Men’s clothing and accessories designer, Tom Ford, is known for his explicit print advertisements featuring nude women, and occasionally nude men as well. While the ads may not completely show the entire private areas of the women depicted, they leave nothing to the imagination and are highly inappropriate. One ad above places an attractive man beer in one hand, cigar in the other, fully clothed in a Tom Ford suit. This image may not be as offensive had they not placed a nude female model wearing nothing but presumably a Tom Ford bracelet and sunglasses. Also, did you notice that the man is completely ignoring the woman standing next to him? The other ad above also for Tom Ford’s sunglass line is obviously a sexual innuendo. While this ad does show the face of the female, it illustrates her solely as an object for man’s pleasure.
Tom Ford has several other ads similar, even more explicit than these. Please be warned the content of these images are very sexual and are not condoned by our group.
How do you feel when you see ads like these? How do you think the women posed in these ads feel?
These advertisements definitely portray women as "objects". This creates an idea that women are disposable or that the should be a source of pleasure for men. What is even worse is that in both of these advertisements it appears as though the women is being disrespected by the man somehow. Which send the message to both men and women that it is okay.
ReplyDeleteI find the 2nd ad extremely offensive- not only does in objectify women, but how many girls actually look like her? I know few girls who are that thin, and if a man ignores a pretty, naked and in shape women, what does the average woman have that can possibly out-do that?
ReplyDeleteI think this first ad is HOT!! I don't think this is offensive to women at all. If anything it's portraying that the woman is a dominant female that is in control of the man.
ReplyDeleteThe second ad you could view as the man is totally not interested the female because she is to skinny, he is actually looking at the other normal sized female across the room that you can't see in this picture.
I think that both of these ads are ridiculous, and have nothing to do with the items that are being sold. The man in the suit with the cigar and beer would be appropriate if the naked woman were not next to him. She is seemingly irrelevant to the advertisement seeing as the man doesn't even notice her. If he doesn't acknowledge her, then what's the point of even putting her in there? Apparently a man seeing a naked women makes them thin "oh! That's the suit I want to buy!" Not exactly. That women is there for purely sexual reasons, playing role that is not needed for this advertisement.
ReplyDeleteI feel that those women are portrayed more as objects for others to look at and either admire or criticize because of the way they are all dressed or not dressed and what they pose for, and also how the pose. I do feel, though, that they chose to do things like that for more popularity or to show off what they do have as their body. And I say, if you have a body you are proud of, you are more than welcome to show it off any way you would like, well, to some extent. It is that woman's choice to do what she wishes with her life and body, but she needs to understand the "consequences" of her actions and photographs for this matter.
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