What is this advertisement actually selling?

The industry of publicity will stop at nothing when it comes to selling their products. Even if it meant conveying a problematic message, advertisers will gladly ignore this to attract the public. In fact, in one of Tom Ford’s lookbook, a woman wearing nothing but high heels lays next to a man dressed in a luxurious suit. Only the woman’s bare legs and the curve of her butt are exposed. This advertisement conveys problematic gendered messages. It was published in 2012 for Tom Ford’s Spring Summer menswear lookbook in North America. Although the controversy this ad caused by its release, it…