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Sex Sells!
Chapter 10 - American Advertising: Pitching with Prurience
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Part of the reason that the sexy Calvin Klein ads featuring Brooke Shields caused a sensation when they appeared in 1980 was that the model was a mere 15 years old. Many cultural observers point to the Underwear Man as the pioneer who began to shift the idealized male body type to the hairless torso.