Background: Exoticization of women includes the presentation of women in incredibly odd or surreal contexts.

Focus on the Ads: Consider any number of the following ads. All of them present women as objects, subject to the advertising whim of the corporation.

Why? How to Read Reaction to Ads Controversy Constructions Male Gaze Male Sex Violence Against Men Male Ads Male is Culture Phallic Male Fantasy Homophobia Male Normalization Man as Hero Men in Control Roles Normalization Exotics Women of Color Exotics Surreal Exotics General Difficult Femininity Dolls Naggers Body = Tool Nymphomania Male Objects No Subject Body Parts Becoming Objects Sex Objects Contorted No Product Connection More Body Parts Dehumanization Women as Stupid Women Consumers Women = Nature Only the Body Political Violent Women Faux Power Wet Women Reductionism Body as Landscape Captured Legs as Framing Violence Against Women Women and Fear Death Relationships Sexual Violence Competition Faux Lesbianism Linguistic Violence Constructions of Marriage U.S. Values Global Ads Social Class Ads Kids and Ads Ageism Video Games Advertisers Response Man Show Maxim Side by Side Mock Ads Progressive Ads New Constructions Social Change Bibliography Links Action Hall of Shame

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