Friday, December 31, 2010

Girl-illa action

With two young sons, I can't help but notice the amount of scantily clad women presented for their delectation on billboards 10ft high.  What does that tell them about women's bodies?  I'm all for nakedness, we were born naked, after all.  But sexualised, provocative nakedness, well that's another matter.

I'm not the only one thinking this...

http://www.openureyes.org.nz/blog/?q=node/1793

So how do we deal with it?  I wrote to the Advertising Standards Authority a couple of time a few years ago, but it seems like a drop in the ocean.  Maybe it would be better to take on this advertising directly.  I wonder what 'Girl-Rilla' and ex-Marine, Liz Carmouche thinks of these adverts...

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