An advert promoting the use of cycle helmets in Germany has sparked a sexism row since it features a woman dressed in her underwear.
The advert, from the country’s transport ministry, carries the strapline “Looks like shit. But saves my life.”
It shows a woman – according to AFP, a contestant in the reality TV show Germany’s Next Top Model– wearing a cycle helmet and a bra.
The advertising campaign is due to be launched on Tuesday, but the women’s wing of the SPD political party – a partner in the country’s ruling coalition – have urged transport minister Andreas Scheuer to pull it.
The women’s wing's chairwoman, Maria Noichl, said: “It is embarrassing, stupid and sexist for the transport minister to be selling his policies using naked skin.”
Germany’s family minister, SPD member Franziska Giffey, also called on the transport minister to halt the campaign.
She posted a photo of herself with her bike and a helmet on Facebook with a caption that read: "Dear Andreas Scheuer: fully dressed also goes well with a helmet!"
However, a spokesman for the transport ministry commented: "A successful road safety campaign should jolt people and can be polarising."