Aargau Grand Council clearly rejects ban on sex posters

In the canton of Aargau, sexist advertising will not be banned from public spaces by law. On Tuesday, the Grand Council rejected a motion from the ranks of the EVP by 93 votes to 28. The cantonal government spoke out against a ban, primarily for economic and legal reasons. However, it was clearly opposed to sexist advertising, said Kurt Wernli, the head of the cantonal government, and in the debate only members of the SP and Green parliamentary groups spoke out in favor of a ban. The boundaries between porn and eroticism were becoming blurred, emphasized one SP councillor. Women are portrayed on the posters as a commodity that is available everywhere and at all times. A CVP councillor opposed tabooing and a ban. The advertising industry's self-regulation worked, she said. The spokesperson for the SVP parliamentary group described it as dangerous to impose bans on everything, as freedom of expression exists in Switzerland.
In the motion, Lilian Studer, a member of the EPP Grand Council and motion author, demanded that the cantonal government take measures to ban sex posters on public property, on private property that can be seen from there and on public buildings. Her father, EPP National Councillor Heiner Studer, submitted a parliamentary initiative with the same demand in Bern last December. In December, the Young EPP also handed over a petition against sexist advertising signed by 17,735 people in Bern.