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Originally Posted by nooni
i agree that reducing women to sex objects in advertising is not just done in the west. its done all over the world including the majority of muslim countries. no one can argue that.
but the truth is they ARE being used as sex objects, and even the advertising buisness or the "west" have admitted to doing so. thats why we always hear the phrase "sex sells"
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Are we talking all pictures of attractive women in advertising? Or just ones with cleavage? Or only really steamy ones? What about pictures of attractive men? Would a hijabi in an ad be considered a sex object?
Everyone's got a different take on what constitutes modesty. Even for those that are very sexual, I wouldn't say reduce a woman to an object necessarily. The raciness, the pushing of boundaries may be used to grab attention, sometimes I'd agree in poor taste, but in others I wouldn't say that women are being 'objectified' per se any more than any person appearing in an ad.
In any case, the post I was referring to seemed to be portraying it as though it was a defining characteristic of Wester society. I can understand that if one were raised to believe that these elements were absolutely wrong - then that would be something that stands out as such. But to the rest of us who haven't been, it's not something that defines our culture.
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i think the women in bruinrab's list are dressed very modestly. but i think what everyone is forgetting is that the article posted in the OP is about professional parties or dinners and evening outings.
of course women are going to dress professionally at the work place, or at least they should. and thats where the pictures of those 50 ladies were taken. but im going to bet that they were not dressed like and revealed alot more skin when invited to dinners and work outings.
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And they're doing fine.