Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Pornographic images are frequently found in mainstream media. That which objectifies women and puts them in the position to be lewd sex slaves and will stop at nothing to get sex. Below are some videos, discovered on YouTube that contain commercials, music videos, and television shows alluding to pornographic acts.


The first image is the Carl’s Jr. ad featuring Paris Hilton. This commercial only remained on the air for a short period of time due to its taboo subject matter. In the video a scantily clad Paris Hilton is seen rubbing all over a car, washing the car as well as shoving a hamburger in her mouth. The point here being that while Paris Hilton is not participating in sex acts, she is still alluding to them by her appearance as well as her body language. She is seen as nothing more than an object.

The second video is for an Axe body spray product. In the video a guy is seen as having “X-ray vision” where he sees a number of girls in just their bras and underwear. At the end of the commercial the man meets a girl after he sprays himself with the cologne and then she sees him in his underwear. The commercial again gives emphasis on sex acts, and is pornographic in a “foreplay” sense; this commercial was also seen on the mainstream circuit for a period of time.

This next advertisement is something that is completely mainstream, although has been out of public eye for a period of time. The ever-popular Herbal Essences commercial featuring a woman in the shower with her shampoo having an “Organic experience” while her partner is listening to her talk to the shampoo, he is perplexed and wondering who she is talking to.



The Pussycat Dolls can be viewed as burlesque dancers in the Pop Music circuit. They are always tightly dressed in very few articles of clothing, and are seen in this music video bumping and grinding on chairs. The pornographic material seen here is the objectification of women, their stance in the Pop music scene as being nothing more than bodies to look at, and the above all adherence to the norms of Pop music singers - you have to look good and not necessarily sound good.

Lastly, here is a clip from Gossip Girl. The tone of the show is young adults having sex, in this particular clip one character is seen as getting “Sex tips”, although the whole 52 seconds of the clip portrays nothing but pornographic material.

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