In the essay” Two Ways a Woman Can Get Hurt” by Jean Kilbourne there is an image on page 325 that shows a woman being picked up by the back of her pants by a man and she is bent over as he lifts her off the ground. It looks as though he is about to slam her into the brick wall that is next to them while two other men look to be getting ready to join in. If someone where just glancing through a magazine and came upon this most people would be shocked by the image or might even take them time to read the small print that says what the image is supposed to be about. The image was run in a Czech Elle magazine and it was an advertisement for jeans being sold to women. It is too bad that we live in a society where people think that in order to sell jeans especially to women that women need to be portrayed in this way.
The article that I read for my research topic is called “Hitting the Wall With the Industrialized Food System” by Asher Miller. The image that is with this article is glimpse of the living conditions that cattle have to endure while living on a farm getting ready for market. For anyone who does not know most cattle have to live in living conditions that would completely horrify most people. They are fed a diet of corn which cows are allergic to and they live in grassless pastures that have enough of their own waste to come up to their ankles. Not only are the living conditions horrible, but they are contributing to some of our environmental issues.
I believe my thesis is a strong statement, but I am always open for constructive criticism and ideas.
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