TYT: Are Some Of The New Planned Parenthood Ads Too Racy?

[ihavenobias]

Run time: 05:24 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaVuUTrcngk   Posted on YouTube: August 07, 2008 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: August 09, 2008 By DU Member: ihavenobias Views on DU: 1553

 




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[CherylK]

1. I am pretty open but that might be a bit much!

Did they really need to go that far? Maybe I am just a prude although I am not mad about it or anything. I think we should be open about these topics but this maybe pushes the limit.

[donco6]

2. Hmmm . . .

They certainly get your attention. I guess if that's the idea, they've nailed it.

Hahaha . . . no pun intended.

[hendo]

3. interesting

I'm not sure how to respond, other than to say it was interesting.

edit: but come on, Va - j- j. Isnt everyone mature enough to call it a vagina?

[ihavenobias]

5. I'm not a fan of that phrase either, but in Ana's defense maybe that's the new slang

:)

[gateley]

4. We'll know for sure when we hear the Christian Right screaming and hollering. nt

[valerief]

6. What a hoot! nt

[Hyper_Eye]

7. I feel like I have been optically molested.

These commercials are really just terrible. There is a need to get these messages out but we can't be making a joke out of these issues. These videos are complete jokes.

[raystorm7]

8. HOLY S@#$*@#&$it!

[pleah]

9. I will do my best to forget I ever saw that. OMFG!

:wow:

Edit to add: My son watched this with me. He said he was going to go claw his eyes out.
He is sixteen.

[baldguy]

10. People have sex. Get over it already.

The sooner we start treating the subject in an open, mature manner the fewer problems we'll have.

[OhioChick]

11. K&R

Bookmarked for later on...

[stlsaxman]

12. Tres European... Americans are so hung up about this shit.

admittedly it shocked me a little, too. but that's my problem, ain't it?

[girl gone mad]

13. That was hilarious.

Stupid and gross, but pretty funny.

[MNBrewer]

14. the gay one was cute, but BJs with condoms?

until they come up with penis flavored condoms, i'll not be doing that.

[Heathen57]

15. There may be a method to their madness.

Having two young adults in the house, I know that they get messages from their friends to watch videos, and it is usually has a comment like "Look how lame this is" or "Gross" or "So stupid it's funny".

What they may be doing with these ads is to make them weird enough to get their target audience to watch them to see just how weird they really are. Of course at the same time, PP is getting their information across.

[hedgehog]

16. I think they're great! I especially enjoyed the one in which the kids tried to

joke their way out of serious message about HPV. It captured the attitude most kids have when the subject comes up, but also gets across the message that this is serious business.


Why are people afraid to talk about this if everyone assumes that kids are sexually active? That's crazier than the Victorians (supposedly) covering table legs!

[The Family Guy]

17. True, the ad is awesome.

Time to get the prudes and religion out of sex. 15 and 17 year olds have sex. So what? Teach them how to be safe, and let them have their fun. It is human and natural. Human beings are sexual creatures....to try and put up a wall to stop that is silly. If we made condoms and birth control free and anonymous in public schools, we would have alot less in the way of problems.

My teenagers are both sexually active, and I am very happy to let them do it....so to speak.

[hedgehog]

18. I think the commercial makes fun of the fact that it's the very 15 and

17 year olds who are having sex who are prudes when it comes to talking about sex. "It's OK as long as we can both tell ourselves that we were swept away by passion and didn't plan for it to happen".

[The Family Guy]

19. Maybe true. We need real and open sex education in schools.

If the parents are too afraid of sex, then the schools should fill in the gap. It is unrealistic to make rules and laws to stop kids from doing what they are going to do anyway. Teach them and trust them to use birth control. If we take puritan shame away, that would improve the situation mightily.

[hedgehog]

20. I don't think Puritan shame is the problem. More like middle class hypocrisy.

It's OK if we were just swept away, and if we were prepared with protection that would mean we planned it, so let's not have any protection handy!

[The Family Guy]

22. There are methods of after-sex birth control

You can protect yourself after sex....provided you know about it and have access.

Morning after pills and, of course as a last resort, abortion. But we we offer day after pills at the pharmacy, that will reduce the hated "abortions" nicely.

[Quixote1818]

21. I thought they were funny as shit! And effective. nt

[enough]

23. I don't see the problem with these ads. What's bothering Cenk?

At age 64 with no grandchildren, I don't have the slightest idea what would actually SPEAK to teenagers right now, but I don't see these as offensive or somehow over the line.