Gender representations in advertising

 1) Find three adverts featuring women that are from the 1950s or 1960s. Save the images to your Media folder as jpegs and then import them into your blog post. Hint: You may wish to look at car, perfume or cleaning products but can use any product you wish.

 

2) Find three adverts featuring women that are from post-2000. Save the images to your Media folder as jpegs and then import them into your blog post.




3) What stereotypes of women can you find in the 1950s and 1960s adverts? Give specific examples. 

They are supposed to be housewives, please and follow there husband, and the husband can abuse his wife.

4) What stereotypes of women can you find in the post-2000s adverts? Give specific examples.

They are being sexualised, wearing very revealing clothes as well.

5) How do your chosen adverts suggest representations of gender have changed over the last 60 years? 

It changed from women being housewives and used to do the work at home wearing modest dresses and skirts to them being sexualised.

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