The complaints drew the authorities attention to the problem. Which is a problem not because people vote on whether or not it is a problem, but simply because it is.

The other is a movie about male strippers.

I trust the relevance of these facts is obvious.

So, people don't fantasize about their co-workers??!!?!?!

I do realize that it's been so thoroughly beaten into people's heads via constant exposure that this is either not a real thing, or it is actually a good thing, or it is such a complicated thing that it is impossible for anyone to understand what it means -- but it's really not that hard to figure out.

Here's a hint: what one does in one's own mind, on one's own time, while it may be sickening to the person being objectified if they were to find out, does not fall under the purview of any advertising standards board. Advertisements for products or services which are completely unrelated to such sexual content definitely are.

It's nice that in some countries, people actually give a shit about the dehumanization of women. I hope someday that happens here, too.

And if you don't believe that, then you are not being honest.

Sexy but sexist.

with since women started working. It's not a make believe thing. It's real.

It's why a joke about a man being hit by a woman might be funny, but a joke about a woman being hit by a man would not be: because in reality, women ARE hit by men daily, and beaten up, and murdered. Every day. Lots of 'em.

A man was offended by the song The Tango (a/k/a "He had it coming&quot in the movie "Chicago." That a song about men being killed was funny or in a movie, that such a song being sung and danced by male criminals who'd murdered their significant others wouldn't have been in the movie. That's because in real life, there ARE a lot of male criminals who have brutally killed women. It's real. Whereas there aren't a lot of men being killed by women, not in self defense, in real life. It's something that women find humorous in a song, because not many women would actually commit violence like that against a man, any man.

late at night when the kids are already in bed. It is somewhat risque, and not an ad that should be playing during morning cartoons or in the afternoon.

it's adult men who should not see it. They are the ones who have perpetrated the sexism against business women. The ban was appropriate. It has no place in civilized society, because of the sexist history in our country.

Probably has more backstory to it.

Now, millions more people will watch it online and elsewhere than probably would have paid attention to it on TV.

Once again, the censorship/prohibitionist lose because they cannot deal with common fucking sense.

but Puritanical views are hard to shake from those raised on those values.

I figured I'd throw it out there since that will be the basic thought behind most of the replies.