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.”
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. Thanks, Laisa P.!
And here’s a video of another ad for Unforgivable for Men, clearly linking sex and power:
NEW: Here’s an ad for Isaia Napoli clothing that is very similar:
Thanks, Laura L.!
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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.