Today women are "carefree" when it comes to wearing lingerie. In American society, we are becoming more and more accepting of all body types for women. However, the "ideal" body type still exists. With that being said, it is seen as unacceptable to "put down" other body types in any way to uplift (and/or put on a pedestal) what is seen as the "best" body shape. The original Victoria's Secret ad for this particular lingerie collection did just that. Below you'll see that they are basically insinuating that the models below have the "perfect" body.
They faced major controversy over this advertisement and campaigns to stop body shaming (the putting down of other body types to glorify another) begun.
They quickly tried to do "damage control" by changing the slogan used in the ad to "A Body for Everybody" in an attempt to gain back the support of customers they may have lost. In modern day American society, ads like the original version of Victoria's Secret's body campaign are virtually unacceptable. There is now a new focus of the feminist movement, stop body shaming.
I really liked how you incorporated the pictures into your post as examples and references to your argument. You also did a good job of explaining the kairotic situation with society's current views on the topic of body image. The main thing I would say to do is add some hyperlinks to more information about the public outrage of the first ad and maybe something that demonstrates that the American people have become more open to all body types.
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