Sociology of Sexualities
Nicole LaMarre
5/2/2012
Topic: Sex in the Media
The topic I choose to discuss for this writing assignment is Sex in the media and it is portrayed through magazines. I choose this topic because I was interested in further educating myself on how sex is incorporated in magazines and finding out information on the effects it have on magazine readers. I also choose this topic because it was very significant to various lectures that addressed this specific topic as well as other topics that we discussed throughout the semester. This topic is extremely significant to me because I am a young adult that browse through magazines occasionally and I often find myself comparing my appearance …show more content…
Moreover, men and women are affected tremendously by the ads they view, so sociologically this is affecting each individual that views these ads psychosocially. The significance of sex in the media is that everyone who picks up a magazine and browse through it will encounter some forms of sex. We should care about this topic because sex in the media is one of the leading causes of eating disorders in America. Another reason why we should care about sex in the media is because the media tries to sell sex to all ages. The media tends to attract more of the younger crowd due to how they construct their ads as well as what they make the focal point of the advertisement. In this essay I am going to break down three specific topics that are embedded in the general topic of sex in the media. These three specific topics all go hand in hand with the production of sex in the media and how successful the ads are conveyed to the viewers. The three topics that I am going to discuss are selling sex through advertisement, images of the perfect body, and the impact sex ads have on the