These Are The Most Tone-Deaf And Insensitive Ads Of All Time

Dolce & Gabbana Ad Depicted Sexual Assault

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A Dolce & Gabbana print ad from 2007 featured a topless man pinning down a woman who appeared unwilling to be in that position (her waist was lifted up as though she was resisting). Other men in the ad watched the action taking place.

It’s clear that the ad was meant to be sexy and provocative, but it was an affront to those who thought it resembled sexual assault. Spain and Italy banned the ad because they felt it portrayed “the passive and helpless position of the woman relative to the men around her, and the representation of abuse or the idea of violence towards her.”