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From: colonel@gloria.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: women in ads
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Date: Mon, 8-Apr-85 11:32:59 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr  8 11:32:59 1985
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> Nonsense.  Stop trying to pass the buck.  We men are responsible.
> The advertising media doesn't tell us which women to desire.
> I've never seen an advertisement which said,
> 
> 	"Hey you!  This is what a beautiful woman looks like!"
> 
> The advertisers FIRST find out which female image the public adores
> and THEN use it to sell the product.  They would have no reason
> to try to sell the image of beauty as well.  No profit in that.

It also depends on the medium.  The public may adore a woman on
a magazine page and shun her on a TV screen.  And neither medium
has anything to do with women in the real world.
-- 
Col. G. L. Sicherman
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