I came upon this series of ads in a local Las Vegas magazine (although I’ve forgotten which one; sorry). The first two images were at the front of the magazine.
I turned to page 13 to see what this super-skinny, barely-dressed woman was being used to sell.
Note the very passive positioning of the model–she looks like she’s about to faint, or maybe is in the act of fainting. And the background on the other two images appears to be gold satin–evoking satin sheets, perhaps?
Here is an ad, from Metropolitan Home magazine, from a home decorating magazine that uses a woman’s body to sell blinds:
Scott W. sent us this website selling condominiums in northern Boston. Here are a couple screenshots of the completely gratuitous use of a sexy woman and implicit sex:
NEW! Sharon G. sent us a photo of a billboard in Tel Aviv with the copy “Go all the way.” It’s selling kitchen remodeling (see the website here):
See more posts using sex (with women) to sell homes, see here.
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Sociological Images » WHAT WE’VE BEEN UP TO BEHIND YOUR BACK (JUNE 2008) — June 20, 2008
[...] added another image to this post about using bodies to sell homes and home-related [...]
Sociological Images » WHAT WE’VE BEEN UP TO BEHIND YOUR BACK (OCTOBER 2008) — November 2, 2008
[...] Scott W. sent us a great example of the use of the implicit promise of sex with a hot chick to sell, um, condominiums. We added it to our post along that theme. [...]