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An advertisement for penis-enhancement treatment has been banned after a man was left feeling "inadequate" by being bombarded with the material, reports the Daily Telegraph. One of the ads told him: "Any partner you have is simply turned off by your small size and the chances of attracting someone else are zero – you're just too scared to reveal what little you have." The man, who had not even requested the mailshots, complained to the Advertising Standards Authority. The ASA ruled that "the personal nature of the suggestions about the recipient, particularly when coupled with the more general graphic and sexually explicit sexual references, were likely to cause serious offence", and banned Life Healthcare from sending him the ads. The episode would leave the best of us feeling small.An advertisement for penis-enhancement treatment has been banned after a man was left feeling "inadequate" by being bombarded with the material, reports the Daily Telegraph. One of the ads told him: "Any partner you have is simply turned off by your small size and the chances of attracting someone else are zero – you're just too scared to reveal what little you have." The man, who had not even requested the mailshots, complained to the Advertising Standards Authority. The ASA ruled that "the personal nature of the suggestions about the recipient, particularly when coupled with the more general graphic and sexually explicit sexual references, were likely to cause serious offence", and banned Life Healthcare from sending him the ads. The episode would leave the best of us feeling small.
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