Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-vaxuum!dyer From: dyer@vaxuum.DEC (WE decided? MY best interest?) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: _Ms._ Magazine Advertisements Message-ID: <247@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Thu, 13-Dec-84 12:55:34 EST Article-I.D.: decwrl.247 Posted: Thu Dec 13 12:55:34 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 15-Dec-84 01:45:42 EST Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: DEC Engineering Network Lines: 23 _Ms._ Magazine Advertisements__________________________________________________ All this talk about advertisements brings to mind one of my pet peeves: >>> What are certain ads doing in _Ms._? <<< You know the type. "Oil of Olay will make you beautiful." "Product X will make you younger-looking." "Product Y will help you lose unsightly fat." I did a survey of three random issues of _Ms._ (the ones I could find laying around the house). Not counting classified ads, 28% of the advertising space was for products to "improve" the way a woman looks. In _Ms._? <_Jym_> :::::::::::::::: Jym Dyer ::::' :: `:::: Dracut, Massachusetts ::' :: `:: :: :: :: DYER%VAXUUM.DEC@DECWRL.ARPA :: .::::. :: {allegra|decvax|ihnp4|ucbvax}!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-vaxuum!dyer ::..:' :: `:..:: ::::. :: .:::: Statements made in this article are my own; they might not :::::::::::::::: reflect the views of |d|i|g|i|t|a|l| Equipment Corporation.