"Two Ways a Woman Can Get Hurt"

Although she does push and exaggerate some things, I agree with Kilbourne's argument. It is dangerous for women to be displayed as sex objects because it is demeaning and can give males the idea that they have power over women or that males are superior. This idea that males have that they are powerful or superior is especially dangerous when they act on it, especially in violent ways. Society encourages males to be manly and females to be submissive. Violent people portrayed in the media are almost always male. Females are often shown with bad male role models, which encourages females to take more risks and attempt to attract bad males because they are exciting or interesting. Kilbourne also says that males are told they shouldn't take no for an answer. Kilbourne also says that females don't really mean no when they say it. It devalues females. She also says that people don't abuse equals, but instead inferiors. The media sets it up so that females are inferior to males, which gives males the idea that they have power and control.