Ok so about a month ago a store that I shop at (not sure if I can say the store name or not) released there catalog/magalog and the cover depicted several plus size women in the newly released jeans and no shirts on.
Since the catalog has been issued there has been a ton of controversy/arguments on the stores facebook concerning it. Anywhere from support to utter disgust and everything in between. Some have said way to go showing curvier women are just as sexy as size 0 models.Others have gone on to say its porn and immoral to advertise in such a way.
I appreciate others difference of opinions and think everyone has the right to said opinions also as long as its done tactfully and not bashing someone else for thinking differently. Where I have an issue is some of the post I have seen stating that us parents who don't have a problem with it or our kids seeing it are immoral and abusive that we are teaching our kids to objectify women.
Personally I think its a tasteful photo and sends a message that curvier or plus size women are beautiful to. I can also understand the possible reasoning by the company advertising in such a way -them wanting the focus to be on the jeans. I as a mother have no issue with the cover or my boys seeing it and I don't feel its degrading women or any worse then other stores advertisments. Christ my boys see more on a summers day in the city than on that cover lol. Nudity is not an issue with our kids and I never want them to think that their bodies are shameful in any way and that yes are bodies can be use for a sexual purpose but that isn't its sole purpose. To me its our western culture that sexualizes the human form not the form it self.
What do you guys think?
Since the catalog has been issued there has been a ton of controversy/arguments on the stores facebook concerning it. Anywhere from support to utter disgust and everything in between. Some have said way to go showing curvier women are just as sexy as size 0 models.Others have gone on to say its porn and immoral to advertise in such a way.
I appreciate others difference of opinions and think everyone has the right to said opinions also as long as its done tactfully and not bashing someone else for thinking differently. Where I have an issue is some of the post I have seen stating that us parents who don't have a problem with it or our kids seeing it are immoral and abusive that we are teaching our kids to objectify women.
Personally I think its a tasteful photo and sends a message that curvier or plus size women are beautiful to. I can also understand the possible reasoning by the company advertising in such a way -them wanting the focus to be on the jeans. I as a mother have no issue with the cover or my boys seeing it and I don't feel its degrading women or any worse then other stores advertisments. Christ my boys see more on a summers day in the city than on that cover lol. Nudity is not an issue with our kids and I never want them to think that their bodies are shameful in any way and that yes are bodies can be use for a sexual purpose but that isn't its sole purpose. To me its our western culture that sexualizes the human form not the form it self.
What do you guys think?
