1. Bordo is a very slow writer compared to me. She takes time to describe and examplify every point she makes in the essay. She will make her point then use easy to understand and relatable examples to make sure that the readers can fully understand the point that she is making. She goes in to details (though they may not seem as formal like other writers because of the lingo she uses and because she talks about her own personal feelings) which makes the essay more of an enjoyable reading that might appear in a magazine rather than in a collection of essays like this which contains writers with writing styles like Percy. She makes me realize how much I do not go in details with my point and sometime s my writing seems as if I assume that the readers automatically know what I am talking about. I would be interested in trying out Bordo’s writing style and incorporate my feelings and personal expereinces (which I wastaught not to do in high school) though I still might feel like my writing is too informal if I wrote in this style.
2. The subsections in the essay are organized by first starting out with her main point (with references to writers or philosophers) and then personal examples or examples from the media that support her main points. So in her writing it goes from serious to less serious in a section then starts again with serious when a new subsection starts. The slowest reading for me would be where she presents her points in a formal manner because this does not cope well with my a.d.dness. The loudest parts are where she becomes very descriptive to the point where I can illustrate what’s going on in her examples (even though these are the risque parts). The slowest parts are placed in between the loud parts which helps with the rhythm of the reading becuase as soon as I start to get bored with the reading, an interesting part comes up and captivates my attention again. These loud moments, that actually capture my attention mor e than the serious parts where the points are made with words and not imagery created by words, allows her arguments to become more effective in terms of being convincing.
3. Bordo states “women may dread being surveyed harshly… but men are not supposed to enjoy being surveyed period. It’s feminine to be on display. Men are thus taught… to be a moving target. Get out of range of those eyes, don’t let them catch you- even as the object of their fantasies” (172) In this she talks about how society has made it so that it’s bad for women to be judged harshly when she inhabits the subject position but it’s bad for men to be judged at all (be in the subject position). She also supports it by writing about what Ashbery said (176) about how male nude photography is overexposure when this overexposure happens to women all the time. Bordo strengthens her argument very strongly when she says substitute this argument (Ashbery’s) with words blacks and whites for women and males on page 177. This becomes very convincing because readers are able to see how offensive this statement can be with this substitution.
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(image from Abercrombie.com)
) uses these qualities that were desirable to woman at the time period to sell feminine care products. In the second ad which was out in the 70’s the ad becomes a little more risque than the first one. This ad promotes sex appeal which started becoming the desirable trait to women at the time. Both ads use the desirable feminine traits at the time to advertise in order to appeal to many consumers.