... been central in the promotion and sale of many everyday products. Advertising in the 1920's depicted women in the household and held them hostage there under the pretense that a " woman's work is never done." This fear of only never ending housework included the fear of failure at the work of being the perfect wife and mother; evident in the massive influx of domestic toys marketed to girls in recent years ... , proving this image continues to be a focus. The sex object woman took the forefront of 1970's advertising, adding to the image of the female as being subservient, vulnerable, and ...

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