
This isn’t just a case of “sex sells.” These tactics are continuing to go on and on because advertisers, organizations like PETA and entertainment companies believe that images of violence against women can sell products and influence behaviors.īut millions of media consumers can’t all be sadistic women-haters, right? The average person in North America sees 3000 advertisements per day. This 2007 ad for Dolce & Gabbana, which became known as simply “the gang rape ad,” depicts a man pinning down a woman while other men look on. Of women in advertising has happened since then. That is just one of thousands of disturbing examples of violence against women being used for decades to promote everything from men’s suits to high fashion to vegetarianism (You can thank PETA for that one).


MTV waited until the last minute to announce that it wouldn’t air the footage, and denied having leaked the clip, despite having included part of the clip in the trailer for the show. Because I’m telling you right now this is destined to go down as one of the greatest moments in the history of television.” I literally have to take sleep medicine now before I go to bed now just so I can relax and not think about how excited I am for it. “But as much as I enjoyed the first episode it was all overshadowed by the upcoming scenes when Snooki gets coldcocked in the face by a dude.

The author of that article for Barstool Sports wrote: Time to Say ‘Enough’ to Twisted Advertisersīefore anyone had even heard of the show Jersey Shore, MTV leaked out a clip of Snooki (Nicole Polizzi) getting punched in a face by a man in a bar, and the clip went viral, prompting articles like “The Countdown to Snooki Getting Punched in the Face Is On!” (trigger warning for link).
