Blog 30

This commonplace article, What a Guy Wants by Erik Vossler, talks about how advertising is not only insulting to women, but also to the men they are trying to attract. He is insulted with the fact that so many ads just have pictures of the “ideal” girl clinging onto the man holding the cologne bottle or wearing those designer jeans. I love that Vossler put this into his paper: “When do you think was the last time a guy looked at one of the airbrushed, clothing deprived models in Maxim and said ‘I bet you she got a 4.0 when she was in school.’ Actually, it was probably around the same time the last girl said, ‘I’m really thrilled that guy I hooked up with last week never called me back.’” This is a perfect explanation of the difference between lust and like. To be blunt, if wanted to see naked people, I’d pick up a porn magazine. Obviously I am not a guy…but I agree that advertisers rely on using nudity too much in their ads. Keep it out of the advertising for once. The amount is also very prevalent in female magazines, which present a manipulated picture of what makes a woman beautiful. On the other hand, Vossler says “Personally, I would be terrified to go out with a girl that looked as if she were going to pass out from starvation”. The manipulation of this image makes girls self-conscience and guys stand-offish. The important thing to remember is to stay healthy; looking skinny doesn’t make you more beautiful.