Sex Sells is no longer an expression used when referring to prostitution or a brothel. It's something that everybody on earth is exposed to everyday. Marketing and advertising agencies use the concept of sexual attraction to place their products on top of the competition. They use the site of beautiful people to sell nearly anything you can get your mind around. Even if sometimes it walks a tightrope on the fine line of false advertising. It will still be used.

Magazines quite possibly the biggest exploits of sex. Nearly every magazine you come across these days has some picture of hot stud with no shirt on, or a shot of a model in a bathing suit. For entertainment and fashion magazines, the allure of sexy people could be considered the only ploy for selling the magazines. For example the popular Maxim and the sister magazine Stuff, are two top selling magazines. What do they have that's so interesting? Well, How about the promise of sexy interviews along with stunning pictures of young beauties such as Tara Reid from American Pie or Kristen Dunst from Bring It On. Or, even the promise of articles such as how to throw an orgy. Can you imagine how many guys bought that issue? Then you have The Source a magazine about rap and hip-hop. In their December issue they had a picture of the tantalizing Eve with a catchy phrase "The hotter, Wetter, Stickier SEX issue" with big white lettering. Now that's advertising, I never buy the source, but I bought that issue.

Even various cleaning products use the attraction of sexy sophisticated women to sell their products. I guess there are a lot of men living as bachelors these days. Take Mr. Clean he can even be considered somewhat of a sex symbol to some women. Maybe...

I'm not saying I disagree with companies using sex to sell their products. I think it is an ingenious way of advertising. After all people like Hugh Heffener and Larry Flynt have been using this technique very effectively for decades. Look at the wealth they have!

---HuDson