Comments on: “Sex Sells”

By: Big Data Bubble « HKTV Blog

Big Data Bubble « HKTV Blog — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:59:54 +0000

[...] viable companies do not need a Big Data solution to tell them that sex sells anything and everybody wants money. Lately, however, there has been a big marketing push extolling the [...]

By: Should sex be “public?” « Jericho Aleksandr Jak

Should sex be “public?” « Jericho Aleksandr Jak — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 19:24:39 +0000

[...] education, but we use sex to sell everything from clothes, vacuum cleaners and toilet paper, to car tires, M&Ms and hearing aids. It may not be possible to scale back the forces of capitalism, but I think we should try [...]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 12:57:00 +0000

If sex sells then sell baby sell. Http://Koolagan.com

By: Should sex be “public?” « Aleksandr Jak

Should sex be “public?” « Aleksandr Jak — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:42:34 +0000

[...] sex education, but we use sex to sell everything from clothes, vacuum cleaners and toilet paper, to car tires, M&Ms and hearing aids. It may not be possible to scale back the forces of capitalism, but I think we should try to [...]

By: Men, Women React to Male/Female Nudity | BroadBlogs

Men, Women React to Male/Female Nudity | BroadBlogs — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:43:12 +0000

[...] all heard the truism “sex sells.” But whose sex is sold? And to [...]

By: The Dreaded Booth Babe Discussion « Zee's Blog

The Dreaded Booth Babe Discussion « Zee's Blog — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:02:53 +0000

[...] includes telling their exhibitors NO when it comes to booth babes or using heavy doses of ‘sex sells’ in their advertisements. And really, its not that hard to both have women in your artwork and ads [...]

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Mon, 23 May 2011 06:49:31 +0000

I didn’t read the tire ad as his plans for her at all. I read the “you” and “your” as being plural, speaking to the couple on a romantic beach vacation.

By: The writing is on the wall | My Illustrative Life

The writing is on the wall | My Illustrative Life — Mon, 02 May 2011 16:19:35 +0000

[...] state of (complex-submissive) sexualisation/objectification to me (EDIT: And, obviously, to other people). I want to GIVE BACK by making a comic that’s about its audience observing men’s [...]

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 23:01:11 +0000

In my experience… the tango ad is more attractive to women if the man has his clothes on. The women I’ve known find the image of a successful, dashing man in a well-cut suit much more attractive than a guy with no pants on – it’s part of the whole image of what is attractive about going dancing. Men don’t wear suits or tuxes to a night out because *we* like them (by and large).

By: My Own Private Guantanamo

My Own Private Guantanamo — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:52:48 +0000

[...] Even if you accept this explanation at face value, there’s another question: Yes, but whose sex gets sold? The answer is almost always women’s. Just as in mainstream media, men are rarely sexualized [...]

By: Controversies and Corners… of Ethics and Aesthetics (well spiced up with a lot of politics) | Canon

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 15:29:04 +0000

[...] the adultification of young girls, an adultification that looks suspiciously like child porn, given the sexualization of adult women. New York Magazine reports that the girls are 6 years old. Don’t miss the lipstick, high [...]

By: Five Pointed Questions: Dr. Lisa Wade & Dr. Gwen Sharp (Sociologcal Images) | Change Marketing

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 15:24:35 +0000

[...] A post I did interrogating the truism “sex sells” expands on this point: http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/03/02/sex-sells/ [...]

By: Gendered Reactions to Male and Female Nudity | One Cowboys Way

Gendered Reactions to Male and Female Nudity | One Cowboys Way — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 22:05:25 +0000

[...] year in a post about the truism “sex sells,” I asked: But whose sex is sold? And to [...]

By: The Gendered Gaze | Hourclass

The Gendered Gaze | Hourclass — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 18:40:10 +0000

[...] the planet btw) there is a nice little introduction to the concept of a gendered gaze: Last year in a post about the truism “sex sells,” I asked: “But whose sex is sold? And to who?” “If it was simply that sex sold,” [...]

By: 2Advert

2Advert — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 20:43:08 +0000

Okay so I’m this male marketing student that just needed to do a report that summarizes a marketing related article. I search “sex sells” because that’s where my synapses road pointed me prior to my morning cupful. Now I’m as confused as ever because of all the perforations this comment section has added to my appreciation of the advertising business. Granted M&M eating kids should not be bothered by the sexuality of the chocolate they eat but if I had to decide if sex had a place in non-sex related sales and marketing I’d still vote yes as long as ….. subtle ….. good taste… …Thanks for helping me work that out.