Offensive Ads
The fashion design duo behind Dolce & Gabbana announced today that they are pulling a controversial print advertisement from publications worldwide following protests in Spain, and, egads, their home turf of Italy. The photo features a blank looking young woman in a bathing suit and high heels being pinned down by a glossy shirtless man while four other men look on.
Is the image glorifying gang rape or tapping into a sexual fantasy? That may still be up for debate in some quarters. But Kim Gandy, president of the National Organization for Women says the ad indisputably promotes violence against women and has put it at the top of their Web site’s page of offensive advertisements.
Stefano Gabbana said that they did not mean to “cause controversy,” and were pulling the ads.
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