Gender Stereotyping

Women have been portrayed as housewives and sex objects since the early days of advertising. It wasn't until recently that companies have been taking a stand against this and have been depicting women how we really are: strong and independent individuals. 

One of my favorite commercials is the original Goldie Blox commercial (with their take on the Beastie Boys' song "Girls"):

We need more advertising that encourages girls to think outside of the box and be more than pink little princesses.  We can use less advertising like this:

These two advertisements from two major brands show men with women on display as sexual objects. The guy in the BMW ad couldn't care less that he's in bed with a woman! He's more focused on the car which actually hints at a male stereotype. The number of ads similar to these two is endless (Carl's Jr. keeps coming to mind) and they outnumber the ads that actually encourage women and young girls to be their own person.