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Assignment 2: 2nd
Individual Journal
Name: Chow Hong Da
Student ID: 0318571
Course: Social Psychology
Course code: PSY30203
Lecturer: Ms. Norul Hidayah
The picture above shows a controversial advertisement done by Ashely Madison, an
infamous online dating site aimed at married men with unhappy marriages. The advertisement
shows a picture of a ‘scary’ overweight woman, implied to be the reader’s wife, lying in a
seductive pose while scantily clad in red and black lingerie. The phrase “did your wife scare you
last night?” implies that the male reader’s wife is repulsive to the point of being scary. The logic
behind of the advertisement would be that if a man has a wife as frighteningly fat as the woman
in the picture, the only solution would be to seek an affair, preferably using Ashley Madison’s
services.
One of the social concepts touched upon by the advertisement is perseverance effect. The
advertisement assumes that all marriages turn sour or become fractured because the wife lost
their physical attractiveness after marriage. They assume married women do not need to take
care of their looks as they have already secured a man that loves her. This causes the man to lose
passion and the advertisement takes advantage of it by introducing their online dating services.
The other social concept touched upon by the advertisement is prejudice. The
advertisement is showing a social prejudice known as fat-shaming. They discriminate and
humiliate fat people due to their physical unattractiveness. This is due to the social stigma that
fat people, ignoring other factors, are either lazy gluttons or greedy bastards. This stems from the
assumption that either they bite more than they can chew, yet they do not put in effort to stay
healthy, or they have no impulse control; being easily enraged and constantly eat without end.
These characteristics are unfavorable in the social context and with the advent of many fat-loss
techniques such as liposuction, obese adults are perceived as people who do not put in effort in
their well-being and are unfavorable mates as they cannot even care for their bodies properly, let
alone take care of their mate.
The third social concept used by the advertisement is the decay of romantic relationships.
The advertisement assumes that marriages with obese people are all empty love, as it is assumed
to be impossible to be sexually passionate with a fat person, and intimacy is non-existent as
obese people have terrible personalities as explored in the paragraph above. These marriages still
hold because of commitment alone and the advertisement tries to break the last link to the
presumably unhealthy relationship. They attempt to lure men away from their wives by showing
how disgusting their mates are if they open their eyes and try to coax the men into having an
affair by using their services.
Social psychology is applicable everywhere, and by opening your eyes you can see how
people use or abuse it to influence, direct or misdirect people’s social perception. The
advertisement above is an example of extreme usage of social concepts, which shows us why
being moderate is essential to prevent offending people.
(498 words total)

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Social psycho advertisement

  • 1. Assignment 2: 2nd Individual Journal Name: Chow Hong Da Student ID: 0318571 Course: Social Psychology Course code: PSY30203 Lecturer: Ms. Norul Hidayah
  • 2. The picture above shows a controversial advertisement done by Ashely Madison, an infamous online dating site aimed at married men with unhappy marriages. The advertisement shows a picture of a ‘scary’ overweight woman, implied to be the reader’s wife, lying in a seductive pose while scantily clad in red and black lingerie. The phrase “did your wife scare you last night?” implies that the male reader’s wife is repulsive to the point of being scary. The logic behind of the advertisement would be that if a man has a wife as frighteningly fat as the woman in the picture, the only solution would be to seek an affair, preferably using Ashley Madison’s services.
  • 3. One of the social concepts touched upon by the advertisement is perseverance effect. The advertisement assumes that all marriages turn sour or become fractured because the wife lost their physical attractiveness after marriage. They assume married women do not need to take care of their looks as they have already secured a man that loves her. This causes the man to lose passion and the advertisement takes advantage of it by introducing their online dating services. The other social concept touched upon by the advertisement is prejudice. The advertisement is showing a social prejudice known as fat-shaming. They discriminate and humiliate fat people due to their physical unattractiveness. This is due to the social stigma that fat people, ignoring other factors, are either lazy gluttons or greedy bastards. This stems from the assumption that either they bite more than they can chew, yet they do not put in effort to stay healthy, or they have no impulse control; being easily enraged and constantly eat without end. These characteristics are unfavorable in the social context and with the advent of many fat-loss techniques such as liposuction, obese adults are perceived as people who do not put in effort in their well-being and are unfavorable mates as they cannot even care for their bodies properly, let alone take care of their mate.
  • 4. The third social concept used by the advertisement is the decay of romantic relationships. The advertisement assumes that marriages with obese people are all empty love, as it is assumed to be impossible to be sexually passionate with a fat person, and intimacy is non-existent as obese people have terrible personalities as explored in the paragraph above. These marriages still hold because of commitment alone and the advertisement tries to break the last link to the presumably unhealthy relationship. They attempt to lure men away from their wives by showing how disgusting their mates are if they open their eyes and try to coax the men into having an affair by using their services. Social psychology is applicable everywhere, and by opening your eyes you can see how people use or abuse it to influence, direct or misdirect people’s social perception. The advertisement above is an example of extreme usage of social concepts, which shows us why being moderate is essential to prevent offending people. (498 words total)