I came across this excerpt from the NY Times this morning while reading my morning paper:
Where is society going with all this PC and social justice madness? What world are we living in where government can restrict such images in ad campaigns?
Here is the Kate Upton ad:
Basically, ads in Britain cannot show sexy and beautiful women (looking sexy and beautiful) like Kate Upton in this ad. It's astonishing to me how society is 'regressing.' Unbelievable
One ad for baby formula showed a little girl growing up to be a ballerina and a little boy becoming a mathematician. Another ad, for a weigh-loss drink, asked if viewers were “beach body ready” and showed a bikini-wearing woman whose bronzed image, critics said, promoted an unrealistic standard of beauty. A third ad, for the video game “Game of War,” showed actress Kate Upton scantily dressed on a horse, making it seem as if sexual desirability were a prerequisite for leadership. Britain’s adverting regulator, reacting these ads and similar ones, announced Tuesday that new rules would be developed to ban advertising that promotes gender stereotypes or denigrates people who do not conform to theme; sexually objectifies women; or promotes unhealthy body images. - NEW YORK TIMES
Here is the Kate Upton ad:
Basically, ads in Britain cannot show sexy and beautiful women (looking sexy and beautiful) like Kate Upton in this ad. It's astonishing to me how society is 'regressing.' Unbelievable
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