title: Sexual exploitation in advertising health and wellness products.
abstract: This paper examines the way women are portrayed by the media in photographs advertising health and wellness products. Data were collected from five different health and fitness magazines. For purposes of this study, only advertisements in which women appeared were used in the analysis (N = 191). Findings suggest that a high percent of advertisements: (1) place women in submissive positions to men; (2) place women in unnatural poses; (3) emphasize dismemberment of body parts; (4) focus on sexuality rather than wellness.
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh, PA 15261.
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Rudman
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Hagiwara
mesh_terms: D000329:Advertising / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D010781:Photography; D010809:Physical Fitness; D011187:Posture; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014481:United States; D014930:Women