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media type="custom" key="10404854" ADVERTISEMENT I chose the Goodyear commercial from the early 1970s as basis for my analysis. The commericial is supposed to be talking about the right kind of tires for your car and why you need them Why really need them is really the shocker here at the end of this commercial as it takes on gender role issues.

MARXIST The Marxist viewpoint might say something like...

FEMINIST A feminist viewpoint would

Conclusion. What they are really selling is the trational gender roles in soiety--that men know what they are doing behind the wheel of the car, and reinforcing that men are dominant in society. And that the true place for women is at home and not on the roads and certainly not driving at night. It would also suggest that women probably couldn't handle a job and making lmoney either since they can't handle a car when it's raining. It's really unbelievable that this commercial was ever made, that thes types of views were "normal" back as early as the 1970s.