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.
Dude -- haven't you ever watched "Sex & The City?" Shoes. They sell shoes.
ReplyDeleteExpensive women's shoes. So apparently the market research on rich women indicates that the majority of them have rape fantasies.
Ha. If I had mad photoshop skills, I'd put the "Dolce & Gabbana" over a screen shot from "The Accused."
AWESOME idea, man... very good idea!
ReplyDeleteAnd no, I've never watched an episode of Sex & the City. Those kind of women would never speak to me in real life, so why should I watch them do fictional things? Besides, all the best sex scenes end up on the 'net anyway.
...not that I've downloaded any of them or live streamed them across my PowerBook to my TV via my S-Video output. I mean, I've heard of people doing that... kind of thing...