gender issues

New adventures in sexist advertising

by Michal Kašpárek on 10/09/2009

Non-profit organization Nesehnutí is looking for the most sexist Czech ad. Good news everyone: Brno has two finalists!

I almost crashed my car when I saw this for the first time:

Madame Megane wants you to stop being afraid of used vehicles. Literally.

Madame Megane wants you to stop being afraid of used vehicles. Literally.

This one is cute as well:

Bordellos are illegal in the Czech republic but they can advertise in public. Wonderful.

Bordellos are illegal in the Czech republic but they can advertise in public. Wonderful.

I remember there was a “beautiful” banner in a hardware shop in Židenice, advertising a chain by a picture of a woman beaten by the chain. Now that’s gangsta.

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