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* It was claimed that the [[Hello Boys]] [http://theinspirationroom.com/daily/print/2008/8/wonderbra-hello-boys.jpg advert] for Wonderbra would cause car accidents.
* Played straight and subverted at the 2009 G20 summit. Presidents Obama and Sarkozy were on one side of the frame, and an attractive Brazilian intern on the other. Due to a trick of the still frame, it looked for all the world like the two were ogling the girl's backside. Video of the event shows that Obama was actually watching someone else's footing (they were on a staircase); Sarkozy... [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDlZ-9RM9aE not so much.]
* Evidence for this trope in real life can be found [https://web.archive.org/web/20131109183253/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/6132718/Men-lose-their-minds-speaking-to-pretty-women.html here as well].
* A British aquarium has had to put a bikini top on a mermaid statue in one of their fish tanks. The reason? [http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/08/06/topless-mermaid-covered-up-by-sea-life-centre-bosses-to-stop-boys-ogling-her-115875-22467849/ The boys visiting the museum were too busy looking at her boobs to pay attention to the marine life].
* The Taiwanese practice of having scantily-clad young women sell betelnuts from roadside booths is [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200409/ai_n6861050/?tag=content;col1 accused of causing traffic accidents]:
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