{"id":458720,"date":"2022-06-07T04:12:37","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T01:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/priyanka-chopra-blasts-body-spray-ad-romanticizing-gang-rape-wtf\/"},"modified":"2022-06-07T04:12:37","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T01:12:37","slug":"priyanka-chopra-blasts-body-spray-ad-romanticizing-gang-rape-wtf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/priyanka-chopra-blasts-body-spray-ad-romanticizing-gang-rape-wtf\/","title":{"rendered":"#Priyanka Chopra Blasts Body Spray Ad &#8216;Romanticizing Gang Rape&#8217;&#8230; WTF?!?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ac15507a4b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ac15507a4b\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/priyanka-chopra-blasts-body-spray-ad-romanticizing-gang-rape-wtf\/#%E2%80%9CPriyanka_Chopra_Blasts_Body_Spray_Ad_%E2%80%98Romanticizing_Gang_Rape%E2%80%A6_WTF_%E2%80%9C\" >&#8220;Priyanka Chopra Blasts Body Spray Ad &#8216;Romanticizing Gang Rape&#8217;&#8230; WTF?!? \n&#8220;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CPriyanka_Chopra_Blasts_Body_Spray_Ad_%E2%80%98Romanticizing_Gang_Rape%E2%80%A6_WTF_%E2%80%9C\"><\/span>&#8220;Priyanka Chopra Blasts Body Spray Ad &#8216;Romanticizing Gang Rape&#8217;&#8230; WTF?!?<br \/>\n&#8220;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" class=\"text\">\n<strong>[Warning: Potentially Triggering Content]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Priyanka Chopra<\/strong> made her voice heard after seeing a \u201cdisgusting\u201d commercial for a body spray brand called <strong>Layer\u2019r Shot<\/strong> \u2014 and she and other Indian stars speaking out seem to have made a difference!<\/p>\n<p>Here is one of two ads for Shot, reposted on Saturday by Upsala University Professor\u00a0<strong>Ashok Swain<\/strong>, who accused the company\u2019s jokey ad of\u00a0\u201cromanticizing gang rape\u201d:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Why is India the rape capital of the world and most unsafe country for a woman! An advert romanticizing gang rape. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jD6K3CjJeQ\">pic.twitter.com\/jD6K3CjJeQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ashok Swain (@ashoswai) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ashoswai\/status\/1533038982270963712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>For those who can\u2019t stomach watching, a woman bending over while shopping notices four men behind her. One says:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe\u2019re four, and there\u2019s only one.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As the woman gets more terrified, one replies:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cSo who will take the shot?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>She turns in terror \u2014 only to realize they aren\u2019t staring at her but at the last can of Shot on the shelf, causing her to sort of laugh at herself.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: Nickyanka \u2018Stronger Than Ever\u2019 After Daughter\u2019s Terrifying Stay In Hospital!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The other ad is even worse. In it, a young man and his girlfriend sit on the bed in his room, when four of his friends come in and block the doorway. The leader says:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cHey bro, it seems you have taken a shot. Now, it\u2019s our turn.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The young woman is horrified as the first man <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roaches the bed \u2014 but then grabs the can of Shot on the nightstand.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Double meaning Indian ads | cringe , banned indian ads |\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tBlCQgUKNxU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>See? Everything is A-OK. Only it isn\u2019t\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The ads came out amid a national conversation about the prevalence of rape culture in the country. Apparently up to 90 rapes are reported a day. The controversy comes just a week\u00a0 or so after a national story about a 17-year-old being sexually assaulted by a gang of five men.<\/p>\n<p>Hindi film star\u00a0<strong>Richa Chadha<\/strong> blasted the ad as purposely courting controversy, tweeting:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThis ad is not an accident. To make an ad, a brand goes through several layers of decision making. Creatives, script, agency, client, casting\u2026 DOES EVERYONE THINK RAPE IS A JOKE? Revelatory! This brand, the agency that made this ad need to be sued for the filth they\u2019re serving.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Bollywood filmmaker\u00a0<strong>Farhan Khan<\/strong> said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWhat incredibly tasteless and twisted minds it must take to think up, approve and create these stinking body spray \u2018gang rape\u2019 innuendo ads. Shameful.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Priyanka added her own voice to the choir, blasting on Saturday:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cShameful and disgusting. How many levels of clearances did it take for this commercial to be green lit. How many people thought this was ok? I\u2019m so glad that it was called out and now the ministry has taken it down. Appalling!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Yes, that very day India\u2019s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting called for the ads to no longer be played, saying they were \u201cdetrimental to the portrayal of women in the interest of decency and morality\u201d and that they violated the national <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> code of ethics.<\/p>\n<p>Layer\u2019r claims they asked their media partners to stop playing the ad, voluntarily \u2014 which we guess is supposed to look better than if the government banned them. They\u00a0<em>sort of<\/em> apologized, posting on\u00a0<strong>Twitter<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe never intended to hurt anyone\u2019s feelings or outrage any women\u2019s modesty or promote any sort of culture, as wrongly perceived by some. However, we sincerely apologise for the advertisements that consequently caused rage amongst individual and several communities and beg their pardon.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As \u201cwrongly perceived by some.\u201d So\u2026 you\u2019re wrong about this being problematic, but sorry if you\u2019re offended? Great.<\/p>\n<p>What do YOU think of the ads??<\/p>\n<p><em>[Image via Priyanka Chopra\/Instagram\/Layer\u2019r\/Twitter]<\/em>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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