home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- <text id=91TT2622>
- <title>
- Nov. 25, 1991: Business Notes:Advertising
- </title>
- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
- Nov. 25, 1991 10 Ways to Cure The Health Care Mess
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- BUSINESS, Page 70
- Business Notes
- ADVERTISING
- Battling the Bimbo Factor
- </hdr><body>
- <p> "It just doesn't get any better than this," boasts Old
- Milwaukee beer's TV campaign, which features a gyrating "Swedish
- Bikini Team" descending upon male campers. But Stroh Brewery,
- the beer's maker, is discovering that things just might get
- worse. Five women employees have sued the company, charging that
- the ads foster a work environment that encourages sexual
- harassment. "These ads tell Stroh's male employees that women
- are stupid, panting playthings," says attorney Lori Peterson.
- Her clients have been confronted with pornography, taunted with
- lewd remarks and slapped on the rear, she contends. The company
- describes the allegation as "a preposterous link" and says Stroh
- has a strong policy against sexual harassment. Meanwhile,
- Playboy plans to feature the Bikini Team next month.
- </p>
-
- </body></article>
- </text>
-
-