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Strip club promotion ‘suggests sexual harassment’, rules ad watchdog

Abigail Dawson

November 30, 2017 2:26

A Brisbane topless bar and strip club, The Grosvenor Hotel, has had its billboard advertisement banned for “objectifying” and demeaning women.

An advertisement which read “Pizza or Jugs, grab both for just $25” accompanied with an image of two pizzas side by side with strategically placed salami in circles on top, has been labeled as condoning and suggestive of “sexual harassment of women,” a complaint has told the ad watchdog.

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Abigail Dawson was Mumbrella's senior content journalist covering event content. She left Mumbrella to move into an agency role in 2020.

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