Reader Response #2

      Women's role has been seeing as a housewife and mother of her children for decades. During the depression times in 1920s, they had no opportunities to get a job, or to go to school for they have been considered less capable to do that. Now, it seems that it is still happening. According to Kilbourne Today's  advertising industry shows men'  power over women, and it also  shows women being "objectified" for their bodies as being used as attraction to sell what they are advertising. The "unequal" powers between men and women are based on culture, physical  strength and Independence which means a woman can't walk alone on the streets wearing provocative clothing without being attack by a rapist or assuming she is a prostitute.

     Women's ads it shows  how they  are being treated  in real life as care taker at home and  as  commercial item . As Kilbourne mentioned that "ads affected us in damaging way"  which means that women are being used for their bodies potentially attract those sales, and have less respect than men. Women own a beautiful body; it doesn't matter if we are thick, skinny or though. We are still beautiful, then we exploit our beauty without noticing that people our taking advantages of. The ads make a point of reality of supporting  the idea that men have the power over women , and they can do wherever they want.

    Men own the respect already than women have to gain the respect. Men hasn't being affected by an ad, instead it is charming to see a guy with the shirt off. however for women it can be seen as pornography. An example; men always got  respect without being married or being with a woman, but women have to gain that  respect by others, so  we have to be married to gain respect otherwise women are seeing as "sluts" like
an abandoned object . On the other hand,men are allow to have sexual  fantasies and they are not blame for it in fact they allow themselves to have the freedom as a person to walk on the streets alone  without worrying about having his car keys ready  like a woman.

    The idea of society how women should be seen as if  they need to be protected for having less strength   People sees women as less chance of having a physical  job and not being capable to work. For example, construction companies has the potential of  hiring a man than a woman for obvious reasons; women are not strong enough. According to Kilbourne " domestic violence is a leading cause of female injury in almost every country in the world" (585). Men take advantage of women being less stronger, moreover they hit them by showing they have power. I think there are ways to defend our selves and teach them to respect us in one way or another.

    Finally, I believe that women have progress during all this time. Women work and take care of the house at the same time as a guy can do it as well. It is true women are different than men in certain areas like strength or roughness, but women are capable to be seeing as a human being not as a sexual  object.