Comments on: Sex Sells? You Tell Me

By: Abdurrazak Koki

Abdurrazak Koki — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:11:17 +0000

To me frankly, there is no way to use woman as key point to advertise your product, sincere speaking is a way of abusing women entirely.

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By: MomGrind

MomGrind — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:14:35 +0000

@ Andrew: “I wish that all advertisements would feature actors/actresses who are properly dressed.” Me too.

@ Marc and Angel Hack Life: I guess it is…

By: Marc and Angel Hack Life

Marc and Angel Hack Life — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:23:28 +0000

Yeeeah… sex sells. Unfortunate at times, but true.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 07:24:07 +0000

Personally, as a single (and definitely straight) male, I am forced to admit that I am more likely to be drawn in to promotional campaigns in which attractive women are featured.

That said, I do not, in any way, appreciate nudity or any form of desecration of the human body. It is quite possible, in my view, to achieve the desired effect whilst keeping advertisements reasonably clean and I wish that all advertisements would feature actors/actresses who are properly dressed.