Banning Beauty Ads: Yes? No?
Earlier on in the semester, we discussed Naomi Wolf’s article “The Beauty Myth”. We focused on one specific argument that Wolf made: how the concept of ‘beauty’, a social construct in and of itself, reinforces male institutions and male dominance over women. (See also Jean Kilbourne’s article, “Beauty and the Beast of Advertising”)
I found this article online and thought it would raise a fascinating discussion. What do you think about beauty advertisements today? Should the U.K. have banned ads that it felt inaccurately portrayed the women (celebrities) in the photographs?
http://multiculturalbeauty.about.com/b/2011/07/30/should-photo-shopped-beauty-ads-be-banned.htm
