Ad Standards Board rules on "Fresh One" coffee ads
A few months ago, we were alerted to Perth based coffee bean distributor Fresh One, a brand that was posting pornographic advertising on their Facebook page to promote coffee beans.
Read moreAd Standards Board upholds complaints against Honey Birdette "Naughty or Nice" ad
The Ad Standards Board has upheld complaints against sex shop Honey Birdette. The Christmas themed shop front window which featured a lingerie model and the words "Naughty or Nice?" was determined by the Ad Standards Board to be in violation of the Ad Industry code of ethics.
Read moreASB upholds complaints against lingerie brand Lovable
The Ad Standards Board has upheld complaints against Loveables 'Selfies with Besties' ad campaign.
The Facebook ad campaign encouraged participants, including girls aged over 13 years, to upload pictures of themselves 'with their besties' to win a prize. Images that accompanied the campaign included Jennifer Hawkins and other models in their underwear posing for 'selfies.' An accompanying outdoor advertising campaign featured similar imagery on bus shelters and billboards.
ASB upholds complaints against Mossimo Peepshow
And "Naughty Nicole" takes out prize for most popular entry with anti-sexism message
Read moreAd Standards Board upholds complaints against Honey Birdette ad "It's burlesque baby"
The Ad Standards Board has upheld complaints against an ad described by the complainant as 'larger than life pornography.' The ad, featured prominently on Honey Birdette's shop front windows.
Read moreASB upholds complaints against Lynx 'Rules of Rugby' ad
Unilever complains Collective Shout encouraged complaints
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 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.
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