Latest Calvin Klein ad called ‘predatory’ and ‘disrespectful’
Posted May 13, 2016 4:12 pm.
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Does Calvin Kelin’s latest underwear ad go to far?
The National Center on Sexual Exploitation thinks so, and has called on the fashion house to end what it calls normalizing and glamorizing sexual harassment.
Back on May 9, Calvin Klein tweeted out an upskirt photo of model Klara Kristen wearing a pair of dotted CK underwear.
The tweet immediately drew strong opinions with some calling it “predatory” and “disrespectful”
Model Klara Kristin chimed in and defended the photo in an Instagram post:
“LOVE this photo @harleyweir took of me,” she wrote. “All this discussion about it makes me think about how alienated and scared some people are to the female human body… Be and love yourself and your sexuality #girlpower.”
NCOSE has launched a petition, calling on Calvin Klein to not only remove the ad, which is calls offensive, but to suspend its entire Erotica advertising campaign and issue an apology to victims of sexual harrassment.
“Up-skirting is a growing trend of sexual harassment where pictures are taken up a woman’s skirt without her knowledge, or without her consent. Not only is this activity a crime in many states like New York, Washington, Florida, and more, but it is also a disturbing breach of privacy and public trust. By normalizing and glamorizing this sexual harassment, Calvin Klein is sending a message that the experiences of real-life victims don’t matter, and that it is okay for men to treat the woman standing next to them on the metro as available pornography whenever they so choose.”
The group has also called on people to boycott Calvin Klein with a picture or a post using the hashtag #icutcalvin.
