Women and animals in the media - I need your help!

[cathdux]

Hello all!

I am new to the vegan message board but it was really interesting to read your comments about veganism! I have been vegan for 11 years now and love my vegan junk food! Moo Free chocolate is the way forward!

Anyway, I was just wondering if you could help me, I am currently doing my PhD and I am looking at perceptions of 'nature' in the UK as refracted through the representations of women and animals in the media. One of my chapters is on a cultural history of women and animals in the media (focussing on advertisments). I would be really grateful if you could send me your snapshots/photos/magazine articles/ads that you may think are appropriate e.g. women dressed as animals, animals depicted as women, women depicted as animals, meat/diary/eggs/fish feminised or sexualised? The adverts or articles can be old or new I do not mind! I would be really grateful for your help and participation.....

Many thanks and I look forward to hearing from you soon

Cathy :lol:

[Blueberries]

Sounds like an interesting PhD, Cathdux! The first thing I thought of was the Orangina ads with the weird female giraffe. I know its a French product but I saw the ad in the British Glamour magazine so they obviously thought that it would have appeal outside of France.

http://i855.photobucket.com/albums/ab115/blueberrysunset/Oranginagiraffepreview.jpg

[leela]

Giraffe woman! not seen that one before
In the latest Lynx advert the women are portrayed in place of the animals, going into the Ark in pairs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL75zBfDOao&feature=related

[harpy]

Blimey, that is weird!

As you probably already know there are a lot of images that liken women to cats or vice versa e.g. the type shown here http://meagan-marie.tumblr.com/post/13157861650/chatnoir If you type "cat women advertisement" into Google you will find a load more I think.

[veganosie]

how about women in fairytales and their companions - birds, deer etc..?

[HannahBanner]

couple of articles I found-

http://animalblawg.wordpress.com/2009/01/11/women-animals-and-advertising/

http://radical-disciple.blogspot.com/2012/01/women-as-animals.html

http://kathleencross.com/mexican-beer-ad-implies-african-women-are-animals/


good luck!!

[Sambo]

Hi , I do not have a picture but I did see on the back of a milk lorry in Bulgaria a picture of a buxom lady dressed in what can only be called a sexy cowprint outfit, not sure what the message was there :umm_ani:

[Anaj]

Very interesting project. It sound a little like that book by Carol Adams, The Pornography of Meat, which discusses the links between the advertising of meat products and pornography and the objectification of women - http://www.caroljadams.com/book_pron.html