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Jean Kilbourne: The Perception Of Gender Stereotypes

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A lot of advertisements that involve females, their image is tuned, airbrushed, and cropped. Minimizing her waist, enlarging her features, raising her eyebrows, pronouncing her cheek bones, and airbrushing her skin are one of many examples of how a woman’s image can be altered. Most adults now are not aware of the fact that computers drastically change the way we see models. Because our society is regularly exposed to the media, young girls have no choice but to be brain washed by advertisements. Whether it’s through modeling, magazine advertisements or commercials, women are perceived as objects or sex symbols. Jean Kilbourne is a feminist author and public speaker who is recognized world wide for her views on the way women are perceived in

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