"Poetry Slam!" : Advertisements that Objectify Women
Darling,
Throughout your teenage years what have you broken?
A few bones?
Maybe even a few hearts?
NO! That's Not All.
You have cracked your mothers soul like
the spine
of
a
new
book
And you continue to pose for this foolishness as you witness her blood pour
And as the pain in the veins of her eyes remain
Reflect on the messages you send to men
Is this becoming a trend?
What has Gotten into Us Young Women?
Sincerely,
Been There Done That
Your continence has constantly verbalized (Just Do It)
But for what? (Just Do It)
For many males to be mesmerized by her thighs
Or possibly what lies in between them (Just Do It)
You see she knows the way it will be portrayed (Jus Do It)
But it doesn't matter because she is still getting payed (Just Do It)
And maybe after this she'll even get laid
But the negative image of her will never fade
But...She is still afraid (Just Do It)
She knows it's wrong
The pitchfork of the devil is dragging her along
It's her choice to move on
And leave all these bad spirits alone
My purpose for all of this is to poetically open your eyes
to realize
that these marketing guys
are not on our side
You see we women are queens
Not only are we queens but we are also
Human Beings
This sexual curse has been rehearsed and rehearsed and it hurts our youth
And our youth is our future
And we shall leave this in the past
Objectification has gone on for far too long
Let us women stand up and fight for our rights
For we are not just a body that pleases the sight
Let us tear down ads where women are posing preposterously
and standing slutty
And reshape the world and re-sculpt the minds of our youth to once again
cherish the female flesh
and perish the thought of
you
you
and
you,
not all being beautiful. You see these ads are ugly, what I see in me and think of WE
does not equal what these ads portray.
These degrading ads have received debatable responses like
"Oh it's not that bad" or
"Where is your sense of humor?"
Well I say there is a line between humorous and disrespectful.
These ads have crossed the line and have been throughout history for a long time.
How dare you be so mean
and have the audacity to degrade a queen.
- Why did you choose this topic?
- Why did you choose this type of presentation format?
- Where did you run into trouble with the project?
- What went well with this project?
- If you had it to do over, what would you change about your decisions or your process?
- What did you learn?
I choose this topic because I see degrading advertisements on television, on paper, billboards, etc. and take offense to the brutal material coming from the product. I felt that poetry has a way with words that could get inside people and "grind them up" so the feeling that the marketers should've had when they were brainstorming about advertisements and came up with offensive materials such a the ads above. Out of the sample I collected in my research, these are the subdued versions out of all of the example ads I found. The others were entirely too graphic to use for a project for school. I didn't have much trouble with this project . I actually enjoyed it; my heart was in it. The fact that I found so many ads helped with this project. I wish I could've written a poem for each one I found. If I had more time I would do so. I learned how cold hearted some people are with this project and that a "sense of humor" can be rather offensive to a certain group of people.
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