Dolce & Gabbana Slammed For Rape Suggestive Ad Dolce & Gabbana Italian fashion house Dolce & Gabbana has slammed Spain as being 'behind the times.' Spain's Labour and Social Affairs Ministry says the Dolce & Gabbana Spring-Sunmmer 2007 advertisement, which shows a man holding a woman to the ground by her wrists while a group of men look on, was illegal and humiliating to women, saying the woman's body position had no relation to the products Dolce & Gabbana were trying to sell. "One could infer from the advertisement that it is acceptable to use force as a way of imposing oneself on a woman, reinforced by the passive and complicit manner of the men looking on," the ministry said in a statement. Now Dolce & Gabbana plans to pull the advertisement. "We will only withdraw this photo from the Spanish market. They're a bit behind the times," La Vanguardia newspaper quoted the Milan-based fashion house as saying. "What has an artistic photo got to do with a real act?" the paper quoted the firm as saying. "You would have to burn museums like the Louvre or the paintings of Caravaggio." » frillr's blog | login or register to post comments | email this page | printer friendly version Submitted by frillr on Mon, 2007-02-26 16:41.