Advertisment Objectification

Today’s Objectification

There is an ad for Tom Ford (cologne for men) which has a woman holing a bottle of cologne.  Sounds innocent at first, but let describe it a little better.  The picture is of a naked, greased up white women from the bellybutton to right above the knees.  She has bright red finger nails, her index finger and her legs are the only thing holding the bottle in front of her lips.  (Not the lips on her mouth).  Before I go any further I will show you the Advertisement.

This ad is objectifying women well to simply put it, the ad is stating if you wear this cologne women will sleep with you.  To say that it is that easy to get a woman to have sex with a man just because he smells good is degrading.  Just about everything that is sold today is sold based on sex. 

I believe this ad’s intended audience is wealthy nonreligious white men 18 to 40.  I don’t believe occupation, or politics matter much in this Advertisement.  Since this product is sold worldwide a man anywhere in the world could buy this.  I say that this is the target audience because the woman is young and white.  She is wearing red finger nail polish that draws you eye to the placement of the bottle.  When men married or single see this ad they may think this cologne and “pussy” go hand and hand.  A married man may hope it would help with his “married sex life”.  A single man may hope to wear it and have more women to choose from.  Either way this woman is being sexually objectified by millions of men.        

"The Glass Castle"

I really enjoyed "The Glass Castle" because Jeannette Walls took me on a journey of her up bringing.  It was such an eye opening experience about how children view their parents.  It also made me realize maybe I didn't have it so bad as a child.  It was amazing how resourceful she and her siblings became and sort of shocking that they were able to survive.  So far I am really liking "Generation Me" I am really learning how to look at things differently.

Writerly Biobraphy

My name is Heather and I was born and raised in St. Joe.  I'm 26 years old and i have a 5 year old daughter.  The last book I read was Dewy The Library Cat, I read it to my daughter she got the book for her birthday.  Truthfully I never liked to read until recently that is.  I could never find a book that could keep me interested long enough to finish it.  Then last semester my English 100 teacher had us read The Glass Castle and from the time I picked it up I couldn't put it down.  I never realized books could be so good.  I am a fairly good reader as long as it's not out loud.  As a writer I am a horrible speller and I don't have the best grammar.  I try not to let my short comings affect me too much, but their are times when I doubt myself.  None the less I try my best and strive to learn from my mistakes.