To excommunicate a person from society because they take something so "sacred" like human sexuality and use to sell there products just goes to show how much of a hypocritical society we live in. Most of the criticism is by those who consider themselves "morally enlightened." These ethical intellectuals base their moral boundaries around their faith or affiliated church. To me, there is not a large disparity in the methods used to attract. One uses sexual promise, the other the fear of damnation. Both should be recognized as sacred, yet for some reason the exploitation of sexuality is considered taboo but to exploit the almighty one himself, well that thought never even crossed our mind did it? Are we that engulfed by moral propaganda that we become blinded by what we are told is moral or ethical? Is it possible that we sit here and believe that human programming died with Hitler?
One of man's oldest professions is that of prostitution. That should be an eye opener to all of us that all the sex we see in advertisement will not just go away or disappear. Nor will legislative law or candle light vigils outside your local church be able to control it. The only lin
In a text taken from Marjorie Garber's book on fashion, Vice Versa, entitled "Pushing Borderlines" Garber touches on Klein's use of gender crossing, or amalgamation of the sexes found in his ads. Garber tries to keep a neutral tone throughout the text, but subtle hints of sarcasm and the undermining of Klein's work is read between the lines, at least to me. Throughout the text, Garber repeatedly makes mention to sexual orientation. She wants to point out that Klein's merchandise is bisexual; it sounds as if she is trying to discourage heterosexuals from sporting his apparel because they might be considered gay or bi. The one factual and viable use of information that Garber mentions is fashion's correlation with politics and history (Garber 103). Throughout American culture the best way to see the signs of the times is the dress of the times but then Garber deletes her validity when she makes the comment "fashion has served a more complex function for lesbians and gays than it!
Finally Garber could not hold it in any more. She lets her stance come out in her last sentence, in which she says "if menswear for woman, earrings and skirts for men, navel and nipple
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