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Sex in Advertising
Sex in Advertising
According
to the above referenced case, the role of sex in advertising is purely to grab the audiences attention.
has no connection to the product being advertised. The purpose of the imagery is to attract attention of the potential customer or user.....
.......typically
Youll be more sexually attractive have more or better sex, or just feel sexier for your own sake
Degrading
to women
perceived as sex symbols perceive the human body as being just another commodity.
It
becomes a form of unconsumed prostitution: adverts largely suggest that if you pay the money i.e. buy the product you get the girl
Degrading
moral values:
E.g. an advert depicting teenagers being sexually active cultivates an acceptance of such a position in society attitude towards sex are less conservative
Undermines
social and religious values leading to deterioration of the moral fibre of the society
also
affects the capacity of people to make decisions by influencing their rational judgment May become offensive and degrading to relationships May create an image problem as people acquire dissatisfaction with their own appearance due to the image continuously created by the models.
To
measure the effectiveness of an advert, we might use the hierarchy of effects model below:
Todays
society is becoming more tolerant of using sex to sell products, not every country has reached the same level of openness. There is no doubt that sex does sell. Decorative, attractive, partially clad models can create favourable attitude ratings. On the other hand, attention may be diverted to the detriment of the brand causing counterproductivity
sex
is effective so long as it is used in a relevant context and within the appropriate level of explicitness. In Kenya, most of the adverts loose this crucial component. There is need for the advert to tap at the consumers emotion for them to buy the product
THE
As
long people desire to be attractive to others, and as long as people desire romance, intimacy, and love, and all the wonderful feelings they involve, advertisers can show how their products help meet those needs and desires through the use of Sexual Appeal, and in most cases, it will work!
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