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Mexican Sex Dolls fight Machismo

08:00 H | Topics: Mexico - Newspapers - Radio - TV - Women

No, this isn't the latest in Latino porn; it's the latest "pro-woman" media campaign of the Mexican government. The television, print, and radio ads feature blow up sex dolls dressed as office execs in an office setting. The message of the ads is:

No woman should be treated like an object. Sexual harassment is degrading and it's a crime," says a voice-over at the end of a television ad, which shows a man walking past one of the dolls and casually stroking her shoulder.

The ads are meant to stir things up and meant to compare the objectification of women as sex dolls to the objectification of women in work spaces.

What is really interesting about the article, however, is how issues of sexism and sexist behaviors are assigned specifically to Mexico.

Machismo runs deep in Mexico, where it is common for men to have mistresses. Some even set them up in a second home. Women generally earn less than male colleagues and have fewer opportunities for promotion. Inappropriate behavior toward women in work situations is also not unusual.

Yeah, because those things never happen north of the Rio Grande.

Via / Reuters

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