A racy Calvin Klein ad showing a nearly naked female model being straddled and held by the hair has been banned in Australia, where officials say it encourages rape and violence.
The government's Advertising Standards Bureau has ordered the controversial billboards be removed after declaring the images were "demeaning to women by suggesting that she is a plaything of these men," Australia's Herald Sun reported.
This Calvin Klein ad was banned in Australia because it was deemed "demeaning to women."
The black-and-white photo shows supermodel Lara Stone, wearing only a bunched up, strategically placed shirt, being set upon by a bare-chested man. Her head is in the lap of another bare-chested man who's gripping a hank of her hair. A third man sits below, chewing a match stick and looking bored.
