ad essay
English
4 November 2013
Femininity Where You Least Expect It
Guys and girls both have to look sexy when they are in sports but women have to try harder to maintain their feminine look. But do girls have to look pretty while playing a sport? Cover girl is always making ads about athletes with make up on. They try to show an image that even in sports a girl has to wear makeup. But on the other hand, Nike’s ads are about athletes showing their muscular bodies and giving us a message about just being you. Nike ads empower women because they are motivational. Nike has the best ads about athletes, simply because their ads encourage every girl to love the way they look while playing a sport.
“Femininity is about appearing beautiful, vulnerable, small and winning male approval.” Women want to be tall and attractive to feel elegant and worthy. But know nowadays, women are redefining femininity as strong, independent, and athletic. In the article “I Won. I’m Sorry” by Mariah Burton Nelson she argues that, “Athletic competition, when you come right down to it, is about winning, which is no problem for men, whose gender codes tell them that aggression and domination are admirable male traits. “But how can you win if you’re a female?” This quote is trying to say that, for men its always right to win because they are always being competitive about everything, but if you’re a girl should you be able to win? Why should it not be feminine for girls to win and be competitive? To get back to the point, most female athletes dedicate a lot of attention to portraying a feminine appearance. For this reason, they join modeling. For instance, in Nelson’s article she states that Basketball Star Lisa Leslie has received more attention for being a model than for leading the Americans to an Olympic victory. That’s ridiculous because there are more models than women athletes; she should have more attention on her big accomplishment rather than her posing in her swimsuit. Why do women
4 November 2013
Femininity Where You Least Expect It
Guys and girls both have to look sexy when they are in sports but women have to try harder to maintain their feminine look. But do girls have to look pretty while playing a sport? Cover girl is always making ads about athletes with make up on. They try to show an image that even in sports a girl has to wear makeup. But on the other hand, Nike’s ads are about athletes showing their muscular bodies and giving us a message about just being you. Nike ads empower women because they are motivational. Nike has the best ads about athletes, simply because their ads encourage every girl to love the way they look while playing a sport.
“Femininity is about appearing beautiful, vulnerable, small and winning male approval.” Women want to be tall and attractive to feel elegant and worthy. But know nowadays, women are redefining femininity as strong, independent, and athletic. In the article “I Won. I’m Sorry” by Mariah Burton Nelson she argues that, “Athletic competition, when you come right down to it, is about winning, which is no problem for men, whose gender codes tell them that aggression and domination are admirable male traits. “But how can you win if you’re a female?” This quote is trying to say that, for men its always right to win because they are always being competitive about everything, but if you’re a girl should you be able to win? Why should it not be feminine for girls to win and be competitive? To get back to the point, most female athletes dedicate a lot of attention to portraying a feminine appearance. For this reason, they join modeling. For instance, in Nelson’s article she states that Basketball Star Lisa Leslie has received more attention for being a model than for leading the Americans to an Olympic victory. That’s ridiculous because there are more models than women athletes; she should have more attention on her big accomplishment rather than her posing in her swimsuit. Why do women