They even have a little basket on the front so you can carry stuff. I have yet to see a commercial for one of those scooters that has anyone under the age of 55 in it. So now, I feel like I must be some kind of a freak for wanting one, all because of the advertising. Society and advertising go together like the chicken and the egg. Everyone else going for the twenty-something market puts similar looking people in their ads.
Many people respond by trying to look and act like the people in the ads.
The other option is not to pay attention to the ads, but that can leave a person feeling like the man without a country. I'd like to see ads aimed at a wider variety of people. That's something that speaks to me. In the meantime, I'll just try not to let the advertising make me feel too self-conscious, and enjoy Iowa over spring break. Ben Godar is a senior in sociology from Ames.