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Advertising watchdog acquits MTV condom poster

http://www.dazereader.com/24000527.htm MTV condom posters not banned in Britain.

MTV has escaped a ban after an ad for its own brand of condoms, MTV Condomi, was accused of showing a naked couple in silhouette having sex.

The ad showed the couple dancing together with the man's hips thrust forward and the silhouette of his forearm connected the space between their stomachs. The complainant, who believed that the poster depicted a naked man with an erect penis penetrating a woman, objected that it was offensive and indecent. [...]

The Advertising Standards Authority considered that most readers would realise that the silhouette showed the man's forearm and were unlikely to infer that it was his penis.

Although the watchdog acknowledged the offence caused to the complainant, the ASA said it considered that the poster was unlikely to cause serious or widespread offence.

This article includes a small, cropped image of the poster showing the mysterious forearm silhouette. I haven't been able to find a better image out there. Anyone? You can read the official ASA adjudication at their website. (Link snagged from World Sex News.)

 

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