SOCIOL 1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: First Amendment To The United States Constitution, Sign Language, Manufacturing Consent
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Only 8% of an ad"s message is received by counscious mind. The environment surrounds us with unhealthy images. Our well-being is sacrificed for the sake of profit. They tell us what we should be. Dark-skinned people are put with jungle features. Turning a human being into a thing turns into dehumanization. We must change our lives by getting bigger breasts. 91% cosmetic procedures are done on women. Rose to about 12 million a year 754% increase in botox, laser treatmment. 114% increase of breast enhancements, liposuction, eyelid (2 million) Women move from being a subject to an object. Men and women inhabit in different worlds. Your worth depends on what you look. Obsession of thinness is about cutting girls down to size. Women are taught to be ashamed of eating. We allow our children to be sexualized. Girls are encouraged to present themselves as pornstars. If you"re not young and beautiful, you have no sexuality.
