Chicago Ad Fed Likens Creative Skill to Penis Size, Angering Those Without a Penis

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It's not just dudes in the Chicago ad scene. But promos for the city's American Advertising Awards show, happening next Wednesday, certainly seem to think everyone has a penis.

"Who measured up?" says the headline on the ad below, as we see men and women all lined up at urinals. See, they're all sneaking a peek at each other's privates—a metaphor for gauging each other's creative worth as though it were their penis size.

In an industry with a famous lack of female creative directors, you'd have to expect some backlash against something like this.

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