OK call me a prude, but am I alone?

Mine too IrishDancing….

TiggyW

annemac101
There is actually an advert for men’s incontinence pants. I wondered how much the actor got paid!
I think the Viagra adverts should be shown after the watershed.
The lesbian kisses just make me cringe. Each to their own… That’s just my own gut reaction. Just PC gone mad. On a more practical note - children need male and female parent figures. It’s not rocket science.🤔 TiggyW

annemac101
There is actually an advert for men’s incontinence pants. I wondered how much the actor got paid!
I think the Viagra adverts should be shown after the watershed.
The lesbian kisses just make me cringe. Each to their own… That’s just my own gut reaction. Just PC gone mad. On a more practical note - children need male and female parent figures. It’s not rocket science.🤔

“Each to their own” Lesbian kisses make you cringe !! Really ………

As for children “needing” male and female parent figures - what does that even mean ??? What children need are strong role models of any sexual orientation - families can be made up in countless ways, all female, all male, mixed, trans, etc etc All that really matters is that our children are brought up with open minds, to be honest and open by people who love and cherish them ! Sorry but as the mother of two much loved much cherished gay daughters, who both have lovely female partners, who are utterly accepted by an entire family and friends, including my dear departed mother who was 87, your comments and attitude disgust me !

Two women kissing doesn't bother me at all. It's accepted as normal now.

I do feel that Viagra adverts shouldn't be shown till later. Children and teens have no interest in impotence or vaginal dryness (have seen that one as well.) They will be interested in sanitary products and that is something they should learn about.

I remember watching an early sanitary towel advert when it was just dad and I at home. I blushed bright red and was so embarrassed. Now we have ads with red blood on the towels. What was wrong with blue blood lol!

There are far too ads anyway so I record programmes and fast forward through the ads.
Do they boost sales.?
I do remember many years ago when one of the first Tampax ad was shown there was a joke. Boy went into chemist and asked for Tampax. Chemist asked if it was for his sister. “No” replied the boy. “ The ad says you can ride a bike and go swimming using them and I cannot do either.”
In those days there was only one ad and now there are about ten which means the actual content of the actual programme is less than forty five minutes.

What is wrong with a lesbian kiss?

I agree with you Maw. What have Lesbians engaged in kissing have to do with Rugby football? Of what use would that ad be before a football match between brawny men?
Those viewers watching football would not be likely to be interested in an ad for Viagra at that particular time.

After all, the purpose of ads is to attract buyers of all kinds at times of day when they are watching TV. So on commercial grounds alone and with no opposition to gay relationships or men whose sexual urges are waning, I do think such ads have little appeal to viewers watching Rugby.

Lesbian kiss - guys usually love seeing two women kiss

Lesbian kisses aren't "political correctness gone mad", they are part of everyday life which younger people, if not many of our own generation, no longer feel to be something shameful to be hidden away.

It's not the content/timing of these ads that bothers me, more the fact that they're not actually very good! They're not witty, clever, or entertaining. Remember Cinzano, JR Hartley, Irn Bru, Tick Follows Tock (Guinness) and the gorilla drumming to Phil Collins? Just a few classic, quality adverts as opposed to the current crass offerings.

If you're showing sanitary towels YES to red and to respecting women's blood that is shed every month for the fertility of the human race - why be ashamed? As to the rest, I'd prefer viagra and sexual kisses to be shown later - not because I'm a prude but rather these are (to me) about atmosphere and sensitivity and not broad daylight subjects before a rugby game. It's a matter of taste but I rarely watch telly anyway and certainly not rugby.

Anniel

I agree with you Maw. What have Lesbians engaged in kissing have to do with Rugby football? Of what use would that ad be before a football match between brawny men?
Those viewers watching football would not be likely to be interested in an ad for Viagra at that particular time.

After all, the purpose of ads is to attract buyers of all kinds at times of day when they are watching TV. So on commercial grounds alone and with no opposition to gay relationships or men whose sexual urges are waning, I do think such ads have little appeal to viewers watching Rugby.

A lot of women play rugby (both codes) and a high proportion of them are lesbians.

Impotence is a huge issue for a lot of men so if it is something openly known about, things might be easier for them to discuss it. Children will ask about it when they are old enough to want to know what the advert is about, until then it will go over their heads like as not.

Primary school age children have periods - why should they not be able to see ads for sanitary protection?

And little boys get erections from a very young age.

As for "lesbian kisses', that is also all part and parcel of life. The more young children see it, the more they will accept it.

I'm a Prude and proud of it. Personal needs should be the province of parents or doctors to explain, not a public "service".
As for the content of some TV programs, I am a dedicated follower of Barbara Cartland, a chaste kiss on the cheek is ok, but anything else - they held hands and went through the door.
We do not need to be given the details, `

The plethora of advertisements for incontinence pads for women suggest we're all leaking. We aren't. And where are the incontinence advertisements for men?

Anniel

I agree with you Maw. What have Lesbians engaged in kissing have to do with Rugby football? Of what use would that ad be before a football match between brawny men?
Those viewers watching football would not be likely to be interested in an ad for Viagra at that particular time.

After all, the purpose of ads is to attract buyers of all kinds at times of day when they are watching TV. So on commercial grounds alone and with no opposition to gay relationships or men whose sexual urges are waning, I do think such ads have little appeal to viewers watching Rugby.

You do realise that women do actually watch football and rugby and also play both sports too?

My Grandson's 3 & wouldn't bat an eyelid at two women kissing, he has two Mums.

No, you're not alone and no YANBU. It's a question of taste and appropriateness. I think the reference about the toilet paper and the menstrual pads is spot on. I don't need to see menstrual blood and I wouldn't want to see fecal material to emphasize the strength of a loo roll. IMO, there are a lot of complaints about how children have lost their childhood, have become too accustomed to graphic sexual images making them lose a lot of their innocence. Those comments are correct. But this sort of thing is part of it. I think there should be health education in school, but I think the detailed teaching and, at least in the US, the ramming down parents' and children's throats of alternative lifestyles, is the reason why so many children are confused and have such a casual attitude about sex, which is really a very, very serious topic. And somehow, all this teaching and poking in the eye with these things hasn't seemed to improve behavior or outcomes. You'd think with all the instruction there would never again be an unwanted pregnancy, but that is absolutely not the case. It's a question of maturity and guidance from parents, and, frankly, what societies are willing to accept. It used to be that society understood and generally agreed that an unwed mother, without a husband to help raise and support the child was not a good thing, for the people involved and the community in general. And I would say that society has very low standards and expectations for sexual behavior now. And this is all not done innocently, or, for that matter, to educate children. It's part of a plan to marinate them in anything that used to be considered shocking or demoralizing, making it easier to disseminate previously unacceptable ideas among society. As far as what's the difference in a kiss between a man and a woman, if you don't know, I can't explain it. We're having a terrible problem here in the US with school boards and teachers going behind parents backs and actually encouraging children to get abortions, change their gender (as if that were really possible), etc. Parents are starting to become a lot more aware of what's going on in schools, thanks to at home education due to covid, and a lot of them are very unhappy. There is a certain element in this country, anxious to promote communist theory, who work very hard at breaking down nuclear families, common moral and cultural standards, and traditional values and ideas. It's not an accident that society is less happy, more chaotic and less secure than ever before. As you all say, slowly slowly catchy monkey.

semperfidelis

The plethora of advertisements for incontinence pads for women suggest we're all leaking. We aren't. And where are the incontinence advertisements for men?

You speak for yourself, semperfidelis! It is a more common problem than women realise but they find it more difficult to talk about it. Many don't realise that it can be related to their oestrogen levels so it becomes a problem after menopause.

I would have been embarrassed when I was a teenager Maw as our family (fairly Victorian in attitude) pretended that sex didn't exist and it was never talked about.

As I get older I'm less worried about these ads appearing on TV. I'm not sure why, but then there is so much more openness now.

JaneJudge

bizarrely someone gave me some viagra towels and they are still going strong years later

What is a Viagra Towel? Advertising or something I’m ignorant of?

happycatholicwife1 *(don't know if there is a number 2) posts :

"We're having a terrible problem here in the US with school boards and teachers going behind parents backs and actually encouraging children to get abortions, change their gender (as if that were really possible), etc. Parents are starting to become a lot more aware of what's going on in schools, thanks to at home education due to covid, and a lot of them are very unhappy. There is a certain element in this country, anxious to promote communist theory, who work very hard at breaking down nuclear families, common moral and cultural standards, and traditional values and ideas."

It would seem that the evangelical alt-right in the US is funding inappropriate, inaccurate and frankly offensive 'support' to women seeking advice on pregnancy termination here.

Please, hcw1 (is there a number 2 by the way?), don't trot out the same right-wing hysteria here.

I think it is great that they have adverts for sanitary towels and showing a red blood like liquid. I was one of those girls who knew nothing and started her periods aged 11 at junior school on a camping trip. I was petrified.
There might still be young girls out there now who are not helped for whatever reason to understand what happens to their bodies and if these advert help then that is worth it.
Also boys need to know what girls go through. Lets not pretend that periods don’t happen and that it is shameful.
As for the adverts for incontinence pads why not. I use them when I have a cough. It is better to normalise these things.
As for kissing in adverts do they really think it will make me buy an electric car, no but it might make me remember and avoid that make of car.

Hithere

I applaud showing red liquid vs blue for period ads

It is about time a very normal biological fact is normalized and accepted as non shameful

Exactly this.

#Happycatholicwife1 = “ We're having a terrible problem here in the US with school boards and teachers going behind parents backs and actually encouraging children to get abortions, change their gender (as if that were really possible), etc. Parents are starting to become a lot more aware of what's going on in schools, thanks to at home education due to covid, and a lot of them are very unhappy. There is a certain element in this country, anxious to promote communist theory, who work very hard at breaking down nuclear families, common moral and cultural standards, and traditional values and ideas”

I think your ‘nom de plume’ says it all- I’ve been following all this horror going on in the US pretty closely - banned books, anti-trans, anti-gay, anti-drag to the point where people are shot or similar, Ron DeSantis’s war on school education and black history, his changing history because he doesn’t like it! I doubt teachers are encouraging abortions, but if a school age child was raped or similar, then perhaps their teachers should get involved to help, and yes after a long discussion with all concerned then yes abortion -may- be advisable!
I won’t continue as we’d be arguing forever, and I have nothing against a happy ‘normal’ family , but that can can come in many forms ! Please note I am a heterosexual woman of 76 with 2 sons and 2 grandchildren!