Vogue Homme International-Kontroverse

Die Herbstausgabe der Vogue Homme International hat erhebliche Proteste ausgelöst und für eine Menge Aufsehen gesorgt. Der Vorwurf: das Cover des Magazins verherrliche häusliche Gewalt. Zu sehen ist das von Terry Richardson geschossene Bild, das das Model Marlon Teixeira dabei zeigt, wie er Stepahnie Seymour "würgt". Verschiedene Gruppen wie etwa die Sanctuary for Families, Safe Horizon, Equality Now, und das New York chapter of the National Organization for Women
fordern die Verbannung der Zeitschrift vom Markt und haben hierzu einen öffentlichen Brief verfasst: 

Dear Mr. Wallace and Mr. Newhouse:

We write to express our profound opposition to your decision to feature a photo of Stephanie Seymour with Marlon Teixeira’s hand wrapped around her neck on the cover of Vogue Hommes International. This truly disturbing image of a woman being choked sends a dangerous message to anyone who sees this magazine – that choking is a sign of passion rather than of violence.

Choking is a huge predictor of future lethality. A 2008 Journal of Emergency Medicine study of murders of women in 11 cities found that 43% of women who were killed by intimate partners had experienced at least one previous episode of choking before being killed. That is why, in 2010, New York State made choking a violent felony, and advocates, prosecutors, police officers and survivors throughout the State have embraced the law as a way to save women’s lives.

In New York, your magazine appears on numerous newsstands and has enormous reach with young men and women. While this cover was perhaps intended to shock and thrill potential readers, the truly shocking fact is that it glorifies violence against women as an act of love.

Choking is not a fashion statement, and certainly not something that should be used to sell magazines. We are calling on Condé Nast, as a responsible company based in New York, to pull the magazine from the newsstands immediately, and to pledge not to use violent images like this in the future.