The media is a all a bustle about a German safe sex advertisement depicting a woman getting banged by Adolf Hitler. The minute-long advertisement starts with two lustful things ripping each others clothes off and after a few passionate thrusts the man lifts his head and reveals a Hitler face. Safe Sex Ring Tone

The ominous German phrase: Aids Ist Ein Massenmorder (translation: AIDS is a mass murderer) is then splashed across the screen.

The advertisement garnered criticism from organizations representing AIDS victims because there is no mention of using a condom. This is true. Theoretically, a … Read More

A string of not too sexy (but plenty heeby jeeby) Davidoff cigar ads recently surfaced. This new campaign features men with blissed-out "O" faces and a cursive quote that reads "Every Man Has A D-spot." Orgasm Device Awaits FDA Approval

Plumes of smoke circle the faces, which makes the viewer wonder if it's cigar smoke causing the pleasure-struck expressions or something of a more prurient (or violent?) nature.

Big deal right? Well, some who eagle-eye and analyze such things say these cigar ads may signal the beginning of the ad industry sexually objectifying men. For once … Read More

It's not that we don't understand the power of television commercials. In our younger years, we really did think that Love's Baby Soft smelled delicious and that Hungry Hungry Hippo was "hours of fun," all because advertising told us so.

And yet, we can't quite get on board with the Mail Online's latest anti-advertising diatribe. In it, they argue that there should be a ban on radio and TV commercials advertising condoms and abortion clinics. Why? Because such ads will make all the people who see them want to jump into bed with anyone they meet and have … Read More

Historically, researchers have found women to be turned off by racy ads showing excessive nudity and sexual language. New experiments are showing, though, that the problem for advertisers may not be that sex doesn't sell to women, but rather that women don't often agree with the way it's portrayed.

Authors of a new study set to appear in the August issue of The Journal of Consumer Research recently tested their hunch that women's reaction to sexy ads would improve if sexual behavior was linked to two “intrinsic” female values: commitment and devotion.

"Findings from our initial experiments were supportive … Read More

When the Bloodhound Gang dutifully clarified "You and me baby ain't nothing but mammals," in their ode to the Discovery Channel, they may have been calling out to the wrong network. After all, it was the NFL that recently rejected The Ashley Madison Agency's Super Bowl ad, and revoked its permission to advertise during any NFL game, forever more.

Ashley Madison is a seven-year-old online dating service that connects married people looking for discreet affairs. Ironically, The New York Post recently printed a markedly non-discreet, full-page ad for the agency, which featured an open letter to … Read More

A former New York advertising exec is raising money with the hope of buying ad time to promote her search for a husband during this season's Super Bowl.

Amy Borkowsky, who lists her age as "somewhere between Carrie and Samantha," is looking for Mr. Right, and what better way to reach a large pool of potential mates than during the XY's must-see televised event? She's been campaigning on her website SuperBowlSingleGirl.com hoping to raise approximately $3 million for the ad spot. Borkowsky has so far raised a mere thousand dollars and only a few open commercial slots remain, … Read More

Ohmigod. The new Agent Provocateur ad campaign, "Season of  the Witch" is out and it's a gothic orgy! Inspired by tableaux vivant (French for living picture), the campaign features slinky garters-clad women squeezing pomegranates, wielding skulls and  leather whips and making virgins into slaves.

The best part is on the Agent P website where they've created a choose your own adventure-style video through the white, turreted mansion (very NSFW) where the illicit party is ongoing. In our scene we followed the Read More