For the last several months I've been faced with a moral dilemna. Keep buying some of my favorite skin care and gift products from a catalog I enjoy browsing, whose representative is a friend of mine, or discontinue based on their advertising, which now includes naked women?
No personal body parts show; they are covered with arms, legs or bubbles. But you know it. They have no clothes on.
I consider this type of modeling, even though it may be for a major retailer and not pornographic, an exploitation of the model. However, to completely stop buying products from this company would mean a huge sacrifice on my part. I love their skin care, foundation, bath products, mascara and jewelry. They often have gift items on sale at tremendous prices. I hate the thought of starting from square one to find cosmetics I like, at affordable prices. But... I also hate when companies use sex to sell products.
What decision do you think I made?
If you said I quit purchasing from this source, you know me well. I cannot support this form of advertising. I will buy my skin care, cosmetics and fun jewelry elsewhere from now on. If enough people make choices like this, perhaps we'll start to see a few positive changes in our world.
And yes, I told my Avon representative that I was bothered by this, so she'd know why I quit.
Have you ever been faced with a moral or ethical dilemna in which you were forced to make a painful sacrifice? What did you do?
