You've seen them: the commercial starts....couple running on the beach....snuggled under a blanket by a campfire.....laughing while riding down the open highway in the convertible.....swelling, romantic music. Then one of them speaks...'I'm Jane (or Jim) and I have genital herpes..but I don't let it interfere in my life.' Ummmm...maybe you should. It is, after all, an STD. That's sexually transmitted disease that may interfere in someone else's life if you aren't really careful.
Or the birth control commercial for Ortho-Tricyclene Lo..you know the one that has the song 'There She Goes Again' in it. (Actually, some perverse part of me thinks that is just toooo funny;))
Or how about the endless commercials for Viagra, or KY intimate warming gel. I don't really care how moist you are or how hot...that is not my business....really it isn't.
I'm all for sexual education. I am not by nature a prude. I talk about sex a lot...ask my husband ...he'll tell ya so. But I believe that there is a place and a time slot for such things. I have a hard enough time supervising the programming that my kids (not to mention myself) are subjected to without worrying about the commercials too.
Kids aside, personally I think it's just gross to advertise tampons, sanitary napkins, douches, feminine sprays (for that 'not-so-fresh' i.e. you really stink feeling), penile enhancement products, breast enhancement products, or anything of that nature on television. It also makes for a very awkward moment when one of my husband's friends is over at our house. I always have to find something witty to say which is not easy when you're hearing how much liquid one of the new overnight thong sanitary pads with wings can hold.
Maybe I am a prude after all.;)
Peace alllll.....................
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I don't really have a problem with seeing these things on tv. At least not at this time. My daughter has yet to ask me what KY is for. He he. However I do find those viagra/cialis commercials annoying. Do we really need to talk about your husbands performance? I don't need to know. I would bet your husband wouldn't want us to know either!
HA! My comment IS here. I tried to leave a comment yesterday but it gave me some error message.
Most of the time they don't even tell you what the drug is for. Like you're supposed to walk into your doctor's office with a list of drugs and ask, "Is __________ for me? No. What about _________? No. Is _________ for me? No..."
Yeah, I really get uncomfortable when the Trojan Man asks the surfers(yeah right, like they surf! Posers!) if they'd like to "warm thing up" while my 8 yr. old daughter looks on!
Although, that commercial does remind me of a funny song called "Condom Man".....I digress!
the funny thing is that with the pill commercial, they are playing a song (there she goes) that is actually about heroin addiction.
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