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Last Updated: Tuesday, 13 March 2007, 23:42 GMT

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'Censored' ad sparks row in Spain

The ad was also banned in Italy
Italian fashion house Dolce & Gabbana has said it will stop advertising in Spain to protect its "creative freedom" after being forced to withdraw an ad.
D&G accused Spain of having a "climate of censorship" after it was accused of "justifying" violence against women.

It said the move was unavoidable, although not in the firm's interest.

The offending advertisement shows a bare-chested man pinning a woman to the ground by her wrists while another man looks on passively.

It was outlawed in Spain last month after a government body, the Women's Institute of Spain, and a consumer group, branded it as glorifying "chauvinist violence".

It was later banned in Italy. It has now been pulled from all world markets.

[I personally think there is too much of an assault on the integrity of women, so I can't say I object to removing this. Glorifying violence against women is an obscenity and need not be protected]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6448421.stm