Advertising – Image of Women in Advertising – 1982

Category:

NATIONAL AFFAIRS

Sub-Category:

GENERAL

Resolution Number:

500.10.4

Club:

Leaside

Year:

1982

Status:

Resolved

Comments:

RESOLUTION:THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Business and Professional Women’s Clubs of Ontario urge the Government of Ontario to enact legislation making it
a) mandatory to treat and portray men and women as equals in advertising;
b) that advertisements for personal products must be directed only at enhancing the individual self-image;
c) all forms of subliminal advertising including textbooks and training materials used by the advertising industry, should be banned by the Government; and
d) that representatives of The Business and Professional Women’s Clubs of Ontario be included in the Ontario Advertising Council.

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