Provocative / Offensive Ads

[TheGlassAngel]

OMG! Really?

[testinofan]

Here HQ from the site





Tomford.com

[masquerade]

those ads really offend me. not because she is naked, but because she is faceless. It is basically saying that women are not individuals but just sex objects for men

[eternitygoddess]

OH my..............

That's soft porn.

[More dancing]

wow..

[Salvatore]

Oh...
What's more shocking than the image is that I'm shocked by the fact I'm still shocked by what Tom Ford produces.

[jjbunny79]

now it is just complete gross (so the perfume become the substitute of the dick now? very fking brilliant)
u know, really, it is even worse then a real porn

[BerlinRocks]

Originally Posted by Salvatore

Oh...
What's more shocking than the image is that I'm shocked by the fact I'm still shocked by what Tom Ford produces.

[tigerrouge]

As a visual concept, the ads are certainly creating reactions, so in that way, they work. But as something that will promote sales of the product itself, I'm not so sure. You don't get scent strips in porn mags (!). Scent is sensual because it lasts, it lingers. Porn promotes speedy, disposable satisfaction. The perfume and the pictures... contradictory timescales.

[sarahslug]

Very very tasteless. I'm not so much offended by the sexual nature or objectification of the woman, but more offended by the fact that she looks so plastic. Women do not look like that! Gross.

[Fabulyss]

Originally Posted by masquerade

those ads really offend me. not because she is naked, but because she is faceless. It is basically saying that women are not individuals but just sex objects for men

I completely agree and this is a massive problem in a lot of advertising.

[Fabulyss]

I've had an argument with my boyfriend over overtly sexual advertising during one of my uber feminist attacks and he argued that most of those ads are women's products (clothes, jewelry and even that Tom Ford perfume).

Any thoughts?

[alix*]

Shot by Terry?
Who would have guessed?

[J67X4]

Although i would looove to know who did her wax/lazer.. man ingrowns
I dont personally find it offensive just really cheap and tacky..more of a reflection on the person who had the concept than the message

[sarahslug]

Originally Posted by Fabulyss

I've had an argument with my boyfriend over overtly sexual advertising during one of my uber feminist attacks and he argued that most of those ads are women's products (clothes, jewelry and even that Tom Ford perfume).

Any thoughts?

Maybe we buy into sex just as much as men. Either that or they play upon women's desire to be perfect. We want to be the sexy women in the advert, and we want to be that thin, waxed, beautiful, plastic, etc