This image is used in an ad for Dolce and Gabbana. It clearly promotes and glorifies gang rape. It sends a message that it is acceptable to pin a woman down, and that many men can have their way with her and there are no consequences. This is absolutely appalling. Not only are advertisements such as this offensive to adults, they are influential and can have an amazing impact on children. Large and influential companies such as this must be held responsible and accountable to promote positive messages and help support causes for human rights, not glorify one of the worst crimes imaginable.
This image is used in an ad for Dolce and Gabbana. It clearly promotes and glorifies gang rape. It sends a message that it is acceptable to pin a woman down, and that many men can have their way with her and there are no consequences. This is absolutely appalling. Not only are advertisements such as this offensive to adults, they are influential and can have an amazing impact on children. Large and influential companies such as this must be held responsible and accountable to promote positive messages and help support causes for human rights, not glorify one of the worst crimes imaginable.
We signed the "Stop Dolce & Gabbana's Promotion Of Gang Rape!" petition!
# 610:
3:43 pm PDT, Jun 3,Name not displayed, Missouri
Setting a bad example for our youth with this ad.
# 609:
7:44 am PDT, May 31,Kimbelry Merritt, Connecticut
There are too many ads out there that are degrading to a woman. Ads that promote us as a piece of meat. Enough already
# 608:
10:36 pm PDT, May 25,Syahrir Achmad, Indonesia
# 607:
12:36 am PDT, Apr 15,Amelia Turbairz, Australia
# 606:
12:29 pm PDT, Apr 14,Lila Elswick, Virginia
find a better way to advertize your product other than pinning a woman to the ground while others watch, that is called gang rape.
# 605:
4:46 pm PDT, Mar 25,Ines Seidel, Germany
# 604:
4:01 pm PDT, Mar 24,Anne Seidel, Germany
# 603:
7:16 am PDT, Mar 20,Ginger Geronimo, Alabama
# 602:
1:54 pm PDT, Mar 19,Name not displayed, United Kingdom
# 601:
8:43 am PDT, Mar 11,James Herald, Indiana
# 600:
10:07 am PST, Mar 5,Lana A A, Jordan
were would all this stop?????????????
# 599:
11:22 am PST, Mar 4,Kirstie Adams, PhD, Maryland
# 598:
10:05 am PST, Mar 4,Name not displayed, California
# 596:
5:43 pm PST, Feb 28,Brandylinn Maistros, Ohio
# 595:
7:12 am PST, Feb 28,Iulia Orzea, Romania
# 594:
6:12 am PST, Feb 27,Brad Smith, New Jersey
I am a professional glamor photographer and I find advertisements such as this offensive and glorifies submissive women. Are you selling clothes or not? Here it seems you are selling gang rape. STOP THIS. You are giving the glamor industry as well as your company a BLACK EYE!
I will never buy another Dolce & Gabbana product or work with them as a client. Period.
# 593:
2:42 pm PST, Feb 20,Tawana Coleman, Wisconsin
It's hard to believe, but it is true. I took a Advertising class in college. There are more subliminal messages in advertisements than we know! This one clearly isn't even subliminal. Sign this petition people!
# 592:
8:07 am PST, Feb 16,Elizabeth Goltra, Florida
# 591:
5:36 am PST, Feb 16,Elizabeth Ryan, Ireland
Is is immediately apparent the kind of values that this appalling image promotes. When censorship extends to seemingly innocuous images, how is it possible that this image escaped? Obviously the forcible violation of women is not deemed important. It sickens me to think that an act which succeeds in ruining the lives of women every day has been reduced to a ploy to sell shoes. Is gang rape fashionable? This is a terrifying sign of our times!
# 590:
12:32 pm PST, Feb 11,Jimmy Walz, Wisconsin
# 589:
5:23 pm PST, Feb 7,Frances Tan, Kansas
# 588:
8:42 am PST, Feb 7,Emilio Rivera, Florida
# 587:
7:41 pm PST, Feb 6,Jennifer Posanka, Illinois
# 586:
6:25 am PST, Feb 5,Sarah Grunwald, California
# 585:
7:31 am PST, Feb 1,Kimberly Mc, Maryland
# 584:
7:38 am PST, Jan 30,Lucy Smith, United Kingdom
# 583:
4:15 am PST, Jan 29,Laurel Burns, Maine
# 582:
6:02 pm PST, Jan 28,Emi Crissman, Peru
# 581:
1:19 pm PST, Jan 26,Cate Webb, United Kingdom
# 580:
10:56 am PST, Jan 26,Larissa Paschyn, Ohio
I know the fashion industry is known for being shallow and vain, but who knew they could be just plan stupid.
# 579:
8:51 pm PST, Jan 24,Paola Carletti, Italy
# 578:
9:16 pm PST, Jan 22,Heidi Twa, Canada
# 577:
9:28 am PST, Jan 22,Rebecca Gravelle, New Mexico
# 576:
3:46 pm PST, Jan 21,Laura Zanoli, Italy
# 575:
10:25 am PST, Jan 21,Nadine Belchamber, California
# 574:
3:56 am PST, Jan 21,Name not displayed, Wisconsin
# 573:
5:43 pm PST, Jan 20,Majenta Smart, Georgia
# 572:
8:25 am PST, Jan 20,June Rice, California
# 571:
4:46 am PST, Jan 19,Gabrielle Bertrand, France
# 570:
11:26 pm PST, Jan 18,James Berson, California
# 569:
10:53 am PST, Jan 18,Viola Fana, Italy
# 568:
10:52 am PST, Jan 18,Luca Falcinelli, Italy
# 567:
9:43 am PST, Jan 18,Sarah Kate Thomson, South Africa
This is disgusting. It shows you what kind of people are running that company. Clearly no morals and no respect for women.
# 566:
11:53 am PST, Jan 17,Aunia Kahn, Illinois
I find this very offensive. I feel that this ad promotes a very negitive statement. I am a survivor of a bad situation where I was victomized and when I look at this ad, it makes me feel that this woman is a victom. Many people enjoy role playing in their own home, and with their own partners but for a public ad to show something of this nature is wrong.
# 565:
2:57 am PST, Jan 17,Name not displayed, Nevada
# 564:
12:37 pm PST, Jan 15,Name not displayed, North Carolina
This ad is one of many that pander to violent interests. Disgusting. I will never purchase from this company again.
# 563:
9:26 pm PST, Jan 14,Jocelyn Nunes, Nevada
If this ad hasn't been pulled yet,it should be,this promotes rape,rape culture,violence and is deeply offensive to women.I happen to know several people who were molested,and a very dear cousin who was once gang raped,suffered a breakdown due to the trauma,and became pregnant while in a mental health facility,because she was pimped out by someone who worked there,this was many years ago,40's or 50's,but to me our culture of rape and violence toward women hasn't changed much since then.
# 562:
11:07 am PST, Jan 14,Leathur Rokk, New Jersey
I am shocked that a depiction of gang rape is being used in an ad campaign.
As a survivor of both rape and domestic violence,whenever I have seen this image on Dolce and Gabbana ads it brings bad memories to me all over again.And think of the impressionable young and not so young people, who see this and become desensitized to violence against women.
I am a fashionista.I love clothes and shoes and makeup.But I will NOT spend my money on companies such as D&G which have violent ads like this.
Does D & G hate women?D & G makes clothes for women.What is wrong with this picture.I am a blogger.And you can bet I'll spread the word.
# 561:
11:01 am PST, Jan 14,Elizabeth Martorell, Virginia
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# 560:
10:30 am PST, Jan 14,Name not displayed, Florida
# 559:
8:29 am PST, Jan 13,Ramey Connelly, Virginia
# 558:
2:08 pm PST, Jan 12,Ilona Fischer, Germany
# 557:
6:48 am PST, Jan 12,Anne Martinez, Arizona
www.stoppornculture.com
# 556:
8:41 pm PST, Jan 11,Carol Ann Irby, Virginia
# 555:
12:53 pm PST, Jan 11,Laura Gutierrez, Florida
# 554:
1:24 pm PST, Jan 10,Amanda Shaffer, California
# 553:
9:08 am PST, Jan 10,Mary Kocher, Virginia
# 552:
8:27 am PST, Jan 10,Jenny Brown, Indiana
While I understand your need to grab consumer attention and I "get" the fact that you're using shocking images to enhance interest in your brand, I challenge you to defend this image condoning and glorifying sexual assault of a women as a message that supports the Dolce & Gabanna brand. It is irresponsible for a major corporation to condone the heinous crime that is portrayed by this ad. I will never purchase another Dolce & Gabanna product in my entire life as a result of this outrage, and I will go on to say that I hope that those who created and those who decided to purchase and use this "art" to drive sales are soon made aware in a personal way of the realities of violent gang rape ... if only to reinforce the horrors that this image portrays to many women throughout the world.
