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Results so far:
| Yes | 63% | 1064 votes | Total: 1683 votes | |
| No | 37% | 619 votes |
Yes
Created on: July 02, 2007 Last Updated: February 28, 2011
We all know sex sells, and attractive women have been seen draped, scantily clad over vehicles for sale
Created on: May 20, 2009 Last Updated: May 13, 2012
My heart goes out to young women today, despite their ethnicity or any of the social trappings and labels
by Mr. Smith
Created on: June 23, 2007
Yes, advertisements use sex to sell their products, and it does degrade women in the process. Society
Created on: December 24, 2009
Sex appeal is a powerful selling point that advertisers can use to attract the attention of males and
by Lucius Trae
Created on: April 06, 2010
As a man, I'm guilty of falling for sexually charged advertising. However, I've also had the benefit
Created on: September 14, 2007
Yes, it is very degrading when women expose themselves in order to sell a product. I have never understood
Created on: July 09, 2010
Yes! Advertising today is showing a lot more cleavage, bare legs, bellies, arms, and butt cheeks
by Joseph Malek
Created on: August 28, 2007 Last Updated: July 04, 2008
It is quite clear to me that naked or almost naked beautiful women or men have and will continue to
Created on: June 27, 2007 Last Updated: August 27, 2008
Just because "sex sells" does not mean we should use it indiscriminately to do so. I am so tired of
by Peggy Molloy
Created on: July 10, 2007 Last Updated: January 02, 2011
Using sex to sell is old-hat. When we live in a society comprised of 52% women, I can only wonder who
Created on: July 31, 2010
Ads that use sex to sell their products do degrade women. Whenever a product is advertised, sex is one
Created on: January 08, 2010
Sex sells. Women who were taught to sell themselves in early childhood eventually find out that sex
Created on: June 24, 2007
For far too long, women have been transformed into a sexual object in order to satisfy the wanton desires
by Raven Lebeau
Created on: March 04, 2008
Originally, I voted "yes" when asked to rate articles for this debate. I have sense realized that I
by Jamie Mandel
Created on: July 10, 2007 Last Updated: November 08, 2007
Sex has become an integral part of advertising. To the point where it makes you want to say, "enough
Created on: June 20, 2009 Last Updated: August 06, 2009
Yes, they do. A woman's sexuality cannot be divorced from her humanity, yet Madison Avenue earns huge
Created on: June 29, 2007 Last Updated: June 16, 2008
Sex sells because advertisers use it to their advantage. I say it is wrong for women and men to allow
Created on: February 12, 2008
People are using sex to sell products, why? Simple answer cause it works! People in this country love
by Mabon Dane
Created on: August 08, 2007
There is a long held view amongst corporations that we human beings are little more than robots who
Created on: June 24, 2007 Last Updated: September 27, 2011
Advertisements do use sex to sell their products, but whether or not women are being degraded is very
No
by Zach Bigalke
Created on: July 12, 2007
The problem with the argument that advertisements using sex to sell products degrades women is that
Created on: November 24, 2008
There's a difference between "sex" and "allure." No, modern ads don't degrade women, but alluring women
by Gary Maclean
Created on: March 23, 2008
I saw an advertisement the other day that made me take a second look. I didn't believe my ears but indeed,
Created on: June 23, 2007 Last Updated: February 13, 2009
Sex Sells: It is a simple and popular fact in modern times with glamour models and half-naked celebrities
by Paul Stanway
Created on: February 19, 2008
Using sex to sell products is a well-worn technique for improving a given product's sales. To quote
Created on: November 05, 2009
Degradation is in the eye of the beholder. In some religious cultures, a woman whose uncovered face
by Stan Dyer
Created on: March 20, 2008
Yes, advertisements use sex to sell their products, but they do not degrade women. Instead, they degrade
Created on: June 28, 2007 Last Updated: May 26, 2009
Sy Syms, of his self-named clothing chain, says "An educated consumer is my best customer." Anyone who
by B Borcyk
Created on: June 23, 2007
One piece of the statement is correct. Advertisements do, in fact, use sex to sell their products. Sex
by Ted Sherman
Created on: June 23, 2007
To anyone who believes it: get a life! Advertisers use sex to sell their products and services for one
Created on: September 14, 2007
Does using sex to sell really degrade women? I would have to say, NO. Using sex to sell products is
Created on: February 12, 2008
If it is true that advertisements employing female sexuality to sell products degrade women in the process,
by Judy Khoo
Created on: August 02, 2007
Being a woman, I could take the easy route and vote to say that advertisements do use sex to sell their
by S Khalid
Created on: July 07, 2008
Culture? For over decades now the meaning of the term is so wooly. The articulating voices from everywhere
by Kate Flaxx
Created on: October 17, 2010
There is in ad currently running on Australian television for a particular brand of lawn mower.
Created on: July 06, 2007
This is one of those loaded statements, kind of like, "Guns don't kill people. People kill people."
Created on: July 28, 2007 Last Updated: September 28, 2011
It is easy to blame advertisements for using sex to sell their products and degrading women in the process.
Created on: April 15, 2008
Ads that portray women of various physical appearance, social settings and the accompanying verbiage
Created on: April 06, 2008
Growing up in Las Vegas, Nevada, has caused me to be exposed to every kind of advertisement involving
Created on: August 19, 2007 Last Updated: March 20, 2008
Writing this article might be misconstrued as degrading to women but this is not my intent. I being