TV commercials (30 mins)
Here follows a series of 4 common media images from Nigeria which have messages about sexuality. Mark the messages and decide whether they’re positive or negative and why.Commerical 1: Guinness, Udeme the great man,
a pilot who drinks guinness
Commerical 2: Genevieve magazine,
pregnant woman, HIV positive
Commerical 3: Bodyform sanitary pads
Commercial 4: Joy soap for Ladies
Questions to ask:
Discuss each commercial in turn using the following questions:
- what message does this commercial give about women
- what message does this commercial give about men
- what message does this commercial give about sexuality
- what other information does the commercial give