The feminist blog Jezebel was quick to notice that some ad copy selling a "temptress" dress in the J. Peterman online catalog basically described a rape fantasy scenario. (For the uninitiated, Peterman is famous for the occasionally bizarre vignettes it spins to describe its clothing.) The temptress dress copy limned a meet-cute on a boardwalk, and said
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A tipster sent Jezebel a photo of the Ralph Lauren boutique on private-sale site Ruelala.com, where the model seems to have a strangely small right arm. It's subtle, and the use of a normal-sized hand is artful.Â
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