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Advertising and the voice of authority - men have it, women don't - Considers the damages advertising can do to the image of women, and what girls continue to have as their role models.
kafka.uvic.ca/~rzarchik/home.html
Authority and TV ads - Review of studies showing that in advertising the voice of authority is nearly always male.
kafka.uvic.ca/~rzarchik/sexobject.html
Calvin Klein's real people - CK ads replace skinny models with fat ones. Are they depicting "real people" or having a stab at their critics. Salon article.
ww1.salonmagazine.com/media/media960930.html
Madison Avenue versus The Feminine Mystique - How the advertising industry responded to the onset of the modern womens movement.
www.rtvf.unt.edu/people/craig/pdfs/madave.PDF
Shift in women's sports advertising - Explores the representation of the female body in sports advertising.
www.lclark.edu/~soan370
The armored knight of the 20th century - Examines how advertising exaggerates the competitive instinct in men.
www.deoxy.org/aknight.htm
What kind of mother are you? - Marketing mavens dissect moms for eager advertisers. Salon article.
www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/02/28/marketing/index.html