Adverts for Viagra

I can see from a previous post that this refers to ITV which is presumably covered in the UK by some kind of advertising standards. I think though that with many more channels broadcasting around the clock the " watershed" might need to be reviewed as it could be really difficult to maintain. Its not just adverts that mention these products though, not so long ago I had my young teenage nephews, brother, husband and two male neighbours around to watch sport on the tv. At half time they all came through into the kitchen for snacks. I had the tv on but wasn't paying much attention to the American hospital drama that was on until I heard someone on the tv mention that the patient was hospitalised because they had overdosed on " ED" medication. I hadn't heard this expression before then and stupidly asked the whole room if anyone knew what this was.......you could have heard a pin drop and everyone suddenly needed to be back in the other room to watch the second half of the game. I looked it up and was mortified. But if I had seen the adverts sooner I would have known and so it's probably better to be educated rather than ignorant.

*MissAdventure *at least there weren't 4 females sitting with the men as otherwise they'd be eying you all up wondering who was wearing the lucky tena lady pants that day.

I'v never heard the expression ED medication either but you have painted a very funny story

Many years ago I was in the supermarket with my 90 year old Dad doing his weekly shopping. While we were standing at the checkout queue there was a bargain basket full of little plain white boxes. Curiosity got the better of my Dad and he lifted one and opened it just as I recognised the mini boxes of tampons usually found in a dispenser. Then he turned to me with a puzzled expression, showed me the mini tampon and said “What is it? ?

I suddenly busied myself emptying his trolley onto the conveyor in the hope of delaying my response till we moved away from the red faced teenager on the till.

I don't think there's a problem with explaining to a questioning youngster that sometimes when consenting adults have sex for enjoyment, they sometimes need a little help. It's never ceased to amaze me over the years, how many of my friends are very uncomfortable with their children knowing anything about loving, consenting, adult sex (obviously we're not talking about non-consenting or hard porn here!!) and won't let their child watch a film if it has a basic love scene in it, yet they're happy to let them play violent video games from a very young age!!!

I don't know how I know this but you have to fill in a form to get over the counter Viagra or you used to have to. There is a limit to how many a pharmacy will sell you before they say no, go to your GP. Women apparently use it too

.... on the other hand, I do feel things are becoming far too graphic in adverts these days - do they think we are all thick and need it all spelled out to us? Have you seen that ad for pads, I think, where the woman is sitting pant-less on the loo? And those that show us a close-up of a woman's bottom (in leggings) to demonstrate that the pads don't show??? Can we not understand them when they just say the pads don't show??! However, I love that fast-moving ad for ED which give loads of names that people use for the male organ!!! The first time I saw it, I choked on my coffee with laughter!!

Youths of today know more about those personal things than i ever did.
Keep the fun coming MissA.
No pun intended lol.

Have't seen that ad yet but, I am sick and tired of pure cremation ads!

my local funeral directors do simple service for £1595. which I will use.....

I quite like the one with the chain saw that won’t start etc.

Good feature on the Wimbledon programme yesterday about the white dress rule that looked at how that could feel uncomfortable for a woman player who was having her period. It was good to see this discussed in a simple, factual and open way.

I have no problem with inco-pads adverts. Better that children grow up understanding that this is something that can happen. I am never coy about mine with the GC - they are to catch drips!

I've no problem with any bodily function.

My grandsons job when he was little was going to fetch my mums tenalady.

I just wonder how viagra would be explained.

Miss Adventure .
I would hope not. Gone thankfully are the days when 'bodily functions' were seen as ' no go areas for discussion.

It would be a bit daft in my job (as was) to be squeamish around body functions.
Explaining erectile dysfunction to a child though, is a bit too far for me.

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Originally, Viagra was intended as an angina medicine

Maybe instead of the graphic ads which often make us want to hide, switch off or choke on our coffee, information could be delivered on tv in the style of a party political broadcast.... children wouldn't be attracted in the least and a lot of the rest of us would get up and boil the kettle or visit the toilet!

MissAdventure

Send them a stiff letter.

I wonder if it would stand up in court?

Might get a stiff sentence…

I honestly do not think it should be legal to advertise any form of medicine whether pharmaceutically approved or alternative medicine.

Anyone needing Viagra would be well advised to start by going to his doctor - no-one else can judge whether it is advisable or not.

Standards vary so much these days, that it must be hard to legistrate on public decency.

I have seen advertisments for products such as contraceptives, medicaments for prostrate trouble, sanitary protection, sun creme or bathing suits that I found distasteful.

Others may well not find any of the above embarrassing, so it is a difficult thing to judge.

It should be possible to make an advert that conveys the message to the age group most likely to neeed Viagra, which a small child wouldn't fathom and with some form of visual content that is unobjectionable.

Yes i agree a later time would be better- my GD mentioned it and said its for erectile dysfunction when i was there and was finding it laughable (she's 14 so has obviously learned what that means in the school 'lessons for life') But I'm her nan but imagine how poor grandfathers must feel if the grand kids are doing same when they are in the room!

Who are these women who are constantly peeing their pants? I find it SO embarrassing and demeaning to women when those adverts come on. And where are the adverts for leaky old blokes?
I'm 75 and the last time I peed my pants was 72 years ago!
Sorry, off thread but same part of anatomy

‘A sex enhancement product’? Erectile dysfunction is a recognised medical condition caused by all sorts of problems, as well as simply ageing. Perhaps you are confusing it with the Love Honey ads which I find hilarious! If malfunctioning female bladders are an acceptable medical condition which it is ok to advertise before the so called watershed, then surely so is a dysfunctional male member. It has an added bonus in that it might be acceptable to more than just the person at which it is aimed!

The 'lessons for life' are inappropriate as well if you ask me- especially if they cover that stuff- the kids just all find it embarressing- what they really need is the physiological stuff covering in biology lessons- then in 'lessons for life' real stuff they will need in life- like money managing, budgeting, basic cooking etc- with a smattering of contraception sense thrown in then!- all stuff they need at Uni or their first go at living- standing on their own two feet- they are the 'Lessons for life' that they need!

There's a an advert for a contraceptive pill that you can get over the counter, but I've only seen it advertised way later on in the evening. They must need to get in early with the ad as all the men I know doze off by 8pm in front of the telly and they'd miss it.

Is that a family firm Lemsip? Or a co-op franchise? It sounds a good plan.

BlueSky

What worries me is that such items can be purchased without prescription. Surely there are conditions where it’s not safe to take?

I know if the formula of the medication has changed it some years ago menwere advised NOT to take viagra if they were on angina medication! Quite scarey that it's now available OTC.