Bound Japanese Women: Violence or Sexual Liberation?

By Deputy Editor Thea Lim
Last night while I was browsing the Sociological Images website, I saw this:

Sociological Images explains that the ad is for Swiss company Max Shoes, to advertises its sturdy laces.  The ad made me immediately think of these cell phone charms that my bf’s friend brought back from Japan:

Called Oshibari Girls (does [...]

¶ Posted September 25, 2009 § advertising, east asian, gender, sex ‡ Comments (43)