stereotypical advertising
Not enough advertisements show women driving, be it cars or bikes. Are women not seen as potential buyers, or is it plain sexism?
While the ads may intend to sell us products, solely, they use our beliefs and sensibilities to connect with us. Which is where stereotyping comes in. It is not as if women doing household chores, or men struggling with them is something creative heads manufactured and then sold to us.
Amused by a highly sexist matrimonial ad published in The Hindu that went viral last week, a woman responded to it. Her aim was to…
An e-commerce company is selling plus-size tights. But weirdly, it is promoting the products by choosing normal-size models for it. Yes, thin models…
The ad world is changing. While earlier scantily clad women were used in adverts to sell anything from washing powder to…
Objectifying women in ads is not new to the world. Luring the audience to make them pause for 10 seconds just…
Cong MP Viplove Thakur demanded a ban on Fairness Creams, saying they were misleading women consumers.
Owner of the Axe brand of deodorants, Unilever has announced last week that these female archetypes will soon disappear from the scenes.
Earlier in the day cab company Ola released an ad announcing their new cab prices, which were unbelievably low. But the ad smacked of some serious sexism.
