Gender in Popular Culture: Male Objectification

Gender in Popular Culture: Male Objectification

What About Male Objectification?• Anything about these images that resembles

Kilbourne’s analysis in the video?

Male Objectification• Is the increase of images like these an

indication of gender equality?

Male Objectification

• Who produces these images? Whose gaze is this? Is this feminism?

Male Objectification• Do these ads (from Calvin Klein) indicate a change in

masculinity?

“No Comment,” Ms (Oct. 01)• “Does nudity sell? Of course it does--so well that ads with naked bodies rarely make

the cut for No Comment anymore. But people still send them in, and we wonder: is the problem with nudity, or is it a lack of equal opportunity bareness? Where are the naked guys selling vodka? Then this nude dude arrived in the mail. So tell us, is he--are any of these photos--No Comment-worthy? Do you care if models that sell games (perfume, booze) are fully clothed or in the buff?”