1. The first commercial is a little girl playing in a life size kitchen set (I remember these commercials use to be super popular when I was growing up, I always begged my mom for one!). But commercials like this target young women to manipulate them to think that women are only confined to the housewife stereotype.
2. Negative stereotypes in this ad show that this society still believes that women are only useful for cooking and cleaning. Women are not the same tolerant individuals that have been portrayed in the past and will not stand behind the shadow of men. The ad could have included a little boy maybe playing with the girl in the dollhouse. But that would not be socially acceptable because boys are not allowed to play with dolls because those are girl toys. When children are born they've already had their gender decided for them despite physical characteristics, their parents teach them how to dress, act, what games to play. It gets me thinking about how children who might be confused about their gender identity feel pressured at a young age to be what society is forcing upon them.
3. This Diet Coke ad's focus is to show off this hot model who is mowing a lawn in front of a group of ladies having a picnic. I think its a weird way to promote more soda sales because it adds all this unnecessary fluff for entertainment purposes. The women are swooning over this model who ends up taking his shirt off for a Diet Coke. Ehh...
4. If roles were switched the women would be doing the mowing while the men sit on the grass. The men would be admiring the women and trying to get their attention.
5. There is always a blurred line or a double standard for women. Men are allowed to do things that women aren't. If a group of girls took off their shirts on television it would not be permitted but its alright for men to.
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