It's Not Just Adults That See These Ads...

Whenever I see an ad, it doesnt usually cross my mind about who else is seeing that particular ad. I usually think about what their advertising, and who their audience is. Lets face it, there are some pretty risky ads out there these days, but we as a society are used to seeing them now. Iv personally grown up looking at sexual ads because that's all there is, and sometimes I dont think twice about it. But, we need to start thinking about who else is viewing these ads.

Kid's are growing up in a society where all they see is sex. It's all around and it's starting to seem like it wont ever go away. Some stores try to advertise things for young girls and get their attention. For an example, the brand Candies; Hilary Duff was a spokes girl for them, and there were many settle commercials that were innocent and grabbed young girls attention. But, my guess is, Candies wanted to take a risk. And they did. Why would anyone want to show an ad like the one above, yet have your audience be young girls? There isn't even clothing in this ad, and honestly, a women sitting on a toilet isn't that appealing. It's sad to see that society has come to terms with the fact that it's okay for young kids to see ads like this, and expect them to be drawn to it.

TrueBlood:Getting Attention

I am a huge fan of TrueBlood and I always will be! Even though it does have its "wierd" moments. I didnt really have anything to write about for this blog post but I was looking around, and I have a TrueBlood poster on the back of my door(dont judge) that I got as a joke from a friend. And I realized that the Ad has absolutly nothing to do with the show. They are using a sexual image to advertise their show, and I didnt realize that until now. This show is about a male vampire falling inlove with a human. Call me crazy, but this photo doesn't look much like a man. So why use it? They want to attract people to watch this show, and I guess this image is the only way to do that. Its too bad that these are the kinds of image's that draw people in.

The Bachelor: A Man or A Job?

I just recently started watching The Bachelor every Monday. I like not knowing who is going to win in the end, even though I do have my very strong opinions about who should be in the end! But this show does give me some mixed emotions. I feel that no woman or man should go on a show to find their soul mate because I dont feel that it works out that way, and as we have seen in recent television shows like this, it never works out in the end. Wonder why? But I also like seeing romance and seeing someone choose the right person in the end, the person who deserves it.

Just yesterday, Monday 8th, I was sitting on the couch watching The Bachelor, when I saw a dramatic preview before a commercial come about what was coming up next, and it involved one of my favorite girls. I was thinking that Ali (one of the girls) was crying to Jake because she was going to tell him that she couldnt do this anymore and that he had to choose her, something silly like that. But, that was not at all what happend.

Ali informed him, that she had to choose between her job that she loves, and this man that she is falling inlove with. I was shocked because that was not what I saw coming. It was crushing to see this girl struggle because here she is, one of the final four girls, choose between two things that she couldnt imagine living without. The reason this was such a hard decision for her, was because what if, she chooses to stay with Jake and leave her job, but in the end he doesnt choose to be with her. She's jobless, manless, and heartbroken. But, the reason she decided to stay, was because this man convinced her that he may be with her in the end.

I have to say, that I am proud for Ali that she took the path of her job. I was very shocked that she didnt stay with Jake, but in the end, he may not have chosen her, then where would she be? The reason I was thinking she was going to stay with Jake, was because that is what I have grown up seeing in TV. I have been exposed to women, choosing men over everything in their life, and maybe in the end things dont work out for the best. But sometimes they do. The reason I am proud of Ali is because she stood up for herself as a women, she didnt want to let a man convince her something, and then do the complete opposite.

I'm not saying that women should always choose a career over love, but I am saying that women should not give in so easily. Don't let a man choose your future for you, stand up for what you want and be okay with it.

The Real Housewives of Orange County: What is it teaching women?

The Real Housewives of Orange County is a show that follows five women around while they live their everday life, spend their money, and do what they do best, bicker. To me this show leans both ways. One way being that it shows viewers that some of these women have put their blood, sweat and tears into their jobs, and the other way being that some women need to depend on their husbands for a life, while they dont do anything.

Take Alexis Bellino for example, she's one of the five housewives, and according to her, she lives an "amazing" life. What does this amazing life consist of? Working out seven days a week, getting botox as much as she can, going to church to understand how to be a better wife, and mother, and mixing her husbands food together, because he doesnt know how. God forbid she eats a dounut, she would "kick herself" because she might gain .01 pounds. This video is a clip from season five, where you see Alexis and her husband having dinner. Here you can hear her views on why she does what she does. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cebWcm_Tak&feature=related. If you skip to around 3:30 and watch until 5:30, that is the dinner scence with her husband.

What is hard for me to understand, is why women still believe that they need to depend on their husbands. Why is the thought of being independent so scary to some women? Is it because their afraid they may never get a husband that way? What is this show teaching women? To me, this is teaching some women to cater to their "man". To workout every day of the week, because by tomorrow, there's going to be a new pretty face in town and you need to grab his attention. You need to be the only one that takes care of the kids, because he's had a long and hard day. But dont worry, he's going to reward you with a seven karat diamond necklace after all of your hard work.