presentations 2

Eli Pardue
2/14/08
AP Lang Comp
LaMags

I liked how all of the presentations yesterday were very different, and people found rhetoric in different places. Finding rhetoric around the town I think would be more difficult than on the internet because the advertisements are much more subtle. We take them for granted because they are in our everyday life. On the other hand, Iesha's Axe body wash commercial could only be found on the internet because it was declared too racy to be put on national television. I also enjoyed seeing the comparisons of rhetoric between competing companies. There was the Gap Body versus Victoria's Secret comparison, the Costco versus farmer's market comparison I made, and a few others.
I think my favorite was the GapBody versus Victoria's Secret. It showed how Victoria's Secret played much more off of the lust and naughty attitude that all sexy women want to show. I think that also goes back to "Two Ways a Woman can get Hurt." It is a prime example of advertisements showing women hat they want to look appealing in a blatantly sexual manner. This kind of portrayal of women is an incentive for sexual assault. GapBody, on the other hand, advertised the white cotton panties "innocent" image to sell their product. I don't think that the advertisements were much better however, because it shows a cute young women looking shy and submissive. That is also a reason that sexual predators attack. However, the rhetorical appeal does indeed work when applying it to womwn who want to remain innocent, or to women who want to be seen as sexy.