And I don’t mean “gay” like some straight people say to mean “lame”, but “gay” as in “I can’t believe they marketed this to straight women”-gay.

But seriously, it’s amazing to me that some people think America is out of control, that we need to increase censorship of the media; but sexuality has been in advertising practically since the printing press was invented. And this ad is a great example.

And I don’t even think the ads in Out magazine are this racy. So I just wonder in what magazine these were advertised.

UPDATE: Thanks to a little sleuthing from my pal Jenn, this apparently ran in Life magazine. You can see more ambiguous (and not-so-ambiguous) advertising at commercialcloset.org.

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