Victoria's Secret: The Ethics Of Clothing Advertising
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In today’s world, more companies are targeting their clothing advertisements towards teenagers and adolescents. These advertisements are certainly effective, as teenagers “spend up to a staggering 172 billion dollars annually on clothes” (“Clothing”). However, an effective advertisement may not be an completely ethical. Analysts of these advertisements “complain about increasingly skimpy and revealing clothing and the use of sexual themes in ads, whose models are usually scantily clad and in suggestive positions.” These sexual themes, especially from popular companies like Victoria’s Secret, have more of an impact with the amount of advertisements placed in the media. About “four out of every five advertisements in teen magazines includes clothing