try to catch our eye and make us laugh, but in the u.k., two have been pulled for violating rules banninger the use of gend stereotypes. the first from a car company showed men working on a space station while a woman is left to watch over a pram. the second was selling cream cheese, but complaints came in about how fathers were portrayed. take a look. ew>>ad, too? >> mmh-hmm >> wow, look at this lunch. >> hard to choose.d. this looks goo >> that's the philadelphia. : laubrief time ago i spoke with kim sheehan, a professor at the university of oregon and author of "controversies in contemporary advtising." what is your reaction to the u.k. advertising standards agency banning ads on they grounds that trpetuate gender stereotypes? kim: i think it is a very courageous act by the asa, and i think it can lead to better portrayals of men and women in all u.k. advertising. laura: do you think it is something we could seehever here in.s. as well? k so.don't th mmercial speech, which advertising is in the united states, has pretty broadpr ections under the first amendment, as long as the product is