People want violence too.
?? Who wants violence? Criminals I guess, and we throw them in jail. You may be confusing entertainment which contains violence (Die Hard 5!) with violence. Do you want more violence in your life? I doubt it. You probably don't even want to watch REAL people fight. Would you like more sex? Me too! See the difference?
Do you know anyone who is 60 and regrets having been too sexually active during their lifetime? I think that type of individual is few and far between. But plenty of 60 year old probably have regrets about the violence they may have caused in their life, if they have any conscience.
As for food, I don't think Americans are obese due to food ads, we are obese because we're rich and inactive. Plenty of other countries have food advertising similar to America's, and their populations aren't obese. It's because they can't afford as much food, and/or their population is more labor oriented. If food ads were the problem, they would all be obese as well. They're not.
As for music, I thought you were objecting to the commercialization of something good (sex), not bad (gangster rap culture). What do you think about the commercialization of music when it is love songs? It's still mass marketed expressions of love. Does it harm society to have love songs marketed to them on an objectified, manufactured for money style? Individuals don't create their own meaningful love songs and sing them to each other, it's all packaged for them by the music (for profit) corporations. What's the difference between the commercialization of love songs and the commercialization of sex in advertising?
As far as I can tell, if you are opposed to sex in advertising, you are opposed to sex. If you think sex is good, then its success in advertising programs indicates the population wants more sex, and that is the reason for the ads appeal. |
