"...Posner notes that men in ads have become more 'objectified' in recent years, where objectification connotes, 'passivity, vulnerability, and property. In its most extreme form it alludes to victimization.' Objectification is something that has traditionally been associated with the portrayal of women, and not with the portrayal of men. Posner asks whether the trend toward objectification of men, 'reflects equalitarian ideology or part of the burgeoning elaboration of the commodification of sexuality.' Her examination of the issue leads her to the conclusion: 'The new style of male eroticism has little to do with sex-role liberation and much to do with the increasing commercialism of sexuality. In short, if men are being more eroticized and objectified, then women are as well...the gender gap is not really changing. Rather, it would appear, we have merely upped the ante.'"
     --Gender & Violence in the Mass Media, George Spears & Kasia Seydecart, 1993

"...We need some leaders to stand up and say, 'Enough is enough. There are standards of behavior that we want to prevail in our society. There are levels of crime that we wonÕt tolerate in our society. There are self­destructive behavior that has got to stop.'"
     --Bob Herbert, NY Times columnist on "Eye to Eye with Connie Chung", 11/11/93