The instructor should expect students to differ in their level of agreement with Thorstein Veblen’s notion that women often are used as a vehicle to display their husbands’ wealth. They should be encouraged to defend and support their views with examples from today’s society. 

Does advertising perpetuate this process? If so, how? 

Students may also note the examples related to men as arm candy for cougars.

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