Dakota Fanning's Perfume Ad: Too Racy or No Big Deal?

It's disturbing that people think this is sexually exposing or sexualizes her. People are sick. She is fully clothed and looks pretty there is nothing more than that going on here.

I have to disagree.

WE VOTED ON THIS SOME MONTHS AGO ON SODAHEAD.... SHE'S A ROLE MODEL FOR VERY YOUNG GIRLS. SAID IT WAS TOO RACY FOR THEM BACK THEN.

really come on.
i was expeting to see her half naked. THIS IS NOT RACY!!

see my other comment... if you don't think this is racy, that brings up other questions.

It's sad that she can't hold something in her lap without it being perceived as racy...

whatever its no big deal, if she's under 18 her parents already approved of her doing the job, so whatever, everyone else can stick it.

i dont get whats raacy about it

I think it's because she's young, doesn't look 18 according to the ad review board, and has a flower blooming from her private area symbolising virginity, fertility, and blossoming, etc. .

its funny that they oppose to that pic but they bordcast shows like skins lol

So true! and that show can be very misinterpreted . I mean the actors might not be under the age of 18 but in the show they are, and they're doing very NC-17 uncensored things. which reminds me to go watch Shameless haha.

lols its only cause they made it that they show it

for sure! So true! :)

As you are likely aware, a large # of teenage girls are exposing themselves online and living to regret it. It doesn't make them sexy, and its not normal just because so many of their friends are doing it or because their "boyfriend" says it will be fun. It is incredibly disturbing and sad and I thank god I was a teenager before it became a problem. Not only does it affect the lives of these young girls but it has the ability to pervert the minds of every teenage boy to middle age man who looks at these images. It's trash. The ad encourages that teenagers should feel free to be slutty (like Lolita). If the ad had someone who looked older than a child or even 30 we'd still say it's a little racy but it wouldn't be quite as inappropriate. What makes it inappropriate is when the ad gets placed in a magazine that impressionable young minds are looking at. (Ouch I just made myself sound really old) Anyways, it sends the wrong message to them and that's what some of the younger people commenting here don't understand - if you are ever the parent of a 12 year old boy, maybe you'll figure it out...

Just let it go, she's a kid.

Dakota, we get it. You're an adult. You've been trying to tell us that since you were 12.

She's growing up deal with it. If you think it's too sexy, You're attracted to children. Get Help!

No worries as far as I'm concerned

just looks stupid to me

she's almost 18, practically an adult. and i've definitly seen far worse. at least she's fully dressed, so i dont see what the prob is

This has ALREADY BEEN A QUESTION ON HERE!!!!!!! Good God, SodaHead!

Miley Cyrus was way worse...Dakota was my favorite actress when she was eight, and she still is...Only she could make me tolerate nasty Jane...

wellll...neither answer here is a tight fit(oops,s'qqz me). But, really, I always thought Dakota was not,uhh, such a sexy thing. Till now. She is clearly being used by the ad people here, but this kind of pub is worth it. She made me stand up and walk around. Racy? o,yeah...too racy? it's a tight fit-looks like.uhh, gotta go...

Seriously, they had to place the bottle there, and she went along with it, sad, very sad.

its not like she has a (d*@K) people. Get over yourself!

I see no poroblem with this

Well, racy maybe, but this is the country, U.K. that says it's too racy, and was/is the country that shows a teen TV series that started a ruckus in the U.S. and was very racy in its content representing under aged teens behavioral activity.

I heard about this before I saw the picture and was expecting the typical lolita clothes and hairdo. What do I see, well I see Dakota Fanning looking a lot like herself (she isn't old anyway!) in a short dress with perfume in her lap. I don't even think that is a "girlish" dress. Frankly, its a bad ad. Not because her looks younger than her age (she looks 17-18 to me!) but because it is typical and uninspired. I wish we could ban ads for being stupid, now THAT would be something to talk about :P

I have to agree with the little poster with the cop on it. Somebody is putting way too much thought into an innocent ad campaign. I guess thye'd prefer she hold it up like an energy drink. LOL !

This is typical of the world's "Hollywood" mindset - bring a child up in Hollywood, the music industry, advertizing (whatever) and, as she grows older, turn her into a sexual object. She has been and is being exploited. The list of young peple who have taken this path is far too long. This world is drunk with sexual obsession and if you think this is acceptible then you are under its influence.

I know a lot of people don't agree, but the point of this ad is to make her look like a Lolita and, well, she does. It is a bit sexual, she does look like a young teen, and creeps will love it. Everything is over-sexualized nowadays, and it's becoming more and more accepted, which is a shame since not only are kids being sexed-up, but kids are seeing images like that and taking their cue from it.

Fully agree.

lol
really?
I've seen worse,the Brits routinely do "worse" on the telly(tv)

Exactly...we live in Europe for Christ sake, nothing is too racy in Europe.

I see nothing here to make a fuss about, move along.

People make things out to be what they want them to be.

whatever.

She's in an exploitative profession, at a highly sexualized time...
I just can't get too concerned about Hollywood antics anymore.

Since she looks like twlve, it looks more wrong than it is...Sadly. She looked much older in runaways though. That was racy but she didn't look twelve in that role.

considering the ads out there i would consider this one quite tame