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A few weeks ago, the following ad ran in Baltimore's The Advertiser:

Last week, the following ad ran in Baltimore's Jewish Times:

They are the exact same picture, only in The Advertiser version, someone photoshopped skirts onto all the non-frum/non-Jewish employees.

Peninah and I disagreed as to the reason why the digital alterations were made. My theory was that The Advertiser refused to run an ad with "un-Tznius" women (I say "un-Tznius" in quotes both because it's a colloquialism and because there really isn't anything terribly "un-Tznius" about how these women are dressed). Peninah thought that the ad was altering in hopes of better marketing to frum people by making all the subjects of the ad appear frum. The reason why I think my answer is better is because most people would not think a black woman was frum just because she's wearing a long khaki skirt. Any other ideas?

Say it with me now: OIB.