This t-shirt was available from Delia’s, a mail-order catalog that targets girls between the ages of 12 and 15. They stopped selling it after some complaints.
From PostSecret this week:
This is one of the ads for “Tom Ford for Men”, a new cologne for men by Tom Ford.
Check out the extent to which the female model is objectified:
In this ad for St.Pauli’s Girl beer, a woman’s body has been turned into the alcohol itself, conflating liquor and women as products for consumption:
NEW! (Mar. ’10): Tom M. sent in two more examples. This is a brand of Russian beer manufactured to look like a woman in fishnets and a garter (found at copyranter):
And Skinny Blonde is an Australian brand (found at Change Marketing):
Gwen Sharp is an associate professor of sociology at Nevada State College. You can follow her on Twitter at @gwensharpnv.
This mortgage company is using sexy retirees to sell mortgages. The gimmick is along these lines: Your relationship with your home loans should age as well as your relationship with your spouse. Here are three pics on the website:
Click here for the website. Make sure to look at the bottom right and find the link to the TV commercial (hint: wet t-shirt).
Women of color are stereotyped as more sexual than white women.
This billboard draws on the stereotype that Latinas are always hot and spicy:
NEW: These three ads, sent in by Elizabeth A., are for Rio Suites Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas (images found here). The “card” representing passion just-so-happens to include a woman of color in a red dress with fire.
