Nandos: treating women like meat for 'Little Hotties' promotion
[UPDATED] Nandos has continued its tradition of objectifying women through their latest promotion ‘Little Hotties.’
Read moreAussie Boat Loans billboard objectifies women
A supporter alerted us to this billboard via our Facebook page in November 2010. The billboard was located at Logan Village, Queensland.
Read moreLovable complaints dismissed by ASB
The Advertising Standards Board has dismissed complaints against lingerie brand "Lovable."
Loveable had struck a deal with a major eating disorders charity and said it was “dedicated to changing the culture surrounding eating disorders and body image”... “by using happy, healthy models in our campaigns and promotional activities and by continuing to design intimates that are not created to objectify women’s bodies…”
Read moreAd Standards Board bans Kittens Carwash Striptease bus ad
As published in the Herald Sun
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A GIANT advertisement for a striptease school has been banned, five years after it began providing eye candy for passing drivers.
In a reflection of changing community attitudes, the image of a bikini-clad woman stretched along a bus has been found by the Advertising Standards Bureau to be sexually suggestive.
Ashley Madison billboard pulled down
Advertising Standards Board upholds complaints against 'Have an Affair' billboard
The Advertising standards board has upheld complaints against Ashley Madison 'Have an Affair' billboard. Ashley Madison is an online 'dating' service for 'cheaters.' The billboard has now been pulled down.
Read moreLynx and Brut: brutally sexist
As published on Melinda Tankard Reist's blog.
Good piece in The National Times today on ‘Lad’s Ads’, pointing out the raw sexism of the new Brut deodorant advertising campaign – a perfect case study in sexist advertising. Brut appears to be following in the footsteps of Unilever’s Lynx, which has turned objectification into an art form (all the while promoting Dove ‘real beauty’). Thanks Brut and Lynx for entrenching the notion that women are mindless objects for male sexual fantasies. Oh, and men? Perhaps find something else to spray yourselves with. These ads demean you too.
Read moreAd Standards dismisses complaints against Honey Birdette horse riding ad
Honey Birdette describes complainant as 'nonsensical,' Ad Standards passes insult on to complainant
Read moreWicked Campers slogan suggestive of sexual violence given green light by Ad Standards Board
"The comments on this transport advertisement read "If you woke up with $100 in your pocket and a sore arse, would you tell anyone?"
Read moreAd Standards Board gives green light to Kittens carwash striptease bus ad
Complaints dismissed
"...did not expose the breasts or genitals in any way." "...images…relevant to the product being advertised."