Object to Suit Supply which offers pornography along with its suits

[franch]

See Suit Supply - these images are displayed as posters in Suit Supply stores in the UK (including Westfield and Regent Street).

For more info and to object, visit this site.

[ISNT]

I suppose they think that these images show highly empowered and sexually free women

Seriously they are lying. No-one could look at those pictures and say that the women had the lead.

[HeadingHome]

WTF>!>!>>!>

[sethstarkaddersmum]

I've posted in AIBU because I want to see how your average MNer sees these images (and raise awareness a bit more of course....)

[JennyHaniver]

The woman with the blindfold on in particular

[ISNT]

On that will be interesting SSM...

[claig]

Maybe they meant that the women were 'on a lead'. It is outrageous, shouldn't be shown in public shopping centres.

[sethstarkaddersmum]

well so far no-one has said YABU, they are obviously strong empowered women, so it isn't just us extreme man-hating feminists who think this is unacceptable.

[mamas12]

How do I complain to Westfiel please link I'm crap at that sort of thing.
Have already complained to ASA.
What about the workers in Westfield aren't they allowed to go to work in a non threatening place? If so if I were working there I would be taking action agaist these posters directly and demanding I felt safe in my workplace.

[sethstarkaddersmum]

email address here

that's a really good point about the workers in the centre Mamas12.

I wonder if the managers of the other shops are getting annoyed yet.

[JennyHaniver]

According to this it is almost directly opposite a Mamas and Papas store...(you need to type in it as one word suitsupply)

[Maisiethemorningsidecat]

Bloody hell - I was not expecting that

Who the hell thought that was a good idea for a marketing strategy? Oh, let me guess, a team of late 20s/early 30s wideboys perhaps?

Have complained. We seem to be going backwards in terms of equality

[mamas12]

Right sent them a complaint too, thanks for link.

[sethstarkaddersmum]

I wrote to Suitsupply in the end, asking for clarification on the puzzling 'in the lead' question.
I was a bit faux-naive:

'Please can you answer a question.

I have seen some
of the images in your new advertising campaign which show women in
sexually passive poses in which they are naked and accompanied by seedy-
looking men in suits.

My female friends now say they would never
date a man who wears one of these suits because of the association with
abuse of women. We also can no longer shop at the shopping centres in
which these images are displayed in case our young children see the
images and get the idea that the abuse of women is acceptable. Many of
the images suggest prostitution and rape to us. We are not religious or
American, just normal British mothers who do not think women should be
abused.

A representative of your company, quoted in the British
newspaper 'The Daily Mail', claimed that 'the women depicted in the
photographs are obviously in the lead.' This is very strange as it is
not at all obvious to us; the images show the women naked in submissive
poses having something 'done' to them by clothed men. The most obvious
way to read these images is that the women are passive and possibly
victims of abusive men. Therefore I would be grateful if you could
explain how the images represent women 'in the lead'.
I wondered if
perhaps your logic is that through their nakedness the women are
'leading the men on'? Is this the case?

Many thanks for your help,'

[sethstarkaddersmum]

(don't know why the formatting has come out funny)

[sethstarkaddersmum]

(should probably explain, the 'we are not religious or American' line was an ironic reference to a comment by a company rep about Facebook banning the images being 'really American', not me making a dig at Americans.)

[ISNT]

Let's see what they say..

[sethstarkaddersmum]

I doubt they'll reply tbh. Their inboxes are probably bursting right now.

[earwicga]

That's a fab letter seth.

[AnyFucker]

seth, I like that letter too

I like the false naivety, but the searching questions

I don't think they will answer though...I mean what the hell can they say to that ?

Could you forward it to the management of Westfield and say you have asked Suitsupply but have got no response...and you wonder if they have one ?

[JessinAvalon]

Have emailed Westfield and the company directly. Here's my e-mail to Westfield:

Subject: Suit Supply

Hello
Yes, I'm getting in touch about the Suit Supply adverts that have been recently put up. I'm sure you've heard it all before! Please do something about these adverts. They are totally inappropriate for a shopping centre.

I have seen the standard response about the pictures being artistic and showing women taking the lead (a claim which I find ludicrous, I'm afraid). I am more interested to know if Westfield are able and willing to do something about the ads. Artistic they may be but they don't belong on view in a shopping centre which is frequented by families and children.

Many thanks

[sethstarkaddersmum]

thanks Earwicga & AnyFucker.
Nice one Jess.

[catinthehat2]

Posters on this thread may be intersted to see where this has ended up.
Baffled
Maybe someone would like to go & explain.

[sethstarkaddersmum]

some bloggers are so up themselves aren't they?