article: London mayor plans negative body image advert ban on Tube, buses and trains

[MatureDJ]

So it will be illegal there to show an advertisement that depicts an attractive woman?

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-36516378

As part of his mayoral election manifesto Sadiq Khan pledged to ban adverts promoting "unhealthy or unrealistic" body images.

The advertising watchdog received 378 complaints in 2015 about a weight-loss advert that asked customers if they were "beach body ready?"

Mr Khan has now asked TfL to set up its own advertising steering group.

My opinion:

 

[dustmuffin]

Hmmm. Fatties in bikinis will be the norm for Londoners. Nothin like some huge, fat cellulite thighs to get your **** hard.

 

[bigneil]

Someday they'll connect men to a computer and show him pictures of fat women and skinny women, and if he is more attracted to skinny women, he will be castrated. Oh wait, they already have that.

 

[El Payaso]

And they say the male ego is fragile...

 

[Who Dares Win]

And we all complained that political correcness and islam coulnt work togheter.

He bans women to be shown as islamic countries do but examplain that its to make ugly women comfortable and not pressured to high standards.

I wonder if those abercrombie young males six packed models will be left or removed as well, I mean being 20 yrs old, tall, ripped, with squared jaws and with a head full of hair is the norm for us men.

 

[El Payaso]

And we all complained that political correcness and islam coulnt work togheter.

He bans women to be shown as islamic countries do but examplain that its to make ugly women comfortable and not pressured to high standards.

I wonder if those abercrombie young males six packed models will be left or removed as well, I mean being 20 yrs old, tall, ripped, with squared jaws and with a head full of hair is the norm for us men.

Stop being so insecure, you misogynist. Real men don't feel intimidated by posters of male models.

 

[The Duke]

Good, I hope a lot of guys take the bait.....leaves more hotties for me! In some cultures the fatter the woman, the more attractive she is considered.

 

[Yewki]

While this is clearly stupid, I actually wouldn't be against a restriction on using computers to change the shape of people in advertisements/magazines. Like require a message be displayed on the image so people know it's bullsh*t. Using makeup and digitally removing blemishes is one thing, but completely altering someone's shape/size with the specific intent to deceive people is just... bullsh*t. It's gotten out of hand IMO