German government to ban ‘sexy’ ads to stem immigrant-refugee sexual assaults

Experts doubt it will be effective

The German government is considering withdrawing all ads with sexual content that could ‘arouse’ immigrants and refugees, according to German newspaper “Bild’. Citing German magazine ‘Spiegel’, Bild claims that German Minister of Justice Heiko Maas is ready to announce a law that prohibits provocative commercials that might ‘aggravate’ Muslim refugees and immigrants, following a rise in sexual assaults against hundreds of women in the city of Cologne on New Year’s eve. Even the slightest exposure of a female breast, a see through top, a woman in a bath or any part of skin is on the German government’s ‘censor’ list. The ban will also apply to male models. Some experts doubt whether this initiative will quell the urges of the potential rapists and sexual attackers from the within the immigrants and refugees. After the sexual attacks in Cologne the city’s Mayor said the women should ‘keep the immigrants at an arm’s length’, causing an uproar in Geraman society, while Police in towns in Sweden have advised women to not go outside after certain hours.