Italian Censorship

I have always found it fascinating to see how censorship laws vary from country to country. Although I am not a world renowned traveler, it is become quite apparent that various countries maintain much stricter laws when it comes to prohibiting advertisements. This became very apparent to me in my travels over seas to Italy. More often than not, billboards/ads/tv commercials featured in this country exhibited some sort of nudity - often featuring woman. It goes without saying that sex sells. However, Italians do not have a problem showing a little skin here and there to sell the latest fashion apparel or to create a little buzz around a new advertising campaign. In fact, there were even yogurt commercials that portrayed nudity to help exemplify how the product helped to maintain regularity.