In Response to Media's Revealing Coverage of Women.

In a presentation last week, Clay Cloutier discussed a topic that caught my eye. He told the class about how companies used half naked women to sell their products. Then Clay went on to talk about how all these commercials can be degrading and can set a scale for how a woman is suppose to look.

I tend to agree with Clay on these points. Women have such high expectations in today's world. All the revealing commercials send out the wrong message. It makes women fell that they have to be a certain height or weight to be excepted in this world. This can also lead to depression or other illnesses if a woman can not reach these "required" goals. I have heard of many cases of women dieting and even forming eating disorders because they want to lower their waist size. It is one thing to lose some weight, but it is another to wither a way to a shadow because of how some girl looks on television. It seems like common girls look at these beautiful, thin women and believe they have to be like that in order to get a husband someday. They have raise the expectation level too high which has had bad consequences. Many people believe that something should be done about the half naked women that are a daily part of the world's life.

People believe that there should be ads that show the world "ordinary women." That is why we saw those Dove commercials in class. They have advertisements that show how unrealistic these half naked women are and they also have commercials that support the average women. These commercials will let women know that they do not absolutely "need" a certain weight and height. These kinds of commercials could change the world as we know it. If more of these come out, it will slowly start taking over the half naked women commercials. This could result with less eating disorders and even less depression. These commercials are a step in the right direction. It should be interesting to see what will happen in the future.