¶ … Exposure to Sex in Commercials
The adage, "sex sells," is nothing new, in fact, more than a century ago advertisers were using women in advertising campaigns for tobacco and soaps (Erotic pp). During the 1940's, George Petty became famous with his Petty girls, who were so popular in advertising for bathing attire and cigarettes that students at Princeton University selected Petty as their favorite artist in 1947, while Rembrandt came in second (Erotic pp). The sexual revolution of the 1960's became a catalyst for the use of sexual and erotic ads for just about anything and everything (Erotic pp). In 1966, Swedish model and former Miss Sweden, Gunilla Knutson, appearing in a television commercial for shaving cream encouraged men to "take it all off" to the tune of David Rose's popular hit "The Stripper" (Erotic pp). This ad created enormous attention and heralded in a new era for sex in advertising (Erotic pp). Calvin Klein was one of the first to push the envelope when it came to sex in advertising with his 1980 jeans campaign using 15-year-old Brooke Shields who said, "Nothing come between me and my Calvins" (Erotic pp). Today, there are thousands of ads that have a sexual and erotic flavor, however, many believe that eroticism is overused in the media (Erotic pp).
Richard Taflinger who teaches at the Edward R. Murrow School of Communication at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington, says that sex is the second strongest of the psychological appeals, right behind self-preservation, and its strength is biological and instinctive (Taflinger pp). Since the purpose of advertising is to convince the public that they need these products, and to do it in a short time span or limited space (Taflinger pp). Sometimes, ads will use innuendo and double entendre in the...
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