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Warpy

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2. Ugh, glad I missed them

Reply to The Straight Story (Original post)

Sun Feb 9, 2014, 07:39 PM

Feb 2014

You have to work damned hard to beat the Dolce e Gabana rape ads with the supine naked woman wearing nothing but spike heeled shoes staring up at the fully clothed men standing over her.

The naked woman, fully dressed man is a perfect example of a patriarchal power ad.

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Yeah, their ads are annoying. nt bemildred Feb 2014 #1

Ugh, glad I missed them Warpy Feb 2014 #2

Congratulaions, Dov, you rascal, you! Tom Ripley Feb 2014 #3