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Index of Paper Presentations for the Parallel Sessions - Academy of ...

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example, by analyzing whose voice (<strong>the</strong> man‘s or <strong>the</strong> woman‘s) is <strong>the</strong> expert‘s voice or <strong>the</strong> voice <strong>of</strong>authority (Bell, Kravitz, & Wilkes, 2000).Gender role stereotyping in <strong>the</strong> 1970s. Sexton and Haberman (1974) undertook <strong>the</strong>ir studyamidst claims by activist organizations that women were not allowed <strong>the</strong> same variety <strong>of</strong> life patterns thatmen enjoyed. To determine <strong>the</strong> extent to which such stereotypes were present in magazine advertisement,Sexton and Haberman per<strong>for</strong>med a content analysis <strong>of</strong> 1827 advertisement covering specific productclasses and time spans in five US magazines. The study findings corroborated <strong>the</strong> activist organizations‘claims in that <strong>the</strong> advertisements examined reflected women in very limited and/or narrow roles with only16% <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> advertisement portraying women in non-traditional roles. Rarely were women depicted inleadership roles. On a positive note, a substantial decrease in <strong>the</strong> number <strong>of</strong> advertisement portrayingwomen in traditional roles as housewives and mo<strong>the</strong>rs was observed.Venkatesan and Losco (1975) undertook a comprehensive content analysis covering <strong>the</strong> period1959-1971, arguably a period that saw significant social changes regarding <strong>the</strong> place and status <strong>of</strong> womenin US society. The purpose <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> study was to examine <strong>the</strong> portrayal <strong>of</strong> women‘s roles in printadvertisement and to investigate <strong>the</strong> changes in such roles. Based on a sample <strong>of</strong> 14378 advertisementsfrom general magazines, <strong>the</strong>y found that <strong>the</strong> relative percentage <strong>of</strong> women appearing in advertisementremained unchanged at about 40% during <strong>the</strong> period under investigation. The three roles most frequentlyshown about women were that <strong>the</strong>y were sexual objects, physically beautiful, and dependent on men.However, <strong>the</strong> portrayal <strong>of</strong> women as sex objects declined, possibly due to pressure from <strong>the</strong> women‘smovement.Gender role stereotyping in <strong>the</strong> 1980s. While research had been undertaken to examine <strong>the</strong>effectiveness <strong>of</strong> sexually oriented advertising appeals, Soley and Kurzbard (1986) claimed that littleresearch had examined <strong>the</strong> actual use <strong>of</strong> sex in advertising. It‘s in this context that <strong>the</strong>y analyzed <strong>the</strong>sexual content <strong>of</strong> magazine advertisement produced in 1964 and 1984. Their investigation involved asample <strong>of</strong> 1698 advertisement drawn from general interest magazines, women‘s magazines, and men‘smagazines. They found that while <strong>the</strong> percentage <strong>of</strong> advertisement with sexual content had remained

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