Jean Kilbourne's 'Two Ways A Woman Can Get Hurt'

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Brandi Graves Ms. Stubbs English 1301 15 October 2013 Woman in Advertising Jean Kilbourne an award winning author and educator who is known for her lectures on the effects of how women are objectified through the media. In her article “Two Ways a Woman Can Get Hurt.” Advertising and Violence; Kilbourne paints a picture of how women are abused, and objectified. In the article she uses pictures to show how advertisements portray women and girls. A closer look at this article is necessary to show how important it is to know what women go through just to please other people and to be labeled as a sex icon. Kilbourne uses brand names such as Calvin Klein and DRAKAR a men’s cologne. The Calvin Klein photo shows a woman named Kate Moss laying…show more content…
When women see a celebrity on the cover of a magazine they want to look just like the celebrity. Men also, think if they can get girl that looks like a celebrity off a magazine they will be happy. In reality the celebrity does not look like that in real life. There is no reason to be something you are not if the celebrity does not even look like that. Kilbourne shows a good point about this article and that is no women should ever be used to please people for their needs. Kilbourne does not show any kind of weakness. Abusing women is terrible and that is her whole point of this article. One of her quotes that stood out to me is, “I suppose this could be a woman awaiting her lover, but it could easily be a girl being preyed upon” (Kilbourne…show more content…
Her reasoning is because; women are reaching out to stop all the pain of being alone, and why they soon find out that was a mistake. This article has shown me what advertising does to women. It is very upsetting to see that kind of abuse happening every day. I would never want that to happen to me or anybody in my family. Works Cited Kilbourne, Jean. “Two Ways a Woman Can Get Hurt”: Advertising and Violence. INQUIRY to Academic Writing Second Edition. Pg. 457-479 Print. 14 October 2013 Kilbourne, Jean. “I suppose this could be a woman awaiting her lover, but it could easily be a girl being preyed upon.” INQUIRY to Academic Writing Second Edition. Pg. 458 Print. 14 October 2013 Moss, Kate. “I look twelve.” INQUIRY to Academic Writing Second Edition. Pg. 471 Print. 14 October
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