are woman in fashion adverts a good representation of everyday woman?

Question

a level media research!

Answer 1

It is if you think women like to run around in their bras and panties ready to tease and please men at the drop of a hat. The adverts are a manipulation to sell products to women and men, and, lately, children , pushing the sex angle to extremes.Personally, I think women should fight back asking for more realistic portrayals of women as real people rather than sex objects with bulging breasts and wide crotch gaps... TWH 05152007-4

Answer 2

Absolutely not.All women in ads are 5 ft.10 and up.I am 5 ft.1 1/2 so when I try on jeans they are a foot too long.I am 32 and have to shop in the kids section.Also, according to ads, there are no women over 100 lbs.A good representation of an average woman would (should) be 5 ft 5, roughly 150 lbs and has brown hair.Oh, and a size b in the bra dept. since the ads say we all have D cups and I am still looking for mine:)

Answer 3

No, everyday women don't get followed around by hair and make up artists and a professional photographer who knows all about great lighting. We don't wear stiletto heels with bathing suits and don't own a different pair of sunglasses to match every outfit we own. You want an advertisement that represents the everyday woman? I think it is for Suave shampoo, which jokes that 89% of women admit they have let themselves go, and shows a timeline of such decline. The commercial is hysterical, but very true and identifiable for working moms and wives everywhere.

Answer 4

Considering the fact that every single photograph used in advertising is photoshopped to some degree or another, and that these women are being pictured in a super controlled environment, I'd have to say the answer is an obvious no.

Answer 5

Nope. It reinforces an image of women that isn't true to life. It makes impressionable girls think they have to be thin to be attractive, and it reinforces gender stereotypes by portraying women as sexual objects (i.e. scantily clad women in advertising).

If you look at the weights of women in advertising they're invariably much thinner than what is considered average.

This is all really generalised and probably more sociological than media related but I hope it answers your question

Answer 6

That would depend on which income community level you look at.

Answer 7

No. It makes women think that they have to be super skinny in order to be beautiful.

Answer 8

Hardly!
But that's the point isn't it.

Answer 9

HELL NO.