Blog #8
The movie we watched in class called “How to Get Ahead in Advertising” made me think about how other products that are not glamorous are advertised. I looked at tampon advertisements since often feminine hygiene products are not thought of as glamorous. This advertisement truly shows how unglamorous products are advertised as embarrassing. The tampon’s feature is that it can be hidden in your hand so no one has to see your unglamorous tampon. I think advertising for feminine products should be reversed and instead of enforcing the element of embarrassment with feminine products it should be the opposite.
