[DieBuche]

This is a lot of noise about nothing. They passed a well meant report on eliminating gender stereotypes in the EU (not a law) containing this sentence: Calls on the EU and its Member States to take concrete action on its resolution of 16 September 1997[1] on discrimination against women in advertising, which called for a ban on all forms of pornography in the media and on the advertising of sex tourism.

The mentioned report is itself contains this sentence: 5. Calls for statutory measures to prevent any form of pornography in the media and in advertising and for a ban on advertising for pornographic products and sex tourism;

This was passed already in 1997.

[1]: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&#3...

[jstalin]

So they want to prevent advertisements for pornographic products? That's "nothing"?

How is this well meaning?

[rtpg]

they want to prevent using pornography as an advertisement (advertising that appeals to your libido)

[mseebach]

That an already passed resolution contains something stupid is a poor argument against opposing repeating the stupid thing.