American Apparel again

American Apparel ad banned in the UK for potentially sexualizing a person who appeared under 16.

Check out the link- she does certainly look to be more near 12.

Now, of course, we all know American Apparel has alot of sexualizing and exploitative ads, like this one, this one (nudity), this one, this one… list goes one. Look some more up if you want.

But
wait! you say. Lets not jump to conclusions, shall we? Of course not.
Maybe this company is just trying to ignore the prudish avoidance from
sex and nudity in the media, right? Lets find some of their male ads.


This male ad isnt exactly light on the sexual undertones, and then…? Wow, one ad? This looks promising, right?

Lets go to their site. Ouch. Just take in a few of those classy pics… all featuring females.

Heres their ad archive. Lets find those elusive sexy men, shall we?

Theres a gay one. Kind of close maybe? Maybe not.

Wow,
these are horrible. Hundreds of women, half nude, bent over, legs
spread… these belong on a porn site, not a clothing company. But Im
not even halfway yet. Maybe, once upon a time, American Apparel made
more than one sexy male ad.

Heres
one. No, not really. I just put that there BECAUSE ONE MAN IS SHIRTLESS
and even though they are not in any sort of provocative position, thats
as close as we may get.

Ooh, female masturbation. Thats not exploitative, is it?

Another gay one where one guy has his shirt off, while neither are being provocative…

Lesbianism? Thank God they dont exploit lesbians. What the fuck is this? Or this?

Stop linking, moving on…

More nudity… more exploitation… hey, heres a guy who is posing provocatively! This makes up for the fact that there were none from December 07 to the present, right?

Classy

Here’s their first exploitative ad…

Haha, I like this one! Says “Stirrup socks”, shows said socks, and then random boobs! Okay, I quit.

Fuck you, American Apparel.

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