Assvertising

[Trigger warning.]

These images are from a new campaign for Hansaplast condoms (which are not sold in the US):


[Full images available here and here. Possibly NSFW.]

See, it's funny because the women so clearly didn't give their consent to be groped, as evidenced by the respectively surprised and annoyed looks on their faces! Haw haw!

Men—they're incorrigible! *shakes head; grins wryly* Boys will be rapists boys!

This is, of course, not the first time we've had occasion to look at implied or overt sexualized violence in the Assvertising series. I can think of few things that would make me more disinclined to purchase a product being advertised than the suggestion of sexual assault, even in one of its "benign" incarnations.

[Assvertising: Parts One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten, Eleven, Twelve, Thirteen, Fourteen, Fifteen, Sixteen, Seventeen, Eighteen, Nineteen, Twenty, Twenty-One, Twenty-Two, Twenty-Three, Twenty-Four, Twenty-Five, Twenty-Six, Twenty-Seven, Twenty-Eight, Twenty-Nine, Thirty, Thirty-One, Thirty-Two, Thirty-Three, Thirty-Four, Thirty-Five, Thirty-Six, Thirty-Seven, Thirty-Eight, Thirty-Nine, Forty, Forty-One, Forty-Two, Forty-Three, Forty-Four, Forty-Five, Forty-Six, Forty-Seven, Forty-Eight, Forty-Nine, Fifty, Fifty-One, Fifty-Two, Fifty-Three, Fifty-Four, Fifty-Five.]

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