Sex sells.
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I'd imagine you know women who have bought cosmetics or clothing or skin care products because they, on some level, figured it would help them look "BETTER" a lot of the time, without really being conscious of WHY they want to look better? Maybe it's because they want to be more attractive, or reduce perceived unattractiveness, but generally outside of specific personal volition or intent, tends to be in pursuit of some impossible imagines of beauty, conceived deliberately to keep people competing and buying and striving at an impossible standard of youth and beauty. Kinda strikes me as "programming"...Hitokiri_Gensai said:
What I'm getting at is that EVERYONE, male or female, is programmed by their constant media. As simply as I can break it down and still have it make any sense, I see men as being programmed to (want to) GET things, as objects of desire in of themsevles - gadgets, cars, women, status. For women, I see a lot of women programmed to BE things; beautiful, desirable, independent - but in style - and a whole variety of roles... I think women "fall victim" to avertising as much as men and aren't stupid either, but rather that advertisers are master manipulators who know how to work whatever demographic or sex they're targeting SCARY well.
Advertisers sell sex very effectively to EVERYONE and I think it both men and women (who pay attention and think about things) can see, in an inverted way, the mechanics of the advertising to their opposite sexed peers more easily than those who are target for manipulation in the ads, since what's developed to be subliminal to one state of mind tends to stand out to the other.
That's the patterns I see, anyway.
<youtube=7K2GAoBTuc4>Shirastro said:
At some point, you cross a line from suggestive to "blatantly lying about the power of your product".
why not its the best soda ever(which makes it better than water, milk, and juice as a whole)Hitokiri_Gensai said:
sex sells because if it doesnt that means everyone who sees the ad is gay, which means that basically the human race is fucking over in 100 or so years we'll have all died
whats annoying is when people complain about the sex in something, look people not only is not liking the opposite sex a sign of homosexuality but if people as a whole thought like you there wouldnt be 7 billion people and growing, there'd be like 156 people and falling
why do i have a strong urge to buy that product?lacktheknack said:
As a capitalist pig, I say if it makes you money, go for it. Flash massive cleavage in commercials aimed at men. Show rippling muscles in ads directed at women. If it works, do it.
Everyone wants to be attractive and find someone who is attractive. In beer commercials, the guys are always surrounded by hot women. While people don't consciously think this, it sends the message that men who drink this beer are more appealing to women. Same goes for women. They also prey on people's fears. In Victoria Secret commercials, which is a woman's product mind you, they only show the most curvacious women with seemingly perfect bodies and women suddenly think unless I have the matching bra and panty set from Victoria Secret, my man won't find me sexy. People will always be fascinated with sex and always worry whether or not they are sexy. Companies will probably always use this to their advantage because it works.
I think you're misinterpreting the idea. Yeah, sure, you can't show two people getting it on to sell most products because the public outcry would be ridiculous, you're right on that. However, I think it's more "Playing to someone's sexuality or fears about their attractiveness sells." You're not going to find ugly people in commercials or even average people, at least if it's an ad done by a bigger company that can afford top models/actors. Hell, even in the commercials for the Snuggie, all the people in that commercial were attractive individuals.Hagi said:
Everyone wants to be attractive and find someone who is attractive. In beer commercials, the guys are always surrounded by hot women. While people don't consciously think this, it sends the message that men who drink this beer are more appealing to women. Same goes for women. They also prey on people's fears. In Victoria Secret commercials, which is a woman's product mind you, they only show the most curvacious women with seemingly perfect bodies and women suddenly think unless I have the matching bra and panty set from Victoria Secret, my man won't find me sexy. People will always be fascinated with sex and always worry whether or not they are sexy. Companies will probably always use this to their advantage because it works.
would you rather a heterosexual male style your hair? no you wouldnt because no heterosexual male knows jack shit about hair stylingFolksoul said:
better than being communist scum who pays sports superstars only slightly more than unintelligent factory workers amirite?Loner Jo Jo said:
mainly cause i dont often drink soda, and when i do i prefer ginger brew. like Jamacian style Ginger Brew. SOOOO GOOD.devilkingx said:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwrK-foCTaQ
EDIT: Subconciously, advertisements on sex appeal are trying to indirectly link our minds to either "My product is linked to the hot opposite sex" or "If you use this product, you'll be hot like me", and human insecurity. I mean this is no new revelation in advertising, but saddly it says much for the state of humanity that its working like a charm, or you wouldn't see these commercials.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwrK-foCTaQ
EDIT: Subconciously, advertisements on sex appeal are trying to indirectly link our minds to either "My product is linked to the hot opposite sex" or "If you use this product, you'll be hot like me", and human insecurity. I mean this is no new revelation in advertising, but saddly it says much for the state of humanity that its working like a charm, or you wouldn't see these commercials.