UK bans Calvin Klein ad for ‘objectifying women’ (IMAGES)

The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority has banned a Calvin Klein ad for depicting pop singer FKA Twigs as a “sexual object” Read Full Article at RT.com

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UK bans Calvin Klein ad for ‘objectifying women’ (IMAGES)

A regulator outlawed the partially nude poster after two people complained

The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a Calvin Klein ad featuring a semi-nude image of pop singer FKA Twigs over claims that it depicted her as “a stereotypical sexual object.”

The poster, which first appeared in the UK last April, showed FKA Twigs partially covering her naked body with a denim shirt, exposing the side of her bottom and almost revealing her nipple. The poster’s caption read “Calvins or nothing.” 

In a decision announced on Wednesday, the ASA ruled that the ad may no longer appear on Britain’s streets.

“The ad used nudity and centered on FKA Twigs’ physical features rather than the clothing, to the extent that it presented her as a stereotypical sexual object,” the regulatory organization explained, describing the poster as “irresponsible and likely to cause serious offense.”

The ASA launched its investigation after a mere two people complained about the posters. The complainants also took issue with two other posters in Calvin Klein’s campaign, both featuring model Kendall Jenner. However, the ASA found no fault with these two images, despite them showing Jenner in a similar state of undress.

One of the ads featuring Jenner was “no more than mildly sexual,” the ASA stated, adding that the other – showing the model in underwear with a pair of jeans pulled halfway up her thighs – contained a level of nudity “not beyond that which people would expect for a lingerie ad.”