Some people just become sensitive to this sort of thing. Not in a bad way, just that they are more aware of it. There are also people who make something out of nothing.

Maybe it’s subliminal?

Either way it doesn’t offend me or make me think of sex and/or rape.

Just a thought. And as a rape survivor, I didn’t see a target on this woman’s groin, what I saw was a woman in the middle of bullseye, possible making a “snow angel” She is in winter clothing.

What would your thought process had been if she was lying completely in the middle of the bullseye? Maybe her chest falls in the middle of the target, would it then be a statement on how the chest of women is a target for sexual advances? Or what if it was her head?

I agree that they were probably innocently going for “snow angel” (especially given her non-”sexy” winter clothing) and just didn’t think about the possible connotations. But it’s a huge leap from that to saying anyone who DOES see something else is a “sick freak.”

Ironically, it’s now become a ‘textbook case’ in social media (not to mention a life lesson for me) because I now use it in media literacy sessions with teens for critical thinking skills, rotating imagery in ‘would it have been different if…(fill in the blank) mode.

Needless to say, depending what you put in that target, the sociological implications elicit various responses and ‘aha’ moments.