Most complained-about ads of 2004

	posted by Adam on 03:06 PM January 2nd, 2005
	Tirryb writes "Sydney Morning Herald today reports on the most complained about ads of 2004, and how many of them involve violence and sexual references read it here. Interestingly 4 of those ads relate to men with two in particular being what I would term derogatory in nature - for example one involves a woman using her rear-view mirror to stare at a guys crotch, the other a guy crashing naked through his shower floor to a girl-packed dancefloor below. The complaints were dismissed - but hopefully the fact that these ads made it into the top ten means men are complaining more often about these forms of ads, which is a good start..."

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The new Citibank ad (Score:2) by TLE on 05:02 PM January 2nd, 2005 EST (#1) While we're on the topic, has anyone seen the current Citibank ads? The theme is the question "Want more?" which is asked while showing a middle-aged man experimenting with a comb-over, with dopey music in the background. Again, it seems acceptable to ridicule male sexuality to sell goods and services to both men and women. I wonder if it would be acceptable to ask "Want more?" while ridiculing a flat-chested woman as she experiments with various breast augmentation devices?

Re:The new Citibank ad (Score:0) by Anonymous User on 12:03 AM January 3rd, 2005 EST (#2) Very, very true.

Good commercials (Score:1) by akf on 07:26 AM January 3rd, 2005 EST (#3) Let's not forget (although rare) some of the good media out there also.It's so easy for us to get wraped up in all of the negative media because theres so much of it, but we should also be giving thanks to the companies that portray men/dads in a good light.If for no other reason than to just encourage them to make more. one example I've seen is "Tide".I've seen some good commercials by them with dads playing with theres kids in a loving way. Just a thought!

Re:Good commercials (Score:1) by oz615 on 12:36 PM January 3rd, 2005 EST (#4) and dont forget the JIF comercial as positive ad

Re:Good commercials (Score:1) by Kirran on 04:09 PM January 3rd, 2005 EST (#5) Playskool and Fisher Price have had some good commercials showing fathers also caring for and playing with their kids.

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