The above image is an ad appearing in various places over in Spain. It's for some company called Dolce & Gabbana. I have no idea what they sell. Could be clothes, but who knows, these days? Ads can be so cryptic and vague. I saw and ad once featuring a bunch of naked women. Turns out it was advertising a jeans store in Hollywood. Now, we see this ad showing up in Spain. The good news is that a lot of people are up in arms about it (read about that [http://www.eitb24.com/new/en/B24_36294/life/MILAN-BASED-FASHION-HOUSE-Dolce-Gabbana-angry-at/|here], [http://www.adrants.com/2007/02/dolce-gabbana-ad-cartoonish-edginess-or-g.php|here] and [http://www.newsamericanow.com/news/2007/02/24/dolce-gabbana-forced-to-axe-ra.html|here]). It's great that people are speaking out against this ad because it is pretty terrible. Like western culture needs another message sent on how white men force women to submit to our will. I don't quite agree that this ad automatically equates ! to rape, but I can see how people could read it that way. Personally, I see it as an accurate portrayal of how men have treated women for centuries--millennia, even. My only wish was that there were more women being held down and more ethnicities represented in the picture because, believe it or not, suppressing women is not solely a Caucasian sport. To the best of my knowledge it wasn't the white man who invented female circumcision. Still, I like the image because of what it says about humanity. Too bad the odds are good that the photographer just wanted to sell... whatever it is that Dolce & Gabbana sells.
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Dolce & Gabbana Rape Ad or Metaphor Ad?
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