NEO-MARXIST
WILLIAMS
- Advertising domestic stereotype : advertisers make profit by selling the nuclear family stereotype as the housewife/mother lifestyle.
Butler & Paisley --> 70% of women in advertisements in 1980 study were shown doing domestic roles. Reasons that advertisers focus on nuclear, privatised family to see more products.
Also trying to sell a whole way of life --> 'What Not To Wear' TV programme by Trinny & Susannah suggest improved fashion sense and beauty tips will enhance our quality of life but can also be the remedy for relationship problems.
+ Identify how female stereotypes might generate profits for advertisers that benefit the capitalist economy.
- PM Baudillard : female identities and roles represented that also benefits the consumer.
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