This document discusses gender bias in advertising based on research conducted by the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. The research analyzed over 2,000 advertisements and found that women consistently make up only about 1/3 of characters. It also found that men receive around 3-4 times as much screen time and speaking time as women. Additionally, men's dialogue was found to contain more words related to power and achievement. The document argues that increasing female representation behind the scenes in creative roles could help address these issues of gender bias in advertising content.
Advertisements shape ideas about gender roles and expectations in society. They promote stereotypes of masculinity and femininity that influence how men and women see themselves and each other. For example, male ads often depict men as strong, powerful, and successful in their careers. Female ads commonly portray women as focused on beauty, fitness, and domestic tasks. These stereotypes are intentionally used by advertisers to target consumers and sell products, but they also deepen preexisting gender stereotypes in culture. While some ads are directed at only one gender, others may use the opposite gender to attract buyers. Overall, ads characterize men as responsible and women as defined by their physical appearance.
Female Gender Stereotypes In Advertisementserinm95
The document discusses how advertisements promote gender stereotypes. It notes that ads shape ideas about how men and women should look, feel, dress, behave and interact. Advertisers intentionally use stereotypes to appeal to consumers and define appropriate gender roles. For women specifically, common stereotypes in ads include portraying them as homemakers, emphasizing their physical attractiveness, showing them wearing revealing clothing, and sometimes treating them as sex objects or implying they are weak.
This document discusses the portrayal of women in advertising and makes several recommendations. It notes that traditionally, Indian and global advertisements depict women in domestic or decorative roles. However, modern women have many roles outside the home. The document recommends that advertisements show women in more diverse and realistic roles, focusing on average women and emphasizing the product rather than models. It also calls for scrutiny of advertisements that exploit women or affect their self-esteem to ensure women are depicted with dignity.
The document discusses gender roles and stereotypes in advertising. It notes that ads commonly portray women in subtle stereotypical ways, such as demonstrating products versus stating benefits, and with more passive body language. This reinforces stereotypes of women as unintelligent consumers, dependent on men, and focused on appearance. The impacts of these portrayals include influencing women's attitudes, lowering their self-confidence and career expectations, and fueling insecurities. The document recommends that advertisers consider different target markets like tweens, young women and older women, and market to them in more relatable ways without relying on gender stereotypes.
This document is an essay analyzing the portrayal of women in mass media such as films, television, music videos, and advertising. It discusses how women have traditionally been portrayed in narrow gender roles and stereotypes, such as being thin, fragile, and focused on beauty and relationships. However, it notes that some recent portrayals in films like Frozen and music videos like "All About That Bass" show a move toward more empowering and diverse portrayals. The essay also examines how exposure to stereotypical portrayals can influence societal expectations of women. Overall, it argues that while some progress has been made, further work is still needed to eliminate harmful stereotypes and achieve accurate, non-stereotypical representation of women across all
This presentation is part of online session for Foundation Course for SNDTWU college students which will be delivered from WizIQ platform in few hours from now.
The document discusses common gender stereotypes portrayed in various media such as Disney movies, commercials, and television shows. Women are often depicted as overly skinny and beautiful with an unrealistic body image, while men are usually shown as strong, powerful, and having perfect bodies. These stereotypes do not accurately reflect the diversity of body types that exist for both women and men.
Hiii, This presentation was made by me for my assignment. I would like all of you to go through it not just for the sake of going or extracting information. Its just not for students to go through it and copy paste content but also to show up a cause how women are important and some factors of women in advertising. It was just not a project but also how eventually women and advertising has reached to a very interesting level with rising on its fastened pace. I would like all to not just see but read and go through. It could be a great help I suppose.
Thank you.
Its Shalvee Shirke over here.
Continue scrolling and reading have a great time.
(This was my very first post well I am looking forward to post more)
Advertisements shape ideas about gender roles and expectations in society. They promote stereotypes of masculinity and femininity that influence how men and women see themselves and each other. For example, male ads often depict men as strong, powerful, and successful in their careers. Female ads commonly portray women as focused on beauty, fitness, and domestic tasks. These stereotypes are intentionally used by advertisers to target consumers and sell products, but they also deepen preexisting gender stereotypes in culture. While some ads are directed at only one gender, others may use the opposite gender to attract buyers. Overall, ads characterize men as responsible and women as defined by their physical appearance.
Female Gender Stereotypes In Advertisementserinm95
The document discusses how advertisements promote gender stereotypes. It notes that ads shape ideas about how men and women should look, feel, dress, behave and interact. Advertisers intentionally use stereotypes to appeal to consumers and define appropriate gender roles. For women specifically, common stereotypes in ads include portraying them as homemakers, emphasizing their physical attractiveness, showing them wearing revealing clothing, and sometimes treating them as sex objects or implying they are weak.
This document discusses the portrayal of women in advertising and makes several recommendations. It notes that traditionally, Indian and global advertisements depict women in domestic or decorative roles. However, modern women have many roles outside the home. The document recommends that advertisements show women in more diverse and realistic roles, focusing on average women and emphasizing the product rather than models. It also calls for scrutiny of advertisements that exploit women or affect their self-esteem to ensure women are depicted with dignity.
The document discusses gender roles and stereotypes in advertising. It notes that ads commonly portray women in subtle stereotypical ways, such as demonstrating products versus stating benefits, and with more passive body language. This reinforces stereotypes of women as unintelligent consumers, dependent on men, and focused on appearance. The impacts of these portrayals include influencing women's attitudes, lowering their self-confidence and career expectations, and fueling insecurities. The document recommends that advertisers consider different target markets like tweens, young women and older women, and market to them in more relatable ways without relying on gender stereotypes.
This document is an essay analyzing the portrayal of women in mass media such as films, television, music videos, and advertising. It discusses how women have traditionally been portrayed in narrow gender roles and stereotypes, such as being thin, fragile, and focused on beauty and relationships. However, it notes that some recent portrayals in films like Frozen and music videos like "All About That Bass" show a move toward more empowering and diverse portrayals. The essay also examines how exposure to stereotypical portrayals can influence societal expectations of women. Overall, it argues that while some progress has been made, further work is still needed to eliminate harmful stereotypes and achieve accurate, non-stereotypical representation of women across all
This presentation is part of online session for Foundation Course for SNDTWU college students which will be delivered from WizIQ platform in few hours from now.
The document discusses common gender stereotypes portrayed in various media such as Disney movies, commercials, and television shows. Women are often depicted as overly skinny and beautiful with an unrealistic body image, while men are usually shown as strong, powerful, and having perfect bodies. These stereotypes do not accurately reflect the diversity of body types that exist for both women and men.
Hiii, This presentation was made by me for my assignment. I would like all of you to go through it not just for the sake of going or extracting information. Its just not for students to go through it and copy paste content but also to show up a cause how women are important and some factors of women in advertising. It was just not a project but also how eventually women and advertising has reached to a very interesting level with rising on its fastened pace. I would like all to not just see but read and go through. It could be a great help I suppose.
Thank you.
Its Shalvee Shirke over here.
Continue scrolling and reading have a great time.
(This was my very first post well I am looking forward to post more)
Representation of women in Advertisements Mital Raval
Here I am uploading my presentation of paper no-15 Mass Media and Communication and my presentation topic is Representation of women in Advertisement. It is Submitted to Dr. Dilip Barad MKUB.
Research Paper on Sexual Objectification of Women in Indian Advertisements.Ashi Pandey
Indian advertisements often sexually objectify and stereotype women. Women are portrayed as objects of male sexual desire and are judged based on their physical appearance rather than accomplishments. They are shown in subordinate roles to men and used to increase sales by adding an "oomph factor". This objectification promotes unrealistic beauty standards and can negatively impact women's self-image and mental health. The paper aims to prove this prevalent objectification and stereotyping in Indian ads fails to further gender equality.
This document summarizes gender stereotypes in media. It defines sex and gender, explaining that gender refers to socially constructed roles rather than biology. It then defines gender stereotypes as beliefs about personal attributes of females and males. Common female stereotypes presented include that women are gentle, belong in "clean" jobs, and are nurses rather than doctors. Common male stereotypes include that men do "dirty" jobs and are not caregivers. The document discusses how media, like magazines and advertisements, influence perceptions of gender through stereotypical portrayals and the "male gaze." It provides examples of negative effects of gender stereotypes like impaired performance and increased stress.
This document discusses gender and media. It introduces gender studies as a field that analyzes how race, ethnicity, sexuality and other factors intersect with gender. Gender studies challenges the distinction between sex and gender, arguing that both are socially constructed. The document examines how movies, advertising and other media influence ideas of beauty, masculinity and femininity from a young age. It also discusses Judith Butler's theory of gender as performative and looks at some examples of how historical advertising reflected and shaped gender norms.
Women in the workplace are often stereotyped into four categories: sex object, mother, child, and iron maiden. These stereotypes disadvantage women by defining them based on gender rather than qualifications. Men are also subject to stereotypes as the sturdy oak, fighter, and breadwinner. These stereotypes pressure men to act independently and aggressively while putting work before family. Overall, both gender stereotypes negatively impact how men and women are perceived and treated in the workplace.
This document discusses gender inequality and development approaches over time. It covers topics such as:
1) The human development approach focuses on improving quality of life through health, education, and standard of living. Economic growth alone does not guarantee development.
2) Early approaches included trickle-down theory and growth with social justice. Recent approaches include human development, gender and development, and women's empowerment.
3) Gender inequalities exist due to discrimination and social norms. Reducing inequalities requires conventions, economic and legal reforms, and women's empowerment and agency.
Gender stereotyping refers to overgeneralizing the characteristics of men and women based on their sex. It involves associating certain behaviors, attributes, and roles with a particular sex. There are two main types of gender stereotypes: masculinity, which refers to male traits and roles like being dominant and earning income, and femininity, which refers to female traits and roles like caregiving and less decision-making power. Gender stereotyping is seen in physical appearance expectations, domestic behaviors, occupations, and personality traits assigned to each sex. For example, women are expected to be slim, grow their hair, cook and raise children, work in caring roles, be passive and clean, while men are expected to be tall and strong, earn
This document discusses factors affecting gender equality in the workplace. It summarizes a study that surveyed opinions on gender stereotypes in different occupations. The study found that stereotypes still somewhat impact perceived gender distributions. However, many believe future generations will be less impacted by occupational stereotypes. Statistical data showed that women dominate fields like administrative assistants and nursing, but few are in construction. While some fields like pharmacists pay women fairly, women on average still earn less than men.
It discuss about Mass media and Gender in Advertisements: what is media, MEDIA CAN RANGE FROM , Gender bias in media, ads for children, dress, food, gender stereotype in social roles, capacities and conclusion
Lesson 3 gender stereotypes and the mediaElle Sullivan
This document discusses how gender stereotypes are portrayed in media through patriarchal ideals. It explains that traditionally, patriarchal societies viewed male attributes as superior and reflected this in media by portraying men as more powerful than women. Women were often shown in roles that suited patriarchal ideas, such as the happy housewife or sex object. Starting in the 1960s, feminism challenged these stereotypes by seeking greater equality and opportunities for women.
The document discusses how media portrays and defines gender roles and identity. It outlines how media stereotypes men as masculine and dominant and women as sexual objects that are valued based on their physical appearance. Both genders are subjected to unrealistic standards of beauty and narrow definitions of masculinity and femininity. The media also influences behaviors and perceptions of gender from a young age. While women face objectification and lack of representation in powerful roles, there is also a need for more gender equality in the media industry itself.
The document discusses the projection of women in advertisements. It notes that women are often used as objects to attract consumer attention rather than being portrayed as competent individuals. The research aims to understand the positive or negative impact of this approach on consumer behavior. A survey was conducted of 50 media viewers to examine the relationship between the impact of women in ads, increased sales, and attraction. The results found a positive correlation between these factors. Most respondents felt ads influenced their shopping trends. The conclusion calls for portraying women as confident and empowered rather than vulgar objects. Recommendations include giving the product more emphasis than the female model and depicting women and men equally.
This document discusses the objectification of women in advertisements. It defines objectification as representing an abstraction as a physical thing. Advertisements have become integral to modern life through TV and other media. The advertisement industry aims to satisfy clients. Women are often objectified in ads to make them feel inadequate and that products will improve their looks and attractiveness. This can negatively impact women's self-image and lead to issues like eating disorders. While objectification exists for men as well, women are more commonly fragmented and depicted as objects in ads. The document concludes that objectifying women in advertisements has become an ingrained social norm that is now difficult to change.
Representation of male and female in mediaIlhaan Marwat
In general, "media" refers to various means of communication. Media includes every broadcasting and narrow casting medium such as newspapers, magazines, TV, radio, direct mail,telephone, fax, and internet.
This presentation discusses how media representations of gender and beauty influence societal norms. Unrealistic ideals are portrayed - women are expected to be extremely thin while men must be muscular. These portrayals shape gender roles, with women often depicted as weak victims and men as strong protectors or villains. Scenes of violence like rape also usually portray women as helpless and men as powerful. The media gaze constructs women as passive objects for the male audience. Through constant exposure, these images shape perceptions of appropriate gender roles and relationships.
The document discusses how media promotes gender stereotypes. It defines gender stereotyping as beliefs about male and female characteristics. Media often stereotypically portrays males as masculine and dominant with ideal bodies, while females are depicted as feminine objects that should be submissive and focus on their appearance. This leads to the objectification, commodification, and sexualization of females in media like television and magazines. The conclusion states that including more diverse female roles could help reduce stereotypical gender portrayals that influence society's perceptions.
Gender inequality exists in education, employment, and income between men and women. Women face barriers including earning only 70 cents for every dollar a man earns, being discouraged from pursuing higher-paying fields, and shouldering a greater burden of unpaid domestic work and childcare. While progress has been made over the last 30 years from more women in the workforce and policies against wage discrimination, gender roles and societal expectations of women's traditional roles in the household and workplace still contribute to inequality today.
The document discusses the differences between the digital divide and digital inequality. The digital divide refers to the gap between those who have access to digital technologies and those who do not, distinguishing the "haves" from the "have-nots". Digital inequality is a more refined understanding that emphasizes a spectrum of unequal access and use across populations based on factors like gender, age, income, and education. While early internet adoption showed a large gap, availability and access have increased over time as markets and technologies have expanded, although prices have not decreased proportionately. Addressing digital inequalities requires efforts like education, affordable access, equipment recycling, and training people to be active users.
This document discusses how advertising and popular culture perpetuate harmful gender stereotypes through sexist myths and narratives. It provides examples of how advertising frequently objectifies or demeans women. However, it also notes some positive changes, like campaigns that challenge gender norms and initiatives to increase gender diversity in the advertising industry. The document argues that new, non-sexist stories are needed to shift societal narratives from male-centered to humanity-centered. It asks the reader to consider what they can do to be part of changing harmful myths and cultural archetypes.
The document provides an overview of trends to watch in 2018 across various industries including culture, technology and innovation, travel and hospitality, brands and marketing, and more. In the culture section, it discusses the rise of the female gaze in film and photography and the focus on more women working behind the scenes. It also mentions the growing importance of intersectionality and representing diverse groups. Finally, it covers new forms of interactive storytelling emerging on streaming platforms.
Representation of women in Advertisements Mital Raval
Here I am uploading my presentation of paper no-15 Mass Media and Communication and my presentation topic is Representation of women in Advertisement. It is Submitted to Dr. Dilip Barad MKUB.
Research Paper on Sexual Objectification of Women in Indian Advertisements.Ashi Pandey
Indian advertisements often sexually objectify and stereotype women. Women are portrayed as objects of male sexual desire and are judged based on their physical appearance rather than accomplishments. They are shown in subordinate roles to men and used to increase sales by adding an "oomph factor". This objectification promotes unrealistic beauty standards and can negatively impact women's self-image and mental health. The paper aims to prove this prevalent objectification and stereotyping in Indian ads fails to further gender equality.
This document summarizes gender stereotypes in media. It defines sex and gender, explaining that gender refers to socially constructed roles rather than biology. It then defines gender stereotypes as beliefs about personal attributes of females and males. Common female stereotypes presented include that women are gentle, belong in "clean" jobs, and are nurses rather than doctors. Common male stereotypes include that men do "dirty" jobs and are not caregivers. The document discusses how media, like magazines and advertisements, influence perceptions of gender through stereotypical portrayals and the "male gaze." It provides examples of negative effects of gender stereotypes like impaired performance and increased stress.
This document discusses gender and media. It introduces gender studies as a field that analyzes how race, ethnicity, sexuality and other factors intersect with gender. Gender studies challenges the distinction between sex and gender, arguing that both are socially constructed. The document examines how movies, advertising and other media influence ideas of beauty, masculinity and femininity from a young age. It also discusses Judith Butler's theory of gender as performative and looks at some examples of how historical advertising reflected and shaped gender norms.
Women in the workplace are often stereotyped into four categories: sex object, mother, child, and iron maiden. These stereotypes disadvantage women by defining them based on gender rather than qualifications. Men are also subject to stereotypes as the sturdy oak, fighter, and breadwinner. These stereotypes pressure men to act independently and aggressively while putting work before family. Overall, both gender stereotypes negatively impact how men and women are perceived and treated in the workplace.
This document discusses gender inequality and development approaches over time. It covers topics such as:
1) The human development approach focuses on improving quality of life through health, education, and standard of living. Economic growth alone does not guarantee development.
2) Early approaches included trickle-down theory and growth with social justice. Recent approaches include human development, gender and development, and women's empowerment.
3) Gender inequalities exist due to discrimination and social norms. Reducing inequalities requires conventions, economic and legal reforms, and women's empowerment and agency.
Gender stereotyping refers to overgeneralizing the characteristics of men and women based on their sex. It involves associating certain behaviors, attributes, and roles with a particular sex. There are two main types of gender stereotypes: masculinity, which refers to male traits and roles like being dominant and earning income, and femininity, which refers to female traits and roles like caregiving and less decision-making power. Gender stereotyping is seen in physical appearance expectations, domestic behaviors, occupations, and personality traits assigned to each sex. For example, women are expected to be slim, grow their hair, cook and raise children, work in caring roles, be passive and clean, while men are expected to be tall and strong, earn
This document discusses factors affecting gender equality in the workplace. It summarizes a study that surveyed opinions on gender stereotypes in different occupations. The study found that stereotypes still somewhat impact perceived gender distributions. However, many believe future generations will be less impacted by occupational stereotypes. Statistical data showed that women dominate fields like administrative assistants and nursing, but few are in construction. While some fields like pharmacists pay women fairly, women on average still earn less than men.
It discuss about Mass media and Gender in Advertisements: what is media, MEDIA CAN RANGE FROM , Gender bias in media, ads for children, dress, food, gender stereotype in social roles, capacities and conclusion
Lesson 3 gender stereotypes and the mediaElle Sullivan
This document discusses how gender stereotypes are portrayed in media through patriarchal ideals. It explains that traditionally, patriarchal societies viewed male attributes as superior and reflected this in media by portraying men as more powerful than women. Women were often shown in roles that suited patriarchal ideas, such as the happy housewife or sex object. Starting in the 1960s, feminism challenged these stereotypes by seeking greater equality and opportunities for women.
The document discusses how media portrays and defines gender roles and identity. It outlines how media stereotypes men as masculine and dominant and women as sexual objects that are valued based on their physical appearance. Both genders are subjected to unrealistic standards of beauty and narrow definitions of masculinity and femininity. The media also influences behaviors and perceptions of gender from a young age. While women face objectification and lack of representation in powerful roles, there is also a need for more gender equality in the media industry itself.
The document discusses the projection of women in advertisements. It notes that women are often used as objects to attract consumer attention rather than being portrayed as competent individuals. The research aims to understand the positive or negative impact of this approach on consumer behavior. A survey was conducted of 50 media viewers to examine the relationship between the impact of women in ads, increased sales, and attraction. The results found a positive correlation between these factors. Most respondents felt ads influenced their shopping trends. The conclusion calls for portraying women as confident and empowered rather than vulgar objects. Recommendations include giving the product more emphasis than the female model and depicting women and men equally.
This document discusses the objectification of women in advertisements. It defines objectification as representing an abstraction as a physical thing. Advertisements have become integral to modern life through TV and other media. The advertisement industry aims to satisfy clients. Women are often objectified in ads to make them feel inadequate and that products will improve their looks and attractiveness. This can negatively impact women's self-image and lead to issues like eating disorders. While objectification exists for men as well, women are more commonly fragmented and depicted as objects in ads. The document concludes that objectifying women in advertisements has become an ingrained social norm that is now difficult to change.
Representation of male and female in mediaIlhaan Marwat
In general, "media" refers to various means of communication. Media includes every broadcasting and narrow casting medium such as newspapers, magazines, TV, radio, direct mail,telephone, fax, and internet.
This presentation discusses how media representations of gender and beauty influence societal norms. Unrealistic ideals are portrayed - women are expected to be extremely thin while men must be muscular. These portrayals shape gender roles, with women often depicted as weak victims and men as strong protectors or villains. Scenes of violence like rape also usually portray women as helpless and men as powerful. The media gaze constructs women as passive objects for the male audience. Through constant exposure, these images shape perceptions of appropriate gender roles and relationships.
The document discusses how media promotes gender stereotypes. It defines gender stereotyping as beliefs about male and female characteristics. Media often stereotypically portrays males as masculine and dominant with ideal bodies, while females are depicted as feminine objects that should be submissive and focus on their appearance. This leads to the objectification, commodification, and sexualization of females in media like television and magazines. The conclusion states that including more diverse female roles could help reduce stereotypical gender portrayals that influence society's perceptions.
Gender inequality exists in education, employment, and income between men and women. Women face barriers including earning only 70 cents for every dollar a man earns, being discouraged from pursuing higher-paying fields, and shouldering a greater burden of unpaid domestic work and childcare. While progress has been made over the last 30 years from more women in the workforce and policies against wage discrimination, gender roles and societal expectations of women's traditional roles in the household and workplace still contribute to inequality today.
The document discusses the differences between the digital divide and digital inequality. The digital divide refers to the gap between those who have access to digital technologies and those who do not, distinguishing the "haves" from the "have-nots". Digital inequality is a more refined understanding that emphasizes a spectrum of unequal access and use across populations based on factors like gender, age, income, and education. While early internet adoption showed a large gap, availability and access have increased over time as markets and technologies have expanded, although prices have not decreased proportionately. Addressing digital inequalities requires efforts like education, affordable access, equipment recycling, and training people to be active users.
This document discusses how advertising and popular culture perpetuate harmful gender stereotypes through sexist myths and narratives. It provides examples of how advertising frequently objectifies or demeans women. However, it also notes some positive changes, like campaigns that challenge gender norms and initiatives to increase gender diversity in the advertising industry. The document argues that new, non-sexist stories are needed to shift societal narratives from male-centered to humanity-centered. It asks the reader to consider what they can do to be part of changing harmful myths and cultural archetypes.
The document provides an overview of trends to watch in 2018 across various industries including culture, technology and innovation, travel and hospitality, brands and marketing, and more. In the culture section, it discusses the rise of the female gaze in film and photography and the focus on more women working behind the scenes. It also mentions the growing importance of intersectionality and representing diverse groups. Finally, it covers new forms of interactive storytelling emerging on streaming platforms.
The Innovation Group presents The Future 100: Trends and Change to Watch in 2018, a snapshot of the year ahead and the most compelling trends to keep on the radar.
The document provides an overview of trends to watch in 2018 across various industries. It discusses how 5G and augmented reality will drive massive changes in how people interact with the internet by allowing activities like shopping from cars and visualizing home furnishings virtually. It also notes that brands must navigate an increasingly sophisticated consumer landscape where they are assessed on diversity, ethics, and transparency. Additionally, it highlights how millennials are creating new career paths aligned with social media and the digital world, such as microinfluencers and on-demand videographers.
The futere 100: Tendências e mudanças a serem observadas em 2018 destaca comportamentos emergentes dos consumidores com 100 previsões de tendências do Innovation Group. As tendências abrangem cultura, tecnologia e inovação, viagens e hospitalidade, marcas e marketing, alimentos e bebidas, beleza, varejo, saúde, estilo de vida e luxo. Cada um inclui uma análise original do motivo pelo qual é importante para as organizações cujos produtos e serviços usamos diariamente .
This document discusses the 2013 TED Initiatives Ads Worth Spreading challenge. It provides an overview of the challenge and its goals of recognizing advertising that takes a stand on social issues. It summarizes the different categories judged in the competition, including Social Good, Talk, Education, Brand Bravery, Cultural Compass, and Creative Wonder. For each category, it highlights winning ads like "Follow the Frog" for Social Good and "The Farmer" for Talk, discussing what made them exemplary entries in their categories. The document examines what qualities like creativity, message, and audience engagement make for ads worth spreading.
Dots 2016 - Nishma Robb, Head of Ads Marketing UK at GoogleBrilliant Noise
The document discusses the power of communication to challenge negative gender stereotypes. It provides statistics showing that many women feel discriminated against or that their opinions are less valued because of their gender. Advertising plays an important role in forming stereotypes, and research finds that many ads still show women in non-progressive or negative stereotypical ways. However, campaigns aimed at empowering women, also known as "femvertising", have been successful for brands and increasing sales. While most people support brands promoting positive female messages, there is also growing fatigue around ads becoming too repetitive or formulaic. The document encourages using creativity and inclusiveness to break barriers and stereotypes in advertising.
The panel discussed efforts by the Obama administration to use technology to make government services more accessible. President Obama emphasized using data and tech to streamline processes like voting and disability applications. He called on the tech community to help address issues of privacy vs security in light of debates like Apple vs FBI. Michelle Obama's keynote focused on the #62MillionGirls campaign to promote education for girls worldwide. Other panels covered challenges of ad blocking, using visual media for non-profits, and balancing the human element in digital storytelling.
SXSW 2016 provided intellectual stimulation through panels, speakers, and new technologies. Virtual reality was prominently featured through installations from Samsung, Google, NASA and others. President Obama spoke about balancing privacy and national security in regards to encryption. Startups like Gnack and Hooch aimed to leverage social media influencers and provide new experiences through their apps. Overall, SXSW highlighted emerging trends in technology, media, and how brands are innovating to engage audiences.
Global child rights organisation Plan International is partnering with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media on a study to analyse the representation of girls and women in positions of leadership in films and advertising across the world.
The study will examine the top-grossing films in India, Dominican Republic, United States, Canada, Denmark, Honduras, Japan, Netherlands, Peru, Philippines, Vietnam, Sweden, Finland, South Sudan, Benin, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe and Senegal.
Additionally, girls will scan print advertising they are exposed to in their daily lives – from billboards, to the subway and newspapers – in five countries: India, Dominican Republic, Japan, Senegal and South Sudan, so that they and expert researchers can then analyse its messaging around gender.
The study is featured in this year’s State of the World’s Girls report.
Every year, planners at Y&R share a roundup of today’s most interesting trends and their inherent tension. This year’s North American Trends with Tension report takes on an array of topics from privacy, wellness, and gender fluidity.
This document discusses the macro trend of gender-free or non-binary identities and its influence across various industries and society. It explores how government schemes, celebrities, and the press are driving increased acceptance of gender fluidity. Brands are responding through gender-neutral products in beauty, children's clothing, and technology. On social media, opinions are mixed but becoming more positive overall. The trend impacts relationships, parenting, jobs, and the environment. New technologies may further enable a post-gender world through identification methods and reproductive advancements.
The document discusses how women are becoming a dominant consumer force globally due to their growing spending power and changing behaviors and attitudes. It notes that traditional approaches to marketing, design, language, and products need to change in order to appeal to women. Women are embracing multi-faceted identities and rejecting being pigeonholed. The document outlines how women are more educated than ever before and breaking gender stereotypes. It discusses how brands need to move beyond outdated stereotypes and understand that women today cannot be grouped into simple categories. The future will see women from all backgrounds shaping industries and society.
This document provides an overview of Generation Z and their behaviors, preferences, and mindsets based on various reports and surveys. Some key findings include:
- Gen Z spends over two-thirds of their day connected online and consume an average of 68 videos per day, preferring Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat as platforms.
- They are conscious consumers who care about a brand's values, environmental and social impact. Their identities are fluid and they want freedom to explore and define themselves.
- As digital natives, they have high expectations for personalized and innovative experiences from brands. Social media and influencers strongly impact their purchasing decisions.
- To engage Gen Z, brands need to create high-quality
This document provides an overview of key characteristics of Generation Z based on research from various sources. Some of the main points made are:
- Generation Z is more global, multicultural and racially diverse than previous generations. They are also more open-minded about issues like gender and sexuality.
- They are self-directed learners who embrace technology and see it as a tool for learning new skills and pursuing their interests and passions. Many are interested in entrepreneurship.
- Socially, they are more private than Millennials and prefer to curate their online image carefully. They favor newer social platforms and apps that emphasize entertainment over sharing personal details.
- Financially, they have grown up during economic uncertainty
Communication as a leadership skill is becoming more important than ever before. As we have seen in the case of Elon Musk, how CEOs signal their leadership on social media can make or break a company's reputation. Social is making PR a more critical corporate function, and now leadership communication by executives online is the key to public relations success for senior leaders.
This document provides an overview and analysis of trends from Ford's 2017 annual trend report. It discusses revisiting past trends around trust, the role of women, and sustainability/water issues. These trends from previous years are still shaping society. New trends covered include evaluating what constitutes "the good life" as people focus more on experiences and happiness over possessions. The document also discusses trends around evaluating time usage, making impactful decisions, balancing technology, and strengthening community ties.
The document discusses several campaign posters and their purposes. One poster aimed to raise awareness of dog safety by showing a dog in an oven to represent the heat dogs face in cars. Its goal was to change attitudes about leaving dogs in vehicles. Another poster for the "End Poverty 2015" campaign wanted to publicize development goals and end poverty by 2015. A third poster promoted awareness of chest pain dangers by depicting a man's chest morphing into a belt to represent pressure. Its goal was to challenge stereotypes about men not complaining of pain.
The top four areas Gen Z currently have the most concern, per another study, are education, jobs and unemployment, prejudice and racism, and the environment
The document discusses emerging trends in several areas:
1) Museums are moving beyond Instagram-focused exhibitions to create immersive digital art experiences that involve visitors directly through motion-sensing and touch interfaces.
2) A new generation of "Xennial" politicians aged 30-45 are entering politics with priorities like addressing climate change, gender equality, student debt, and housing affordability for their cohort.
3) Brands are evolving to address social issues, become sustainability leaders, and drive dialog around previously taboo topics like menopause and hair loss by empowering new conversations.
The brand-immersion3-2018-club-des-annonceurs-livre-blanc-spr-1Amelle Nebia
Pour la troisième année consécutive,
le Club des Annonceurs révélait son
étude The Brand Immersion, devant 600
personnes le 27 Mars dernier au Yoyo -
Palais de Tokyo. Sur cette édition 2018,
le thème est celui des grands Paradoxes
que rencontrent les marques et auxquels
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2. “This Girl Can” campaign from Sport England
In 2017, discussions around gender and media have reached a
fever pitch. Following a bruising year at the ballot box, fourth-
wave feminism has continued to expand. From the Women’s
March to high-profile sexual harassment trials to the increasing
number of female protagonists gaining audience recognition in
an age of “peak TV,” women are ensuring that their concerns
are heard and represented.
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3. H&M Autumn collection ad 2016
We’ve seen movements for gender equality in Hollywood, in Silicon Valley—
and even on Madison Avenue. In response to longstanding sexism in
advertising, industry leaders such as Madonna Badger are highlighting how
objectification of women in advertising can lead to unconscious biases that
harm women, girls and society as a whole.
Agencies are creating marquee campaigns to support women and girls. The
Always #LikeAGirl campaign, which debuted in 2014, ignited a wave of me-
too “femvertising” campaigns: #GirlsCan from Cover Girl, “This Girl Can”
from Sport England and the UK’s National Lottery, and a spot from H&M that
showcased women in all their diversity, set to “She’s a Lady.” Cannes Lions got
in on the act in 2015, introducing the Glass Lion: The Lion for Change, an award
to honor ad campaigns that address gender inequality or prejudice.
But beyond the marquee case studies, is the advertising industry making
strides toward improving representation of women overall? How do we square
the surge in “femvertising” with insights from J. Walter Thompson’s Female
Tribes initiative, which found in 2016 that, according to 85% of women, the
advertising world needs to catch up with the real world?
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4. We’re finally able to answer these questions with the same
rigorous, data-driven approach that informs so many other
important decisions in advertising.
New joint research from the Geena Davis Institute on Gender
in Media at Mount Saint Mary’s University and J. Walter
Thompson New York, funded by Google.org and developed
at the University of Southern California’s Viterbi School of
Engineering, analyzed more than 2,000 English-language films
from the Cannes Lions archive to put numbers to the challenge
of female representation in advertising, and get a sense of
whether the situation is changing.
“Technology advances in data sciences and machine learning give us new
ways of shining light on media content, at scale and with an unprecedented
level of detail and accuracy,” says Shri Narayanan, Niki & C. L. Max Nikias Chair
in Engineering, University of Southern California. “It can give us novel insights
not just by eliminating the mystery about potential unconscious biases in
content, but in offering objective tools to shape content.”
TECHNOLOGY REVEALING BIAS
Or, in the words of Caroline Heldman, research adviser to the Geena Davis
Institute and associate professor in the politics department at Occidental
College, “more data means more light is shed on the problem, which inspires
more activism around the issue.”
“Gender Bias in Advertising” emerges from earlier work by the Geena Davis
Institute to create a tool to analyze gender representation in entertainment
media. The Geena Davis Institute partnered with the Signal Analysis and
Interpretation Laboratory (SAIL) at USC and with funding from Google.org to
create the Geena Davis Inclusion Quotient (GD-IQ), which Heldman describes as “a
computer engineering tool that is able to automatically analyze the screen time
and speaking time of characters in video down to the millisecond.” Heldman says
it’s the only software in existence specifically developed to collectively analyze
gender, screen time and speaking time in media and entertainment content.
Apart from automating the task of counting faces and voices, the GD-IQ is
able to mark times with much greater precision than human researchers
can achieve. “There’s infinite possibility,” says Madeline Di Nonno, CEO of the
Geena Davis Institute. “We’re excited because it allows us to reveal a level of
unconscious bias that isn’t possible with the human eye, and it’s able to go
much deeper.
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Female Characters
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The research analyzed more than 2,000 Cannes Lions films
from 2006 to 2016, focusing on winning and shortlisted entries
in the Film and Film Craft categories from five English-speaking
markets: the US, the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
The sample included ads across 33 different categories, from
cosmetics to insurance to social causes.
Supporting the automated analysis, the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in
Media research team conducted additional research, identifying age, location,
objectification, and other personal characteristics associated with prominent
characters. This analysis was based on verbal, physical, occupational, and
social cues plus other factors.
The research found that women consistently accounted for only about one
third of all characters in commercials, across all years tested. In 2006, 33.9%
of characters were women. Ten years later, the figure had barely budged,
reaching only 36.9%.
“We assumed that in advertising, given that women dominate purchasing, that
commercials would have much greater female representation,” says Di Nonno.
“To find out the reverse was quite surprising.”
GENDER BIAS IN ADVERTISING: FINDINGS
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6. Moreover, when it comes to women’s screen time and speaking time in
commercials, no statistically significant change has occurred in 10 years. In
2006, 43.6% of all commercials featured women on screen for 20% or less
of their duration. In 2016, the figure was 44.2%. Ads depicting men only were
five times as common as ads depicting women only: 25% and 5% of all ads,
respectively. Men get about four times as much screen time as women.
The study found similar percentages when it comes to speaking time. In
2006, 42.3% of commercials featured women speaking for 20% or less of the
time spent on dialogue, compared to 41.7% in 2016. Analyzing the number of
utterances, our research counted about three times as many for men as for
women. Ads with only male voices were much more common than ads with
only female voices, accounting for 18% and 3% of ads, respectively. Men speak
about seven times more than women.
The research also examined the content of speech for men and women in
ads. Lines of dialogue spoken by men were about 29% more likely than lines
spoken by women to contain words associated with power, and 28% more
likely to contain words associated with achievement.
The research also measured the dialogue’s complexity using the Flesch-Kincaid
readability test. While both genders spoke lines that could be understood by the
average fifth grader, women’s spoken dialogue was slightly simpler than men’s.
“What this research shows is that our industry has ‘tent-pole moments’—
amazing actions or campaigns when we all rally around women,” says Brent
Choi, chief creative officer of J. Walter Thompson New York, “but when it comes
to creating our ‘regular’ ads for our ‘regular’ clients, we forget about them.”
Our research focused on analyzing advertisements themselves, rather than
the industry that produces them. But the experience of the Geena Davis
Institute has shown that the systemic problems that produce skewed gender
representation can’t be solved simply by adding female characters. More info:
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“We now know that simply adding women to scripts will not solve gender
inequality in entertainment media,” says Heldman. “We have to write female
characters with more screen time, more speaking time, more prominence in
the storyline, with more personal agency, and without objectifying them.”
The Geena Davis Institute’s prior analysis of Hollywood films has also shown
that the gender composition of the teams behind them has a powerful effect
on how they turn out. “On the film side, we learned that when there was a
female writer attached, we saw a 7.5% increase in on-screen roles for women
across the 10 largest film markets,” Di Nonno says. Considering the extremely
low percentage of female creative directors in advertising, she adds, the
results of the latest study may not be so surprising.
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7. 25% of ads feature men
only on screen compared
to 5% of ads that feature
only women on screen.
There are about twice as
many male characters as
female characters shown
on screen in ads.
Measured by
speaking time, men
had three times as
much dialogue as
women.
85% of women say film and
advertising need to catch up to
the real world when depicting
women.
of women switched off films or TV shows if
they felt they were negatively stereotyping
them.
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In the current feminist moment, people are paying more
attention than ever to women working behind the scenes in
film, media and photography, and how this ultimately affects
these industries’ output.
The most recent example is Wonder Woman, which made headlines for taking
$103.1 million in its debut weekend in the US alone. It was trailblazing not only
for being the first DC/Marvel superhero film to feature a female protagonist
(following 19 male-led films since the movie franchise launched in 2008), but also
because its director, Patty Jenkins, is one of only three women to direct a live-
action film with a budget of over $100 million.
The success of Wonder Woman sparked discussion about the need for more
female directors, writers and producers. Fans and critics have also widely
recognized how a woman behind the lens affected important choices and
nuances in the movie that were central to its triumph.
The Getty Images Lean In Collection, a collection of realistic, authentic images of
women and the communities that support them, is in many ways the opposite of
a flashy nine-figure Hollywood blockbuster. But its reach is no less impressive:
since launching in 2014, nearly 40,000 images have been downloaded through the
collection, while Lean In images have been licensed in more than 95 countries.
Wonder Woman 2017
WOMEN BEHIND THE SCENES
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9. Photography by Jenna Masoud for MuslimGirl.com. Courtesy Getty Images
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10. Xxxxxxx
“We’re beginning to understand that it’s not just about high profile wins, or
campaigns, but it’s about creating a mass volume of images that present positive
alternatives and about having a relentless commitment to the normalization of
female power in all forums and spheres,” says Pam Grossman, director of visual
trends at Getty Images.
“It’s also about representing the nuance of the female gaze,” she continues. “A
female director will most likely shoot the same scene in an entirely different way
and with a different perspective—one that takes into account female ambition,
desire, fantasy, agency, not to mention realistic physiology.” Grossman notes that
academic concepts such as the “male gaze,” once little-discussed outside liberal
arts campuses, are now part of mainstream cultural discourse in a way that
seemed unlikely until very recently.
Left: Photography by Klaus Vedfelt. Courtesy Getty Images
Right: Rockie Nolan / Refinery29 for Getty Images
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11. “In 2016, only 7% of the top films were directed by women. Representation
starts with content creators, which is why it's so critical to have diversity behind
the lens as well as in front of it,” says Piera Gelardi, executive creative director
and cofounder of Refinery29. In response, Refinery29 launched Shatterbox
Anthology, a film series “working to cultivate and spotlight the voices of women
behind the camera, telling stories outside the narrow lens of the overwhelmingly
male-dominated industry.” Films supported so far include Kitty, Chloë Sevigny's
fantastical meditation on childhood; The Tale of Four, a poetic rumination on
dignity in crisis by Gabourey Sidibe; Come Swim, a surreal vision by Kristen
Stewart; and 50/50, a timely women's rights documentary by Tiffany Shlain.
Girlgaze, a project by the English photographer and media entrepreneur
Amanda de Cadenet, bills itself as “the first multimedia platform committed to
supporting girls behind the camera.” The project aims to help women break into
the photography industry by raising awareness of how women tell visual stories.
It features curators including supermodel Amber Valletta and photographer
Inez van Lamsweerde. Contributors include Yara Shahidi, an idol for generation
Z, dancer Maddie Ziegler, and TV host Alexa Chung, while a roster of female-
identifying photographers rounds out the group.
Jamillah by Bree Holt
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13. Xxxxxxx
Thalia Mavros, founder of media platform The Front, places female ownership
at the core of her business model. “Even though we see a huge disparity in
ownership, we still had a few potential investors aggressively challenge the
importance of investing in female media entrepreneurs,” says Mavros. “A few
heated arguments and door slams later, I am proud to say we are founded and
run by women, our investor has a female chief executive at the helm, and even
our board of directors is all-female.”
Heldman notes that this year the number of female leads in the top-grossing
Hollywood movies broke 30% for the first time since the Geena Davis Institute
began measuring the percentage. But she cautions that in Hollywood, even a huge
success like Wonder Woman may not be enough to tip the scales in favor of more
women-led action films.
As in so many other areas, it will come down to who’s making the films. “I think
Hollywood could be making a lot more money if they did a better job of telling more
and more authentic stories of women's lives,” Heldman says, “but without more
women behind the scenes, we won’t see more women on the big and little screens.”
Grossman agrees: “Everyone likes great storytelling, and we all empathize with
nuanced characters. But we’re more likely to see that sort of work created about
women if it is created by women.”
Top left: Photography by Thomas Barwick. Courtesy Getty Images
Bottom left: Photography by Hero Images. Courtesy Getty Images
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14. Molly Cranna / Refinery29 for Getty Images
TRENDS
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15. Ghostbusters, 2016 edition
It’s no secret that Hollywood has a diversity problem, but
the industry may finally be taking steps to address its
shortcomings and become more relevant to the women and
minority groups that also buy tickets. And Wonder Woman is
only the latest in what looks like a Hollywood sea change.
In 2016, a variety of minority-directed movies were critically acclaimed,
including Moonlight, a coming-of-age story about a young African-American
man, and Fences, starring Denzel Washington. In January, The Birth of a
Nation, the story of the Nat Turner rebellion, smashed Sundance records
when Fox Searchlight bought it for $17.5 million.
2016 also saw advances for women in lead roles. There was a female-led
Ghostbusters reboot, and women will also front the upcoming Ocean’s Eleven
spin-off, while 2019’s Captain Marvel with Brie Larson will ensure that more
female leads are added the superhero blockbuster genre.
DIVERSE HOLLYWOOD
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16. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Statistical analysis blog FiveThirtyEight has found that films that pass the
Bechdel test had a higher return on investment than the median (a film passes if
it contains dialogue between two women about something other than a man).
The same trends play out at the box office: The female-fronted Star Wars: The
Force Awakens was 2015’s highest-grossing movie, taking more than $2 billion
worldwide. Rap biopic Straight Outta Compton made almost $200 million,
becoming the highest-grossing biopic of all time. And according to data from
the Geena Davis Institute, out of the top 100 films of 2015, female-led films
generated nearly 16% more at the box office than movies with a male lead.
“If you try to be diverse for the sake of being diverse, it’s going to fail,” Jeff
Shell, chairman of Universal, the studio behind Straight Outta Compton,
told Variety. “The real reason to do it is that it’s good business. Our audience
is diverse.”
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17. Hotdog magazine
Recent years have seen a plethora of new women’s print
magazines and platforms presenting an expanded view of women,
while traditional women’s glossies are struggling to keep up.
“Women’s interest” titles have suffered declining fortunes in recent years on both
sides of the Atlantic. In August 2016, UK media measurement body ABC reported
that women’s weeklies had registered an 8.4% year-on-year decline in circulation
for the first half of the year. US publishing trade group MagNet found that, in 2015,
newsstand revenues from women’s magazines declined by around 14.5% on the
previous year, outpacing the 13% overall decline in newsstand magazine sales.
Part of this is to do with the decline of print overall, of course, but something
more fundamental is also happening: women simply refuse to consume media in
publications that reflect the silos that are convenient for advertisers.
“There was this idea that if you’re interested in fashion, you couldn’t also be
interested in politics,” explains Sam Baker, a former editor of Cosmopolitan and
Red. “The idea was that the people who wanted to buy lipstick were in some way
stupid, and the politics people were much too serious for lipstick.”
NEW WOMEN’S INTEREST MAGAZINES
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18. Top left: Ladybeard magazine
Bottom left: Mushpit magazine
Fed up with such notions, Baker launched The Pool, a multi-media site for women
on the move, in 2015. Articles cover topics from Scandinavian fashion and UK prime
minster Theresa May to sexism in sports and the latest buzzworthy binge-watch on
Netflix. “Obviously, we have a targeted user who is predominantly female,” Baker says.
“But I think the whole idea of the ‘women’s interest’ magazine section is just gone.”
Ladybeard, a UK print title launched in 2015, has the high-quality production
values of the standard glossy but aims to “revolutionize the content.” Coeditors
Kitty Drake, Madeleine Dunnigan and Sadhbh O’Sullivan chafe at “women’s
interest” media, finding its financial motives all too apparent. “It’s in their
interest to promote certain ‘interests’ to women, and therefore define an idea of
‘womanhood,’ which leads to the kind of prescriptive, heteronormative, reductive
portrayals of women that we see today—the ‘beach body ready’ ladies, the ‘girl
squad’ feminism,” the editors tell us. “These images of empowerment are simply
commercial gimmicks—to sell us more products and make us feel lacking.”
Some of the more experimental print-only outlets draw their aesthetic cues,
ironically enough, from the internet. Mushpit, a women’s magazine that satirizes
the fashion industry, has tapped into digital nostalgia, drawing design cues from
early clip art and vaporwave aesthetics. The editors of Hotdog magazine, a poetry
journal, draw design references from brutalism, DIY/zine culture, QR codes,
cursors, and grid lines.
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19. Megan Conery and Molly Taylor, the editors of Hotdog, created their journal
as a joyful antidote to the fustiness of most poetry publishing, and a product
of women’s creativity for everyone to enjoy. “We still see a huge discrepancy
between the number of women and men published in journals. So by having a
completely female-identifying contributor base, we are acknowledging that fact
as well as working to rectify that,” they say. “We have more female readers than
male, but Hotdog isn’t directed at any gender—and we would say that it’s part
of the problem if male readers aren’t interested in reading female writers.”
Winter Mendelson, founder and editor-in-chief of Posture magazine, sees
the next generation of readers as far less beholden to conventional gender
standards than those who came before. “If you’re born with internet access and
you have an iPad from when you’re five years old, you’re going to see things that
help you feel more like yourself,” says Mendelson. “Social media and Tumblr and
all these creative platforms have helped these kids even subconsciously be like,
‘Oh yeah, I don’t relate to gender.’”
Mendelson adds: “If we were moving toward gender neutrality, and everyone
targeted the same and treated the same, that sounds like utopia. The point of
Posture is to bring together all these people of different genders and backgrounds
into one place, because it’s a huge statement: we all really are in it together.”
King of Arms Ball feature from Posture magazine
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20. Lonely Label, Zara Mirkin and Harry Were. Courtesy of Lonely
Why should underwear ads always feature perfect bodies?
Why should condoms be black, gold, and marketed toward
men? Why are incontinence pads shrouded in secrecy,
packaged with discretion, and marketed toward older
consumers when up to one in three women suffers from this
problem? Who makes these decisions?
In many instances—from the directors to product developers—it is men.
On cue, a wave of female-founded challenger brands is creating a new visual
language of women in campaigns and also redefining product categories with
a female-centric lens.
Lena Dunham and Girls co-star Jemima Kirke drew positive attention for
starring in a campaign for Lonely, the New Zealand–based lingerie brand.
From the lack of retouching, to the confident poses (forget the male gaze),
the campaign was celebrated for championing body positivity for women of
all shapes and sizes.
WOMEN-FIRST BRANDS
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21. Thinx
“Victoria’s Secret holds over 50% market share in the US and has so many
problem areas, from their stereotypical marketing and receiving the lowest
rating for production practices to their hugely disproportionate CEO pay,
which was over $40 million in 2014,” says Lonely founder Helene Morris,
quoted on Forbes.com. “We wanted to show women that there is another
way to build and sustain a company; strengthening and supporting our
manufacturers’ businesses and lives, producing imagery that gives our
daughters confidence, not insecurities, and not being greedy as a company
and as individuals. All of these things are so important to us and essential if
we want to make this world a better place to live in.”
Media display of products related to menstruation is often veiled in bizarre
euphemisms. Thinx underwear is changing that. From its first campaign for
menstrual underwear, which featured bold, suggestive images of dripping
egg yolk, to its sleek design, to its pithy tagline “Underwear For Women with
Periods”—later updated to “Underwear For People With Periods” to include
the trans community—the emphasis was on reality.
Why do tampons come packaged in turquoise and pink, with designs
featuring silhouettes of women running? No wonder women hide them in
the bathroom cabinet. A wave of female entrepreneurs is introducing a new
visual language for feminine care, with tampon and menstrual underwear
startups that are redefining the category.
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22. Fémme tampon packaging designed by Pearlfisher, 2016
They share a frank, sophisticated, empathetic tone, convenient subscription
models—and sleek designs akin to beauty products and luxury personal
care. Cora organic tampons are presented in chic black and white packages
with minimalist copy. Lola, whose tagline is “This too shall pass” offers
organic cotton tampons by subscription, packaged in pale blue and white.
Fémme and Kali, packaged in understated pastels, are two additional recent
additions to the tampon market. None of these brands would look out of
place among fragrances and luxury skincare products.
Women’s consumer technology is also witnessing a new wave of female-
centric products—sleek, ergonomic, and designed to fit into women’s lives.
Elvie was among the first. This connected kegel exerciser, described as “your
most personal trainer,” is a curved, mint-colored device that comes with a
coordinated app. Part of its mission is to help women take control of their
pelvic floor strength after giving birth.
Willow, a smart connected breast pump, was named the best wearable
device of CES 2017 by the tech site Digital Trends. Willow is billed as “the
only wearable breast pump that fits in your bra, moves with you, and goes
wherever the day takes you.” It helps track the amount of milk collected, the
collection date, and the length of each session.
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23. Ritual vitamins
The product launched in spring 2017 at a price of $430 and was designed with
the mother in mind. “In this space, normally, everyone focuses on the baby.
We’re really focused on the mom,” says Naomi Kelman, CEO of Willow. “It’s
subtle but it’s different. In particular, we say, ‘How can we make moms’ lives
easier and better?’”
This kind of thinking is not confined to tech. Ritual, a vitamin delivery startup
“created for and by women who wouldn’t settle for less than the truth,”
offers Essential for Women, a daily vitamin dose designed for women (men
can take them too, of course, but Essential for Women “provides a little more
iron than the average guy needs”). The platform emphasizes supply chain
transparency, ingredients with benefits “backed by real science,” and simple,
clear aesthetics. The brand’s online journal features interviews with female
entrepreneurs who benefit from the product.
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24. This blind spot puts brands in danger
not only of consumer backlash, but
also of overlooking a massive market
opportunity. Globally, women control
$39.6 trillion (about 30% of the world’s
wealth) and by 2020 they will control
$72.1 trillion, according to Boston
Consulting Group.
“The female experience has always
been seen as niche, whether on film,
in literature, or by industries other
than beauty and fashion—which is
ridiculous,”saysPamGrossmanofGetty
Images. As she points out, a group that
comprises around half of the world’s
population is not “niche.” “It’s because
so many of the people at the top of
these industries are still straight, white
older men,” adds Grossman. “We need
to move beyond the ‘niche-ification’ of
the female experience.”
Improving women’s representation
in film is a long-term task, but the
advertising industry could effect
change sooner. Madeline Di Nonno of
the Geena Davis Institute points out
that, while advertising is often created
on short timelines, films can take two
years or longer to complete. “Even
TV can take longer, so when you think
about the mass volume of production
of advertising, advertising can take
advantage of cultural trends far easier
than scripted television and film,”
she says.
“It's really disappointing that despite
increased awareness of the issue,
women are still not being represented
in advertising with the frequency,
intelligence, or gravitas as men,”
says Piera Gelardi of Refinery29.
“Representation matters because the
stories and images we see have the
power to shape how we view ourselves,
each other, and the world around us.
By creating responsible, inclusive, and
complex stories and images we can
overturn stereotypes, make people
feel valued, and change the way the
TAKEAWAYS
Women-led Hollywood blockbusters and flashy “femvertising”
campaigns command our attention as powerful examples of female
representation. Paradoxically, they may make it easier to overlook
the fact that, on the whole, the advertising industry has stalled in
its efforts to represent women proportionally and realistically.
world sees. I want to see more brands
committing to real action here.”
Ultimately, better advertising can
lead to better content across the
board. “Advertising can be the most
powerful change-maker in the world
because of its unique relationship
to television,” says Di Nonno. Right
now, agencies can decide to
consciously shift their next pieces of
work—to break the norm by creating
something different.
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25. What can agencies and brands do to address gender representation in advertising?
Think beyond short-termism.
“Femvertising” ad campaigns can generate great press, and may even cause real
change in society. But is that enough to ensure real representation in the long run?
Challenge creatives and designers to bring the same energy to everyday ads and
accounts. At Refinery29, editors committed to publishing 67% of images of plus-
size women—the same percentage of the female population that is size 14 and up.
Can agencies commit to similar targets?
Build women into the process, not just the results.
Behind the camera. In the studio. On the board. Wherever decisions are made.
Placing women in decision-making roles encourages more representative creative
work, and can add new dimensions to outdated, gender-based stereotypes.
Representation behind the scenes is just as important as representation on screen.
Look to the challengers.
Women today demand more from brands than ever before, and the norms are
shifting faster than many can keep up with. Watch the challenger brands springing
up to fill (or even create) a niche market—they’re often a valuable indicator of
where culture is headed.
TAKEAWAYS
Molly Cranna / Refinery29 for Getty Images
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26. Contact:
Lucie Greene
Worldwide Director of the Innovation Group
J. Walter Thompson Intelligence
lucie.greene@jwt.com
Madeline Di Nonno
CEO, Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media
madeline@seejane.org
Sherri Chambers
CMO, J. Walter Thompson New York
sherri.chambers@jwt.com
Editor: Shepherd Laughlin
Visual editor: Emma Chiu
Assistant editor: Mary Cass
Picture assistant: Jaime Eisenbraun
Infographics designed by Vaibhav Bhanot
About the Innovation Group
The Innovation Group is J. Walter Thompson’s futurism, research and
innovation unit. It charts emerging and future global trends, consumer change,
and innovation patterns—translating these into insight for brands. It offers
a suite of consultancy services, including bespoke research, presentations,
co-branded reports and workshops. It is also active in innovation, partnering
with brands to activate future trends within their framework and execute new
products and concepts. It is led by Lucie Greene, Worldwide Director of the
Innovation Group. For more information, visit jwtintelligence.com
About the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media
Founded by Academy Award®–winning actor Geena Davis, the Geena
Davis Institute on Gender in Media at Mount Saint Mary’s University is the
only research-based organization working with media and entertainment
companies with cutting-edge research, education and advocacy programs to
dramatically improve how girls and women are reflected in media targeting
children 11 and under.
Research for this report was led by the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in
Media and J. Walter Thompson, and conducted by Dr. Shri Narayanan, Krishna
Somadepalli, and the team of Engineers at the University of Southern California’s
Signal Analysis and Interpretation Laboratory (SAIL), in collaboration with Dr.
Caroline Heldman and the team of researchers at the Geena Davis Institute.