Gender representation in advertising

1) Find three adverts featuring women that are from the 1950s or 1960s. Save the images to your Media folder as jpegs and then import them into your blog post. Hint: You may wish to look at car, perfume or cleaning products but can use any product you wish.

1950/1960's





2) Find three adverts featuring women that are from post-2000. Save the images to your Media folder as jpegs and then import
them into your blog post.



3) What stereotypes of women can you find in the 1950s and 1960s adverts? Give specific examples. 
Women are seen as inferior and somewhat like slaves to men. They are also seen as people who just do housework and never go out and cant get a job like men can. They are seen as weak and unable to do stuff people think only men can do.

4) What stereotypes of women can you find in the post-2000s adverts? Give specific examples.

Women are still being sexualized and people still think they are weak compared to men but this is not as harsh as in the 1950's-1960's. 

5) How do your chosen adverts suggest representations of gender have changed over the last 60 years? 
Women are becoming slightly less sexualized and seen as less inferior now but it is still a problem and people haven't completely stopped doing that.

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