Still Killing Us Softly Advertisings Image of Women (1987)

This followup to Jean Kilbournes awardwinning 1979 documentary KILLING US SOFTLY further probes the harmful effects of stereotypical and sexist images in advertising Kilbourne conducts a lecture within the film displaying still images of women men children and violent crime via a slide projector By emphasizing the dehumanization of women by televisions bodyimage obsession she teaches viewers how America is taught to categorize women primarily as sex objects