OK call me a prude, but am I alone?

You are not a prude you are entitled to your opinion. Adverts in general are getting on my nerves lately some so bizarre it’s hard to know what’s being advertised.
I was in my sons house with the GC watching tv while they were playing. A preview (not an advert) came on about a forthcoming show being aired a certain time. My GD who is six asked why men were dressed as women I said it’s what some people like to do. Her response was well they look ridiculous like clowns.

I don’t have a problem with same sex kissing. It’s life and the more it’s part of normal life , it’s accepted. Young people are much more accepting of same sex relationships , same with mixed race relationships. As for being before the watershed? Why not ?
The viagra ad ? Sex education is taught At primary school . And teenagers getting embarrassed by sex on tv when watching with patents is nothing new . I remember the same when I was young.
So yes YABU

Viagra, sanitary towels! Incontinence pads, all poor quality! Who watches ads anyway! It’s tea making time

It's not shameful it's good manners ,I also dislike seeing people on TV sitting on the loo pants down

‘Je’taime’ was banned, wasn’t it, which made it all the more interesting.

I was quite innocent back then, (still am, I suppose) and wondered what Jane Birkin could possibly see in Serge Gainsbourg to induce such vocal devotion!

When I was a bit older, I got it!

I've realised nothing really changes.

Lesbian kiss is just a kiss with a word added that needn't be,like GAY marriage surely its time we lost the gay out of that too.I had an aunt who was lesbian ,not a word we heard but we knew she had lady friends or what my granny called her funny women.Apart from that no one blinked an eye about her sexual preferences.
Just as well as I have a cousin and a neice who are also lesbian and several children of cousins who are gay or gender neutral and a couple of trans who were born girls but are now men .
Aren't we all just Jock Tamsons BairnsMaw isn't it better children accept people for who they are ?

The French song 'Je'taime' came out in 1970 when I was in a car with boyfriend, mum, dad and grandma. I was sòooo embarrassed. So nothing changes really.I've

The mind boggles! I bet some of those applauding these ads might think again.

Oreo

Haha Glorianny 😄 those towels may be on the hard side as well😖

This made me laugh, but am I the only one who doesn’t know what ‘viagra towels’ are? Or am I missing another joke?

I didn't see the advert but I agree with Maw about the content. Personally I wouldn't have been embarrassed at explaining, in an age appropriate way, about a lesbian kiss. As several others have commented it's a part of life nowadays. However, with younger children the viagra advert might have proved more difficult. I think adverts should be more carefully monitored and transmitted at times more relevant to their content.

More worrying are the constant adverts for gambling

I’ve accepted lesbian kisses with no problem. I think we could all do without over the top pda. I do cringe during some of the sanitary towel adverts but that’s just a leftover from my own teenage years. But Viagra! There’s just no need!

Hopefully the girls of today will at least learn that bleeding from your vagina is normal and there are helpful products to deal with this inconvenience. I cannot see what the negative with the accurate advertising of tampons and sanitary pads are, other than the unfortunate discomfort of those of us who learned the internalised shame of menstruation. It really is time the 'get thee to a hut dirty women' line of thought was broken.

kjmpde

I'm not keen on the advert to do with periods - the victorian scene going on about a " bloody mess down there"

You see, I think this is hilarious, especially the man fainting and the one huffing uncomfortably. I had my first period at age 12, a friend at age 9 poor thing. I'm in my 60s and remember a cute Tampax advert, it wasn't graphic at all. I think that advert was fine, I think humour is fine, it's period products and the more it's normalised, the less silly young boys will make life uncomfortable for girls in school. Not sure about the red dye on the pads, the very sight of it gives me period pains and I am 7 years post menopause. I don't mind the incontinence pads either, I had stress incontinence as a young girl too. Whenever my son asked a question about anything, I just answered. Like the original Worzel Gummide, I put my teachers head on and just got on with it. I never wanted to act embarrassed and project that onto him. I absolutely hate gambling ones especially those showing free spins and endorsed by past and present sports people who look like they are having a great time. I worry far more about youngsters being influenced by them than I do about them being given a choice of tampons.

Luckily I rarely see adverts as I record everything, but I agree they have gone too far generally. I don't want to see body functions shown in graphic detail. We must be just one step away from being shown how to wipe our bottoms with brown coloured paper shown to the camera. It's all just too ridiculous.

I agree that gambling adverts should go. We don't have cigarettes or alcohol adverts any more so why gambling? How has that managed to survive?

Inappropriate at that time I think

MawtheMerrier

Should TV advertising be "age appropriate" when children are likely to be watching.
Today 3 o clock, Scotland and France were just about to kick off in todays Six Nations Rugby match.
The two ads immediately before kick.off were
1) for electric cars about "urges" including a lesbian kiss
And 2) an ad for Viagra starting with couples in bed and a comment about it "being amazing (or not)"
Doesn't bother me but if I had been watching with my GC (12,11,8) and they will be watching with their parents, I would not have liked to field questions about what they had just seen.i suspect the older boy might have been embarrassed to see/hear that "with Granny" - because all old people are by definition easily scandalised.
Just asking really- AIBU?

Hahaha

No its not a good idea to throw all this LGBTI+ (or whatever its called) at us, and especially at our children to the extent it is at present!
For instance, I live in a small northern village, something like the same size as Emmerdale, and can honestly say we do not have any openly same sex relationships here. And the thought of the whole village embracing the upcoming Event in support of such practises is laughable. What people get up to in private is not my business.
You are not a prude Maw but it seems I am - and proud of it!

I do know Emmerdale has to 'entertain us' - but for children of your GC's age its not acceptable, there's no need for it.

I have never understood why we need ads for sanitary towels or tampax - all women and girls know what they are for, and will buy them, whether they are advertised, or not.

But we have lived for years with ads for toilet rolls, sanitary towels, how to cope with prostate difficulties , laxatives etc. etc. so why complain now?

Yes, the 12 year old may well be embarrassed watching an ad of this kind in the company of any grown-up. I was mortified at the age of 14 if a comedian made a "blue" joke when my parents were watching TV with me - as already stated this is part of growing up.

As for kissing - films that children can freely watch at home on TV or their computer are much more explicit about sex than just a kiss or two.

So honestly, turn off the TV if it embarrasses you to watch these ads with your grandchildren, but the ship Public Modesty sailed (and sank) somewhere around 1968.

Like it or not, life has moved on. Viagra is a commodity like any other and same-sex relationships between adults are legal.

The lesbian kiss is not inappropriate for children, it’s a kiss between two people in a relationship, quite normal. However I have complained about the viagra adverts being on before 9pm previously and I think incontinance and period products adverts are inappropriate too. Yes kids will need to know about these things , but at an appropriate age. Also why have they started using red (blood coloured) stain on period pad adverts? They are often on at lunch time and are not something that I want to see while I’m eating.

I have not seen these adverts but think that viagra advertisements should not be shown in the daytime.I also agree it could be embarrassing for some youngsters to watch it in front of older people and vice versa .

Times have changed, but not necessarily for the better.

Theexwife

I don't think the 9 pm watershed is relevant when it comes to sanitary protection, it is about broadcasts being suitable for children under 16.

Primary aged children know about periods, it is a normal bodily function.

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