Role Reversal

It is known that women get sexualized in everyday media and in advertising, but what happens when men are the objects in the same situation? Things take a turn when men are objectified just like women in advertising.

Many women and men found it offensive and did not shy away from expressing their "disguised" attitudes towards this advertising. Just like this person's post:

Even in an article by Lisa Van Houten called Attn. Kmart Shoppers, she talks about how this is seen more as porn.

Therefore, I went on Youtube and wanted to prove how ridiculous this people are considering women are treated like this everyday. What I came upon was pretty comical, entertaining, and shows the real difference that men and women deal with when it comes to advertising.

This is just an excellent portrayal of the way women are to look in advertising but of course if it is a man in the commercial it seems more ridiculous and less "sexy."

Average Barbie

There has been many different times were barbie was compared to a normal woman to see if he body measure would even be possible. The picture to the left shows the measures of the average women versus the measurement of what barbie would be, if she was a real person. But these standard have made many girls and women feel bad and try to strive for the body image of barbie. This made it possible for a guy to make a barbie called the "average" barbie.

This is the comparison of the of the original barbie versus the new "average" barbie. The new "average" barbie has the same measurements of the average women, while not being fat or anorexic.This barbie is a prototype of what the barbie would look like. This would help with girls who feel the impossible pressure to be more like barbie, a body type unable to be achieved without hurting yourself.

This is the real "average" barbie that is named Lammily. She promotes a healthy lifestyle and is active. She was made to make girls realize that average is beautiful and that they are great the way they are. They also plan to make this barbie in different ethnicities and different body types.