Blog Response #3

 After reading many of my classmates blogs from the previous week I found that many looked for commercials that used their gender and ethnicities. They point out that these specific advertisements do in fact pin point demographics and pave societies “norms” in life.

   Writer Abbey Unyi (http://abbeyunyi.wordpress.com/) touches on ethnicity and writes:

“At this point of our life, we are entering university, and trying to meet new people. No matter what age you are 8, 19 or 35 you want to be accepted by others. This ad shows a girl about our age, as happy as can be, in American Eagle jeans, surrounded by many others who are also in American Eagle jeans. I also noticed that there are people in this ad of many different ethnic groups. This contributes to the idea that no matter who you are, what race you are, you can feel included and get along with everyone else, as longs as you wear American Eagle jeans.”

 It is quite interesting to see her take on the advertisement in question. She points out that it is important that anyone can be comfortable with whom they are, and anyone can wear these great American eagle jeans. That is something important within the advertisements these days, because society as we know it is growing and expanding multiculturaly.

   

   Another classmate, Simon Turkel (http://turkelsimon.wordpress.com/) points out the important gender defining commercial adverts saying:

 “Most heterosexual young men stereotypically are attracted to beautiful women, so using that method alone isn’t very original, but it always seems to work.  And in the commercial asking “What do women want?” which I know from personal experience, and I am sure most guys can agree, is a question we have shared amongst each other for as long as we’ve lived. “

 Gillette seems to take the things that any man dreams of, A beautiful woman, a nice body, and a clean shaven face to attract young males into joining this masculine, ridiculous lifestyle to back up their product. Advertisements like these are the reason why men go through such extents to present themselves as the man in the commercial would, and if you look outside you can see that it has worked.

   These were just two of many great responses that touches on these subjects. The different ideas and views expressed were interesting to read and showed me just how diverse our demographic really can be.