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Illyas
It's always interested me how social conservatism and social liberalism can reach the same conclusions, but from completely different angles. A religious conservative may say that skimpy models should be banned as it's an immoral appeal to people's base desires (lust), while a feminist may say that skimpy models should be banned because it's sexist and degrading.
some14some
selling cars or condoms?
Tahoochi
Well I suppose that attendance numbers shouldn't go down because the people are there to see cars and not models, but with that said... what a boring show that would be! (Sorry for being a guy)
paulinusa
Ever attend the Tokyo Auto Show? I'd say half the young guys are there to photograph the models and I don't mean the cars models.
CGB Spender
The communist blood still flows deep inside CCP - no sexiness for the commie populace!
Bartholomew Harte
Now if only Chinese cars were built as good a s Chinese women The Chinese would have something worth the stampede!
Laguna
Save that for your resume, young man! "Experience: Standing; pretending not to be a model."
nath
@Illyas
The feminists you speak of thankfully are pretty underpowered. AFAIK, strip clubs and porn are legal in essentially every western country. It is the "think of the children" crowd that try to keep bubbles around schools and such.
akkk1
Chinese car models of the past used to dress like the vulgar Kim Kardashian and Miley Cyrus. Good riddance!
sighclops
@paulinusa
Took the words right out of my mouth. Guys will be guys, but the lengths these types go to for those photos is CREEPY. I've even seen these guys stop random girls (ie. not staff) and ask them for a quick photo shoot. Seriously.
Nessie
These model recalls have gone too far.
UK9393
Good. People, not objects.
Tahoochi
UK9393Apr. 21, 2015 - 09:29PM JST
These "Objects" you refer to, do they model because someone has a gun pointed to their head? I thought modelling is a proffesion?
Johnken6
The year is 2015.... and people are still ashamed of the human body.
What is more natural? Odd, that humanity bans itself certain things knowing that exactly the act of banning it makes it an object of desire.
katsu78
It's a good point and I actually thought something similar, but we must also remember that though these moves may be superficially similar in outcome, deep down they're very different in how they come about. All cases I know of where models and "booth babes" are banned by trade events, these bans are imposed by the event itself because they perceive the models using their sex-appeal to draw customers as a negative influence on their show. It's a collective decision: "We agree not to do this thing that we think makes our show worse. After talking to our models who are uncomfortable with the role past shows have put them in, we agree this is the best choice for everyone." In the case of China's ban on models, it's something imposed by the state and we don't know what participants in the show think about the decision (and knowing Chinese media, we're unlikely to ever know).
Outcome is the same, process is very different.