The MTA said Thursday that it would allow ads for a sex toy company to appear in the subway one day after the images were deemed too racy for city straphangers. The reversal came after accusations of ...

But the issue of provocative ads is not limited to sexuality: After the MTA rejected inflammatory ads that denigrated Islam by a group called the American Freedom Law Center, the organization sued the ...

A few years ago, we could have commuted alongside (and blithely ignored) a series of subway ads that set pastel-colored sex toys on beige backdrops with the accompanying slogans, “Toys, for sex” and ...

A study from Queen Mary University of London reveals that the music and soundscapes used in toy commercials are reinforcing ...

With dolls for girls and building sets for boys, toy ads are often accused of perpetuating sexist cliches. According to a study published in the journal PLOS One, these stereotypes are reflected not ...

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