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We are going to discuss the documentary, "Killing Us Softly, 4" Please choose just one of the following questions.

1. What is the relationship between dehumanization, objectification, and violence? How do dvertisements dehumanize women? Give examples.

2. What kinds of products are sold using sexuality (give examples)? Why do you think advertisers would use sex to sell their goods? How does this work, anyway? What does it mean when people say sex sells?

3. What are some of the potential physical, emotional, and mental effects on girls and women who try to live up to our culture's ideal image of beauty? What relationship does Kilbourne see between cultural ideals of thinness and the cultural obsession with both dieting and eating disorders? What do you make of this connection?

4. Advertisements that objectify men have increased dramatically in recent years. Although objectification doesn't have the same violent consequences for men that it has for women, there have been recent studies that show that the objectification of men is beginning to take a toll on men's self-esteem. More men are reporting dissatisfaction with their bodies, and eating disorders among men are on the rise. In what ways might the objectification of men in advertisements be affecting how men feel about their own bodies? If you are male do you think advertising images affect your self image? Or, women, do you know of men trying to live up to these ideals?

5. Do you feel that the media reflect or create the ideal image of beauty in our society? Or do you think it's a bit of both? Explain what you mean.