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Killing Us Softly: Advertising's Image of Women
Taking advertisements from magazines, newspapers, album covers and shop front windows, KILLING US SOFTLY presents specific examples of the ways in which advertisements reinforce stereotypes, affect our self-image and how we relate to each other, our concepts of success and worth, love and sexuality, popularity and normality. Using an intriguing mixture of statistics, humor, insight and outrage, Jean Kilbourne questions how far the use and abuse of women in advertising is connected to the sexual exploitation of women at large and the increasing incidence of child abuse.
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Killing Us Softly: Advertising's Image of Women
- Overview
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- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
Jan 1, 1979
Runtime
0h 30m
Genres
Documentary
User Score
45%
Original Title
Killing Us Softly: Advertising's Image of Women
Production Companies
Cinenova, Cambridge Documentary Films
Director
Jean Kilbourne
Description
Taking advertisements from magazines, newspapers, album covers and shop front windows, KILLING US SOFTLY presents specific examples of the ways in which advertisements reinforce stereotypes, affect our self-image and how we relate to each other, our concepts of success and worth, love and sexuality, popularity and normality. Using an intriguing mixture of statistics, humor, insight and outrage, Jean Kilbourne questions how far the use and abuse of women in advertising is connected to the sexual exploitation of women at large and the increasing incidence of child abuse.
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