Latest news
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Subjectively speaking: Sexual objectification
- CAP News
- 11 February 2021
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Gender stereotyping rule and guidance: 12-month review
- CAP News
- 17 December 2020
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Tackling racial and ethnic stereotyping in ads - the role the ASA is playing
- ASA blog post
- 11 December 2020
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International Men’s Day 2020
- CAP News
- 26 November 2020
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Harm and Offence: Crossing the line – 2020 style
- CAP News
- 12 November 2020
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Habits of impeccably groomed male beauty ads
- CAP News
- 13 August 2020
Latest rulings
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Rightmove Group Ltd t/a Rightmove
- Not upheld
- Television
- 18 November 2020
A TV ad did not depict gender stereotypes in a way that was likely to cause harm.
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Missguided Ltd
- Not upheld
- Poster
- 21 October 2020
Two posters sold by Missguidied were not found to be offensive or irresponsible.
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ContextLogic Inc t/a Wish.com
- Upheld
- App (paid ad), Game (mobile/app)
- 29 July 2020
Four in-app ads for the e-commerce platform Wish were banned for placing explicit sexual images in apps that were likely to be used by children.
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Missguided Ltd
- Upheld in part
- Poster
- 04 March 2020
A poster by a fashion brand objectified women and was likely to cause offence while another was unlikely to break the rules on the same grounds.