The Self. What is the Self Concept? 72% of men and 85% of women are unhappy with at least one aspect of their appearance.

The Self

What is the Self Concept?

72% of men and 85% of women are unhappy with at least one aspect of their appearance

Which of the following has caused you to have a bad day?Skin Problems   (12%) Clothes you had on (11%) How your hair looked (77%)  If you could make only one change with your hair, what would it be?More attractive color (3%) Be thicker/fuller (93%) Less or more curly  (5%)  At which occasions have you wished you had a better hair day?Wedding  (4%) College/High School Reunion  (1%) Night out on the town  (12%) Business meeting  (3%) Everyday  (79%)

Self-Esteem

Self-Esteem Marketing

Self Esteem Slogans

DIET COKE "Live your life" — or, in other words, drink it because you just feel good about it - not to lose weight

APPLE COMPUTER: "The Power to Be Your Best."

CHARLES ATLAS "You Too Can Have A Body Like Mine."

CAMAY SOAP "You are in a Beauty Contest Every Day of your Life.”

GILLETTE: “The best a man can get."

The Real and the IdealThe Real - the reality of who we areThe Ideal - who we would like to be. The Gap creates a tensionProducts are purchased because they are consistent with either self. Many products appeal to consumers tendencies to fantasize about the way we would like to be poses executed in pastels, with soft focus and haloes of light and color create highly romantic images of feminine beauty and purity.

Multiple Selves

consumers are different people at different timesWe play different roles - in class or at workDifferent selves have different consumption patterns

Clairol permits you to explore and express the full range of your multiple selves

Which Library does she work at?

CONSUMPTION AND SELF CONCEPT

Consumption of products and services contributes to the definition of self.

Consumers exhibit attachment to products to the extent that it is used by the person to maintain his or her self concept.

Gender Identity

What does it Mean to be a Man in Our Society

• Men never cry• Should not show emotion• Not quitters• Physically brave• Independent• Heroic and patriotic ideals• Adventurous• Shaving• First day at work - earning a wage• Initiations• tough• Courageous• Drinking• Physical strength• Sex

This Pirelli image of Carl Lewis wearing red high heel shoes challenges the conventional view of black male athletes as being ‘super-masculine’

The products do not need to be geared towards women since they control spending for their family's household, as well as for their own personal needs

70 per cent of men's underwear is bought by women.

Studies continue to show that women control purchases of everything from household goods to investments and expensive consumer durables such as automobiles.

80 per cent of the household dollar is spent by women

Women as Consumers

According to a study by BusinessWeek and Gallup, women will control $1 trillion by 2010, representing nearly two-thirds of the nation's wealth.

Canadian research has indicated women are not particularly impressed by firms seeking their dollars..

Do women feel less valued than male consumers?

If so what can businesses do about it?

Do companies generally meet the needs of women as consumers?

ROSIE THE RIVETER

All the day long,Whether rain or shine,She's a part of the assembly line.She's making history,Working for victory,Rosie the Riveter.Keeps a sharp lookout for sabatoge,Sitting up there on the fuselage.That little girl will do more than a male will do.Rosie's got a boyfriend, Charlie.Charlie, he's a Marine.Rosie is protecting Charlie,Working overtime on the riveting machine.When they gave her a production "E,"She was as proud as she could be.There's something true about,Red, white, and blue about,Rosie the Riveter.

Depiction of Women in Ads

Redd Evans and John Jacob Loeb,"Rosie the Riveter," (New York: Paramount Music Corp., 1942

November 1942

“For whether she rears a family or mans a rangefinder, a woman needs the physical support of a good foundation." and "Amongst other munitions of war, Berlei are still making foundations.". 

In the 1940s, women were encouraged to help the war effort by getting a job outside the home. But it was family and country rather than money, status, or power that they were encouraged to toil for .

1950s - mass consumption in high gear, TV ads idealized the woman as the guardian of the home, and the man as the bread winner. Men were shown as endorsing their wives choices of products.

1960s - educated women started exhibiting their discontent with the depiction of women in ads. Armed with diplomas and new sophisticated birth control methods, they demanded for the right to have both career and family. The great social change in the sixties allowed a variety of depictions of women: sex kitten, nurturing mother and independent working girl. Men become consumers.

1970s Advertisers in the nineteen seventies realized the changing roles of women, and so they used such issues like woman's lib, ethnic heritage, and critiques of capitalism to sell their products. Advertisers realized that not just white people were buying products. Ethnic people were placed in advertisements.

1980s independent woman.

1990s 2000s

She is a "multifaceted success machine”.

She is a nurturer and a seducer.

She is the twenty-four hour a day woman, and she never sleeps.

Men are domesticated. Sex objects

Is it a mistake to portray women this way?

BODY IMAGE

Is there an ideal body image?

A poll by Kellogg’s found that 62 percent out of a sample of 503 women over 18-years-old believe that an ideal body weight and size do exist.

These women said the major factor determining the feminine ideal comes from television advertising or fashion magazines.

Ads appearing in popular teen magazines promise to transform a girl’s appearance. While these ads are designed to encourage a girl to use make-up and dieting to look acceptable, they can undermine her self-confidence and contribute to negative body image

Girls are usually more concerned with appearance than boys because they have been socialized to overemphasize appearance

One study of Saturday morning toy commercials found that 50% of commercials aimed at girls spoke about physical attractiveness, while none of the commercials aimed at boys referred to appearance

Other studies found 50% of advertisements in teen girl magazines and 56% of television commercials aimed at female viewers used beauty as a product appeal.

One study found women’s magazines have 10.5 times more ads and articles promoting weight loss than men’s magazines did.

Bulimic Barbie

The latest addition to Mattel's best-selling fashion doll range has caused near-riots in toy stores as children and collectors alike rush to pick up their very own Bulimic Barbie.

The new doll, complete with a fridge full of ice cream, chocolate and cake, is the epitome of doll technology. "Look at this," squealed mother-of-two Dawn Galway, 31, activating the toy's realistic gag reflex by pushing its hand into its mouth. "Isn't that the cutest thing you've ever seen?" she asked, as the synthetic vomit gushed into the tiny basin.

A Mattel PR spokeswoman said: "Mattel have an ongoing commitment to fans of Barbie to keep her relevant and now. Market research indicates that many young girls are developing a fascination with bulimia and other eating disorders, and this new doll reflects that." Barbie enthusiast Kylie Holridge, 10, said. "Now, with Bulimic Barbie, I know just how to get that perfect thin figure.

Kylie's elder sister Jodie, 13, said that Barbie has inspired her quest for a slimmer, trimmer figure since she was nine.

Matel, the makers of Barbie, sued The Body Shop, UK for this ad. They withdrew it and settled out of court.

Kellogg’s Special K cereal realized that campaigns featuring young, thin models barely squeezing into tight clothes alienated their older audience,

“Our consumers told us they really couldn't relate to advertising techniques that used unrealistic body images. "They said that they couldn’t live up to the standards of beauty dictated by advertisers."

1998 Kellogg's Special K runs a campaign that says there is no ideal body weight.