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The connection between civic duty and bondage fetishism may seem spurious to some, but that hasn't stopped the group Declare Yourself from attempting to get out the vote with a racy S&M-inspired advertising campaign featuring Jessica Alba.

In the ads, Alba is bound in black vinyl straps next to the phrase "Only you can silence yourself." Photographer Mark Liddell, known for capturing fetching images of actresses and models, shot the 27-year-old actress for the campaign.

"I think it is important for young people to be aware of the need we have in this country to get them more active politically," says Alba. "People respond to things that are shocking."

It worked on us. Not only will we be registering to vote, but we also plan to rewatch our DVDs of "Dark Angel" to see more of JA in all her black-clad glory.

To see more racy ads, check out the gallery below.

Racy Ads

    Thanks to PETA's efforts, gratuitous celebrity nudity and animal activism now go together like bacon and eggs.

    PETA

    Is this some sort of post-feminist feminism? Exploitation maybe? Or just a nice brassiere-enhanced rack? While gawking, we forgot the questions.

    Wonderbra

    Anyone who spends a lot of time on the Internet knows that when it comes to advertising, American Apparel brought the sexy early and keeps bringing it often. This one features porn star Lauren Phoenix showing Web surfers everywhere the proper way to rock tube socks.

    American Apparel

    Gladly.

    Sexy Advertisements

    JBS has based their whole men's underwear advertising campaign around the concept that men don't want to look at other men in any state of undress. We approve. (Notice there were no Abercrombie & Fitch ads on this list.)

    Adspace

    Due to heavy airbrushing, these rumps are about at as real as the drawn-in butterflies. But wouldn't it be nice?

    Fashion rat

    This promo poster, currently blanketing subway stations and bus stops of major cities everywhere, cheats by bragging about just how racy it is. But it does make you want to check out the show.

    CW

    Controversy-courting Web hosting service Go Daddy lampooned the nipple-gate backlash in this top-heavy Super Bowl spot.

    youtube

    In perhaps the strangest ad to ever titillate, this TV spot for a Canadian convenience store has two scantily clad lesbians making out at the base of a tree. The tree then interrupts their heavy petting, so they call it a pervert, before hacking it with axes until it spews orange juice into a cup. (We can't make this stuff up.)

    liveleak.com

    Tom Ford ads never beat around the bush, so to speak, and the only way this one could be less subtle is if they forgot to add the label.

    Bestrejectedadvirtising.com