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{October 25, 2006}   Male Body

1.  I can see that Bordo organizes her essay in a sort of chronological fashion, she begins with her discovery of the beautiful male model in the Calvin Klein ad and this lead to her venture into the world of ads that have recently been objectifying the male body as much as the female body.  She begins her essay with the story that peaked her interest in this new sort of advertizing and she goes on to relate the history of men in advertizing and why she finds it so facinating.  I feel that she is relaying a story in her essay and that helped to keep track of all the information.  There are numerous facets to her essay and she gives herself room to explore each one in great detail by sub-dividing her essay into different topics.  I enjoyed her essay as whole but it was much easier and more pleasurable to read since Bordo divided her essay up.  I also liked how she integrated her own personal story into the essay since that helped me relate to her.            2.   I mentioned how she splits up her essay into little chunks.  First, she intoduces us to the radical world of modeling with the erotic Calvin Kein ad.  She calls her first chapter men on display.  Then she talks about how she enjoys this new age in Thanks Calvin-the designer who began it all.  She discusses the different typese of models in Rocks and Leaners, also contrasting and comparing female and male models.  Then she talks about how there is a trend of men acting and women appearing in ads.  Then she how men like to look actractive but how they feel self-conscious about pampering and grooming their bodies.  She also discusses ethnic differences in teh world of medeling and what different cultures like and appreciate.  She finally proclaims that she enjoys how men’s bodies are being exposed for the commercials instead of just women’s bodies all the time.  She sees this as a progression.   3.  In the last chapter, Bordo remarks on how she is finally able to objectify a man’s body and simply enjoy it because it is so so erotic.  She feels that there is a pressure in our culture to observe men and women isn seperate ways.  Females may have their bodies on display for male enjoyment but males are not usually objectified in that fashoin until recently.                          



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