I am very surprised and disappointed at this decision. As if young women don't already have unhealthy and unrealistic images of beauty to contend with in the media - here is another one - in large format! I also don't think that these kind of images produce healthy images of women for young men either. These kind of images can be seen as disrespectful and can sometimes encourage the objectifying of women. I don't think you are a prude if your prefer not to see or have your children see a barely clothed woman plastered on the side of an airplane. I do not think I will be using Southwest to travel no matter what the discounts might be. I would have thought that key desicion makers at Southwest would have been more socially responsible or at least family-friendly in this partnership with Sports Illustrated.
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