In class we talked about all different combinations a person could be when it came to identifying ones sex or gender. Theirs gay, straight, transgender…etc., but I've noticed these divisions aren't really seen through advertising. When Dr. Jean Kilbourne presented, it seemed like she was mostly concentrated on woman and men in the media. Which makes since because as I'm sitting here writing this I can’t come up with any well-known gay or transgendered ads with perhaps transgendered models or even just having a ad that talks about the issue. It could be true that there are several transgendered models working but the fact that they are transgendered are not opening disclosed. Perhaps some people would want to just "fit in" with what society says is normal but I feel some people would want the chance to show the world that everyone is different and that we don't have to fit into these cookie cutter molds that history has made for us.
I feel the more we expose what else is out their for people the more people will become comfrotable with it. I know it will still take some time for certian people to believe that their are people that think, act and live differently then they do. Perhaps showing not the sterotypes of the world in the media will help people realize that their not alone. Real people dont look or act like the people in the magizines so why show them?
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