German ad takes quiet aim at horror of FGM

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Unlike recent graphic PSAs on various topics, the German ad below by Heyman Brand de Gelmini, for the Stop FGM Now coalition, quietly derives its impact by contrasting the near-faultless features of model Manon von Gerkan with the unexpected voiceover message that she'd be perfect … if her clitoris were cut out. Whoa! You don't hear that sort of thing every day. And it's hard not to sit up and take notice. Still, I wonder if this approach is best.

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