Section B: Negative/Offensive Ads

I find this ad offensive because cigarette companies obviously knew (the had to have, anyway) the negative impacts that could effect a child in the womb while the mother was pregnant! And it makes it seem like a tiny baby is healthy. -Sara Taylor

One vintage ad warns women, "Don't let them call you SKINNY!" while another promises that smoking cigarettes will keep one slender. If the task of morphing their bodies into the current desirable shape isn't enough of a burden, women are also reminded that they stink.

Advertising still relies on our collective bad body image to drive home its messages.

Images created in times of war reveal the tensions and fears ignited by the conflicts between nations. Close analysis shows that the attached World War II propaganda poster is one such image. This 1942 poster, titled This is the Enemy, circulated in the United States following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Its purpose was to embody the entire Japanese nation as a ruthless and animalistic enemy that needed to be defeated.

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Girls, beware, these women's magazines might not be looking out for your best interests.

I like this ad because It's talking about how our self image is only a result of how the society around us has told us we need to look at ourselves - Tristan Huntoon

Super fit, super ripped Olympic cyclist Chris Hoy is bringing his brawn to the bran by working with Kellogg’s Bran Flakes to promote men’s health. The sexy Scot will be gracing breakfast tables a...

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This advertisement is incredibly offensive towards women. It says that women are weak and cannot handle this drink. And, not only that, they highlight the word "women" in a different color further showing the misogynistic nature of the advert.

Raymond- This one exsplans its self.

this add is negative because it is just placing the blame on the a small group of politicians for the bills that aren't passed keith

Hope and Change are dead—that is, according to American Crossroads, a Republican organization that’s likely to be a big player in this election. In a …

Gavin LaChance- The picture has nothing to do with the saying.

In a 2008 television commercial for the Japanese cellphone company, Emobile, a monkey is shown in an election campaign with the slogan "Change,"