Australia Bans Small Boobs in Ads

[Greenday]

Are you a model/actress for advertising?
Do you have small boobs?
Are you in Australia?

Start finding a new job. It's now illegal to show advertisements in Australia including women with smaller breasts in order to curb pedophilia.

http://www.theweek.com/article/index...all_breast_ban

Hell, even if you just look young, you can't be in an advertisement. And I thought my government did dumb shit...

[lordlundar]

Not surprising in the slightest, considering Australia has one person with the sole power to determine what video games can be allowed in the country, and has a considerable track record of abusing that power.

[MadMike]

And I thought my government did dumb shit...

Just when I think I've seen the height of stupidity in government, something like this comes along. Yeah, I know it didn't happen in the U.S., but it's still scary that there are people in this world that are that stupid, and worse yet, they're actually in charge of something.

Some women are just small up top. It just happens that way sometimes. And consequently, some young girls are huge up top. One of my closest friends falls into the former category, and she's not happy about it. She was even less happy when her daughters bloomed early, and it became clear that they were going into the latter category. Or in her words, "My ten-year-old has bigger boobs than I do!"

[Greenday]

And having large boobs can actually cause more problems than small boobs in the long run. Pedophiles are going to be pedophiles no matter what. This won't change a thing.

[powerboy]

No it wont change a thing. Like what was said earlier, some young girls are larger on top. So according to them, the younger larger breasted ones, will be able to appear in the ads?

[BlaqueKatt]

Just when I think I've seen the height of stupidity in government, something like this comes along.

remember Australia has worse(meaning more censored) internet censorship than China does....

[Greenday]

I always said if I'm switch countries, I'm going to Australia. I'm going to have to rethink this one.

[Nyoibo]

Not surprising in the slightest, considering Australia has one person with the sole power to determine what video games can be allowed in the country, and has a considerable track record of abusing that power.

14 actually, but at least they're having a public consultation on bringing in an R18 classification for games now.

remember Australia has worse(meaning more censored) internet censorship than China does....

Not quite yet, but we will be joining China and the UAE as only the third country in the world to have mandatory ISP level filtering/censorship.

What's really annoying is that they refuse to print the blacklist.


As to the article at hand, as was pointed out in the article the law's been around for a whileit depends on how it's being enforced. I'm more annoyed about the banning of female ejaculation.

[kiwi]

I wonder if an actress/model can apply for government sponsored breast implants then? After all it would now be considered a "tool of the trade" right...

[Nyoibo]

I wonder if an actress/model can apply for government sponsored breast implants then? After all it would now be considered a "tool of the trade" right...

Actually that's a valid point, as it's government legislation that would prevent her from getting work she would have otherwise got.

[lordlundar]

14 actually, but at least they're having a public consultation on bringing in an R18 classification for games now.

Actually one. The vote needs to be unanimous and Atkinson is the only one against for the simple reason that he feels he should decide what's best for the people.

[Nyoibo]

Actually one. The vote needs to be unanimous and Atkinson is the only one against for the simple reason that he feels he should decide what's best for the people.

Ah, I thought you were talking about the OFLC not Atkinson, yeah he's a dick.

[Rapscallion]

Government enforced boob jobs!

Rapscallion

[Lace Neil Singer]

And consequently, some young girls are huge up top. One of my closest friends falls into the former category, and she's not happy about it. She was even less happy when her daughters bloomed early, and it became clear that they were going into the latter category. Or in her words, "My ten-year-old has bigger boobs than I do!"

That's me. At the time that every other girl my age was bugging their mother to buy them a training bra, I was already sporting a B cup. -.-

This rule is pretty stupid; for one thing, predatory pedophiles aren't actually as common as the media would have you think. For another, I fail to see how a small breasted woman equals a child.

Does this look like a child to you?

[Skelly]

That's me. At the time that every other girl my age was bugging their mother to buy them a training bra, I was already sporting a B cup. -.-

This rule is pretty stupid; for one thing, predatory pedophiles aren't actually as common as the media would have you think. For another, I fail to see how a small breasted woman equals a child.

Does this look like a child to you?

Well, her boobs are small, so she must be!