Advertising and Sexuality

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In this essay, the writer discusses sexuality in the media. In particular, the writer studies the appearance and use of sexuality in advertising. The writer explains that the aim of advertising is to provoke a wish or desire to obtain the type of lifestyle that is being promoted together with the product.

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"The role of advertising is not to simply inform consumers of products. The role of advertising is to convince people that buying a product will get them the lifestyle that they want. For example, in All Consuming Desire Neil E. Harrison says, 'Product design and differentiation, and marketing and advertising expertly turn vague desires to attract and impress into demands for commercial commodities and services'. What this means is that advertising's purpose is not to sell you a product. Its purpose is to increase desire for something that the product will provide the consumer."

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