Killing Us Softly: Advertising's Image of Women

Overview

Taking advertisements from magazines, newspapers, album covers and shop front windows, KILLING US SOFTLY presents specific examples of the ways in which advertisements reinforce stereotypes, affect our self-image and how we relate to each other, our concepts of success and worth, love and sexuality, popularity and normality. Using an intriguing mixture of statistics, humor, insight and outrage, Jean Kilbourne questions how far the use and abuse of women in advertising is connected to the sexual exploitation of women at large and the increasing incidence of child abuse.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 1979

Original language

English

Spoken languages

english

Countries

United States of America

Production

Cinenova,Cambridge Documentary Films,Cinenova, Cambridge Documentary Films

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0156707