Passion or Attack? UPDATE

I posted this first image back in October:

This ad is disturbing because you can't really tell if it's consensual or an attack. And the perfume is called "Unforgivable."

UPDATE: One of my students recently pointed out the ad for Unforgivable for Men:

Could provide a really interesting discussion of differing images of masculine and feminine sexuality and power.

And here's a video of another ad for Unforgivable for Men, clearly linking sex and power:

Posted by Gwen Wednesday, March 26, 2008 at 4:43 PM Labels: , , , ,  

1 comments:

  Dr. Danger

December 21, 2007 at 1:09 AM

One of my students just submitted this ad for an extra credit assignment. I think it's important to point out that the perfume isn't called "Unforgivable", it's called "Unforgivable Woman." Apparently, this is the fate that awaits a woman who cannot be forgiven (ostensibly by a man). Without the eroticized overpowering of the female model, the question "Who wants to smell like an 'unforgivable woman'?" is almost laughably absurd.

Almost.

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