Feminism and reading advertising images.

These days most young women in western society have grown up with feminism as a part of their lives. Younger women's priorities have changed and they can no longer relate to what they perceive feminism to be. Part of this is the way traditional feminists handle supposedly sexist or offensive images, particularly in advertising. Young women may now see this as over-reacting or unnecessary and prefer to express feminist ideas in alternative ways even if …

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