The ad for Zoppini is a black and white photo of a man and a woman, and strangely, the traditional roles are inverted. The man is sitting in a large recliner-type chair and is dressed in a contemporary, fashionable black suit with a white oxford shirt that has about the top three buttons opened. He has a silver

medallion around his neck that replicates the company’s logo, and he has on a belt that one could assume is also made by Zoppini. He has slightly longer dark hair that is combed back and has somewhat androgynous facial features (no facial hair or blemishes), and is looking away with an emotionless, submissive expression on his face. The woman is standing behind him and is wearing what looks like a black dress with one formal, black glove on her left hand, with a large ring on her finger. Her other wrist has two different bracelets on it and her fingernails are painted black. She has a black, fur shawl over her right shoulder and two necklaces on her neck, both are metal crosses. Her make-up is mostly black lipstick and eye shadow, and her hair is bleached, almost white, and slicked back. She has a very piercing expression, and is staring directly at the camera, or the viewing audience. Her right hand is on the man’s right shoulder and her left, gloved hand is pulling his shirt open. His hands are placed near his groin. Her muscles seem strained, as if she is having to hold him down and tear his clothes off simultaneously. He does not look as if he is resisting her advances. Perhaps the story being told is that the woman is not going to be the traditional sexual object that is portrayed, instead she is the aggressor. She is living out her instincts and her desires and is in control for a change. She has found a man who is the sexual object that she will now use and enjoy. The text is a 26 point Times New Roman-type font that reads DARE TO LOVE in a deep gold color; the only color in the

Some topics in this essay:
DARE LOVE, Sex Secrets”, Jean Kilbourne, Dare Love, dare love, Times Roman-type, women explore, soft quiet, sexual object, women live, women feel,