London's mayor has banned 'unrealistic body images' from transport advertising

[Wilikon]

 London's new mayor, Sadiq Khan, has announced that advertisements that portray "unhealthy or unrealistic body images" are to be banned from the city's public transport.

In a press release, the London mayor's office said that "from next month, Transport for London," or TfL, "will not allow ads which could reasonably be seen as likely to cause pressure to conform to an unrealistic or unhealthy body shape, or as likely to create body confidence issues, particularly among young people."

It adds that City Hall has asked TfL to create an "Advertising Steering Group" in conjunction with the advertising giants JCDecaux and Exterion to monitor output and reflect London's diversity.

The move follows a massive backlash against various poster campaigns on the transport network for so-called body shaming - most notably the "Beach Body Ready" images for a line of protein shakes that depicted a woman in a bikini last year.

Despite the negative reaction, Protein World - the company featured in the ads - reported made £1 million ($1.4 million) in four days after spending just a quarter of that on the marketing.

Khan said his daughters had helped prompt the decision:

As the father of two teenage girls, I am extremely concerned about this kind of advertising which can demean people, particularly women, and make them ashamed of their bodies. It is high time it came to an end.

Nobody should feel pressurised, while they travel on the Tube or bus, into unrealistic expectations surrounding their bodies and I want to send a clear message to the advertising industry about this.

Graeme Craig, the TfL commercial development director, added that the nature of public-transport advertising made it different from ones on TV or in magazines:

Our customers cannot simply switch off or turn a page if an advertisement offends or upsets them and we have a duty to ensure the copy we carry reflects that unique environment. We want to encourage great advertising that engages people and enhances the transport network.


http://www.businessinsider.com/london-mayor-sadiq-khan-bans-unrealistic-body-images-from-tfl-adverts-2016-6?r=UK&IR=T

[c789]

That's just the beginning, be sure of that. Sad but true.

[AscendancyEight]

Seems perfectly reasonable to me. Public property shouldn't be displaying oversexualized and unrealistic body images, it hurts self esteem and promotes a "bikini body" culture that harms those who don't have perfect bodies (fat shaming). And even then, this is a response to massive popular backlash; I don't really see why it's a concern?

[Wilikon]

Seems perfectly reasonable to me. Public property shouldn't be displaying oversexualized and unrealistic body images, it hurts self esteem and promotes a "bikini body" culture that harms those who don't have perfect bodies (fat shaming). And even then, this is a response to massive popular backlash; I don't really see why it's a concern?

https://i.sli.mg/rxhYcD.jpg

[bryant.coleman]

That's just the beginning, be sure of that. Sad but true.

What do you expect when you vote for a pro-ISIS guy as the mayor of London? Currently we are witnessing the Talibanization of London and the rest of England. Now they are banning certain images which offend them. Tomorrow they are going to ban the TV channels, as they are unislamic. The day after that they will ban music and alcohol.

[protokol]

That's just the beginning, be sure of that. Sad but true.

What do you expect when you vote for a pro-ISIS guy as the mayor of London? Currently we are witnessing the Talibanization of London and the rest of England. Now they are banning certain images which offend them. Tomorrow they are going to ban the TV channels, as they are unislamic. The day after that they will ban music and alcohol.

WTF is this thread..?

First off, Wilikon, you link attention whore, you shouldn't link an article with your own photoshopped image to push some bullshit agenda. You should be ashamed of yourself.

And Bryant, since when is the mayor of London "pro-ISIS"??

The "Talibanization of London and the rest of England" LMFAO, OH NOES THE MUSLIMS R GUNNA BAN THE BBC, RADIO, BOOZE AND DISCOS!!!!!

Not sure if you are trolling, pumping your sig or just retarded...

[Wilikon]

That's just the beginning, be sure of that. Sad but true.

What do you expect when you vote for a pro-ISIS guy as the mayor of London? Currently we are witnessing the Talibanization of London and the rest of England. Now they are banning certain images which offend them. Tomorrow they are going to ban the TV channels, as they are unislamic. The day after that they will ban music and alcohol.

WTF is this thread..?

First off, Wilikon, you link attention whore, you shouldn't link an article with your own photoshopped image to push some bullshit agenda. You should be ashamed of yourself.

And Bryant, since when is the mayor of London "pro-ISIS"??

The "Talibanization of London and the rest of England" LMFAO, OH NOES THE MUSLIMS R GUNNA BAN THE BBC, RADIO, BOOZE AND DISCOS!!!!!

Not sure if you are trolling, pumping your sig or just retarded...

First off, Can't help it. Krita is too much fun as a new tool.

Who made you the king of the internet? You do not have to click on any thread. You have free will.

What sig? I have a sig?

Life is too short to be sad.

Be happy.

 

[protokol]

That's just the beginning, be sure of that. Sad but true.

What do you expect when you vote for a pro-ISIS guy as the mayor of London? Currently we are witnessing the Talibanization of London and the rest of England. Now they are banning certain images which offend them. Tomorrow they are going to ban the TV channels, as they are unislamic. The day after that they will ban music and alcohol.

WTF is this thread..?

First off, Wilikon, you link attention whore, you shouldn't link an article with your own photoshopped image to push some bullshit agenda. You should be ashamed of yourself.

And Bryant, since when is the mayor of London "pro-ISIS"??

The "Talibanization of London and the rest of England" LMFAO, OH NOES THE MUSLIMS R GUNNA BAN THE BBC, RADIO, BOOZE AND DISCOS!!!!!

Not sure if you are trolling, pumping your sig or just retarded...

First off, Can't help it. Krita is too much fun as a new tool.

Who made you the king of the internet? You do not have to click on any thread. You have free will.

What sig? I have a sig?

Life is too short to be sad.

Be happy.

 

You know what I'm talking about, don't act all innocent - you've spun this thread in a way that suits your agenda by adding your own picture masquerading as a picture from the source article. I don't know whether you just want to shit-stir/whore attention, or whether you are pushing the "Islam taking over" angle, either way you're like the Daily Mail of BCT and it disgusts me.

Of course I have free will, but the way you've presented the story is misleading to anyone clicking on the thread and not actually reading the source.

For the record, I don't like the idea of any religion, or authoritarian control of the people under any guise. I'm a sound believer in the separation of church and state and an atheist, but I object to the misleading way in which you've framed this story to be evidence of Islamic influence over British values, which is clearly spurious when you actually read the article.

If life is too short to be sad, why do the majority of the news stories you post always contain your signature negative spin, that encourages conflict?

Hypocrite.

And I was referring to Bryant's sig not yours.

[Lethn]

Hate to break it to you, but the London Mayor is dodgy as fuck, he hasn't done anything quite as overt as Wilikon claims but it's obvious he has ulterior motives for doing the things he does, I don't think it's wrong to say he's doing a lot of what he does because of Islam.

http://newobserveronline.com/london-many-white-men/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPqHMcNUuP0 - He was caught out in a past interview calling moderate muslims 'uncle toms' which is a racial slur against people who don't go along with what these kind of pricks say, he did apologise for it, but only when people called him out on it.

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/london-buses-to-carry-praise-allah-adverts-during-ramadan-a3243026.html

While I agree he hasn't done anything overtly Islamic yet, it's pretty obvious to me that as is always the case, Muslims and sex negative feminists are colluding with each other at the very least to start socially ostracising and pressuring people who dare to find women attractive and attack women who don't have problem dressing the way they want.

As far as I'm concerned, if you're really going to defend this kind of crap, you don't believe in free speech and expression at all and I find it disgusting that anyone would try to be an apologist for this kind of behaviour.

[Semidetached]

If that picture of the ad you showed is an unrealistic body image then I must have hit the lottery to be with my girlfriend because she's nicer than that. I would say that picture is the typical image of a hot girl so really what's wrong?

[Hamukione]

How many attacks are needed for Europe to get its shit together and fight for our culture, our nationality and freedom!?

Id say it wont ever happen.
Merkel the Destroyer, will never let Europe be free.
The import of radicals and useless beings from the middle east is so extreme that in just 5 years, out population in EU will rise several % and we will have dump people who cant read, and wont work because they can get money from governments.

Ban immigration or make a Green Card system.
Want to come to Europe?
Get a job, or have a good education so we know you wont sit at home and be a baby machine.

We also need the muslims who are born here to fuck off.
Being called racist because I want to preserve my country and culture makes me angry, and makes the hate grow even more.

[bryant.coleman]

We also need the muslims who are born here to fuck off.

The Muslims can stay, if they are willing to integrate with the general society. They should learn the official language, and stay away from fringe sects such as Wahhabis and Salafists. On the other hand, if they want their stone age Shakira Law, Female Genital Mutilation.etc, then they don't deserve their residential rights in any of the European nations.

[Wilikon]

Hate to break it to you, but the London Mayor is dodgy as fuck, he hasn't done anything quite as overt as Wilikon claims but it's obvious he has ulterior motives for doing the things he does, I don't think it's wrong to say he's doing a lot of what he does because of Islam.

http://newobserveronline.com/london-many-white-men/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPqHMcNUuP0 - He was caught out in a past interview calling moderate muslims 'uncle toms' which is a racial slur against people who don't go along with what these kind of pricks say, he did apologise for it, but only when people called him out on it.

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/london-buses-to-carry-praise-allah-adverts-during-ramadan-a3243026.html

While I agree he hasn't done anything overtly Islamic yet, it's pretty obvious to me that as is always the case, Muslims and sex negative feminists are colluding with each other at the very least to start socially ostracising and pressuring people who dare to find women attractive and attack women who don't have problem dressing the way they want.

As far as I'm concerned, if you're really going to defend this kind of crap, you don't believe in free speech and expression at all and I find it disgusting that anyone would try to be an apologist for this kind of behaviour.

Yep.

[Wilikon]

That's just the beginning, be sure of that. Sad but true.

What do you expect when you vote for a pro-ISIS guy as the mayor of London? Currently we are witnessing the Talibanization of London and the rest of England. Now they are banning certain images which offend them. Tomorrow they are going to ban the TV channels, as they are unislamic. The day after that they will ban music and alcohol.

WTF is this thread..?

First off, Wilikon, you link attention whore, you shouldn't link an article with your own photoshopped image to push some bullshit agenda. You should be ashamed of yourself.

And Bryant, since when is the mayor of London "pro-ISIS"??

The "Talibanization of London and the rest of England" LMFAO, OH NOES THE MUSLIMS R GUNNA BAN THE BBC, RADIO, BOOZE AND DISCOS!!!!!

Not sure if you are trolling, pumping your sig or just retarded...

First off, Can't help it. Krita is too much fun as a new tool.

Who made you the king of the internet? You do not have to click on any thread. You have free will.

What sig? I have a sig?

Life is too short to be sad.

Be happy.

 

You know what I'm talking about, don't act all innocent - you've spun this thread in a way that suits your agenda by adding your own picture masquerading as a picture from the source article. I don't know whether you just want to shit-stir/whore attention, or whether you are pushing the "Islam taking over" angle, either way you're like the Daily Mail of BCT and it disgusts me.

Of course I have free will, but the way you've presented the story is misleading to anyone clicking on the thread and not actually reading the source.

For the record, I don't like the idea of any religion, or authoritarian control of the people under any guise. I'm a sound believer in the separation of church and state and an atheist, but I object to the misleading way in which you've framed this story to be evidence of Islamic influence over British values, which is clearly spurious when you actually read the article.

If life is too short to be sad, why do the majority of the news stories you post always contain your signature negative spin, that encourages conflict?

Hypocrite.

And I was referring to Bryant's sig not yours.

This long reply is proof I am not a hypocrite. My message was not hidden behind a burqa.

 

[Slow death]

 This is the problem of having Muslims in Europe, I really do not understand these Muslims.

These Muslims mistreat women and has no right to criticize anyone, In my opinion this photo of this woman can help women to care more of their bodies.

Of course I'm not saying that women should make absurd diets to have a beautiful body.

[spazzdla]

Muslims.... the west pussifcation and these animals will bring and end to freedom... saddening.

[criptix]

You people are highly delusional if you think that is normal to have a 90-60-90 body with 50 kg.
( thats what models who earn $$ look like - i know that because i have some friends that do model and they have to do ridicilous stuff to get such a body )

Edit.

I think something similar was in discussion a decade ago in germany ( long before the muslim invasion). It was about children safety - little girls that stopped to eat to get such bodies.

[bryant.coleman]

Muslims.... the west pussifcation and these animals will bring and end to freedom... saddening.

At least the pussification will stop, right? Under the Islamic Caliphate of Eurabia, the radical feminists and the extreme-leftwing nutjobs will lose power. They will no longer be able to impose their political views on the general population. Better to live as a Dhimmi under Muslim rule, rather than living as an emasculated male under the radical feminist rule.

[Wilikon]

Muslims.... the west pussifcation and these animals will bring and end to freedom... saddening.

At least the pussification will stop, right? Under the Islamic Caliphate of Eurabia, the radical feminists and the extreme-leftwing nutjobs will lose power. They will no longer be able to impose their political views on the general population. Better to live as a Dhimmi under Muslim rule, rather than living as an emasculated male under the radical feminist rule.

It is as if this whole social justice warrior movement was on a suicide mission because their members hate life.

[Masha Sha]

I don't like ads in public space independently of what is advertised. I think it's visual pollution and I get enough ads from other sources but at least I can chose to be exposed. So thank you mr mayor a step in the right direction...