So I'm flipping through reading about football and Amy Winehouse, when an ad for a cell phone jumps out at me with the picture of a top less female. This was no small ad, it took up half a page. I immediately turned the page and was in shock. This wasn't Playboy, where you are required to be of a certain age to buy the magazine. This was your every day gossip magazine/ newspaper like US Weekly. Back in the States, tons of the younger generations buy and read gossip magazines. I know that Europe in general is more open about sex, but this ad was displayed in a media outlet that I personally feel was inappropriate.
The media is for our enjoyment, but when is crossing the line too far. The whole Janet Jackson Super Bowl ordeal caused for major change for media outlets to have delays in live programming. What do you think is appropriate as far as sexual content is concerned in the viewing of television, magazines, and newspapers that don't require a special subscription?
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In general, I am not a huge fan of the censorship ideals of the United States but there seems to be a general disregard for moderate censorship here.
Allison and I had the same thing happen when picking up a tabloid. The first page showed a scantily clad woman and the headline read something about the topless beach. Upon opening the tabloid, the woman was naked from the waist up in an almost full-bleed photo on newspaper-size paper. Needless to say, we were a bit shocked. This was such a turn off, though, that we did not flip any further within the tabloid for fear of the unknown.
I'm not necessarily offended by ads such as these, but sometimes the unnecessary nature of ads with topless women advertising cell phones should be considered. As we discussed in class, cultivating ideas that ads like these represent leads young people to view a skewed reality that exploits women (and sometimes men, too) and their sexuality.
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