This ad from 2000 (found here) is an opportunity to differentiate between types of objectification, in its most literal sense. Instead of making a product into the shape of a woman (see here and here), the woman is made into the product.
See also this post on where there’s a similar example in which a woman’s curves are meant to reflect the curves of a kitchen counter, this one in which a woman is made into a glass of beer, and, to a slightly lesser extent, this ad in which a white and black woman are used to represent a boring and tasty beverage respectively.
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Lisa Wade is a professor of sociology at Occidental College. You can follow her on Twitter and Facebook.
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