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Is VisitFlorida's promotional video sexist?

A music video for the Pitbull song 'Sexy Beaches' is at the centre of a growing political row in Florida. It's had more than ten million views on YouTube but legislators are angry that more than a million dollars of taxpayers money was spent on this by VisitFlorida. The contract was kept secret until Pitbull himself released it on Twitter. And there is also fury about the images and lyrics that some say demean and sexualise women. Janet Cruz is the leader of the Democrats in Florida's House of Representatives - she says the video's message is all wrong.

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