[Daily Caller] The German agency regulating advertisement laws wants to eliminate "gender discriminatory advertising" in response to the spree of sexual assaults in the country.Heiko Maas, the German federal minister of justice and consumer protection, wants to modernize the "gender image" in Germany that is reducing "women or men to sexual objects," according to German news outlet Spiegel. The current gender image, Maas says, is to blame for the more than 1,000 sexual assaults reported in Cologne on New Year’s Eve.
A majority of the perpetrators were under refugee status and originated from North Africa.
As the head of the Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection, Maas and his cabinet has authority to impose regulations on advertisements. In the case of dispute between an advertiser and the ministry, a court will decide if an ad should be allowed or not.