-women-as-a-sexual-turn-on/comment-page-1/#comment-5784 Annette Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:52:19 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=4545#comment-5784 Truly beyond my comprehension as to how or why anyone would find this crap worthy of viewing. It's not only staged but poorly staged! Truly beyond my comprehension as to how or why anyone would find this crap worthy of viewing. It’s not only staged but poorly staged!

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