OK call me a prude, but am I alone?

Mawthemerrier I am with you on this and what about all the adverts for pee snd periods even showing blood! If my grandkids were watching I would be mortified

I'm just sick of everything being sexualised. Do people have no other motivators in life? I don't care whether the kiss is straight or gay, whether the guy needs viagra or not. Kids could be forgiven for learning that the only thing that matters in life is getting laid. That I object to.

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.

Same - rarely see ads but very concerned that gambling (obviously harmful) ones allowed.

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.🤔

Ofcom.Who are seemingly about as useful as OFGEM..😠

I agree all that and more should be after the ' (9-10 pm 'watershed') I think maybe the 'watershed' doesnt exist anymore...🤔

Incontinence affects more women than men, I think its twice as many. So the market is bigger.

There is a 9 pm watershed for what is appropriate to be shown on TV. Programmes unsuitable for children should not be shown before then. It’s governed by Ofcom. Certain adverts were not allowed such as those for sanitary protection. So how come these were shown during the rugby?

You could argu that the Andrex toilet paper ads create the idea that every home should have a cute bouncy Labrador puppy. Many people are struggling with pet dogs but according to the ads dog owning is always bliss and what every family with children should do.

I must be a prude then as I hate adverts for sanitary towels. The one with woman on toilet and pants at her ankles is horrible. Pants for incontinence in women! Why not show ones for men? They have problems with that too. Nothing is discreet anymore absolutely nothing. It's just the way I feel no one has to agree with me.

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

In our adult family of five children, two of our daughters are lenient both in relationships with other lovely girls - our 8 year old grandchild is well aware as the couple next door to his house are a lesbian couple with two lovely sons with whom he plays and attends dance school with. Find your comments, though probably quite innocent, quite homophobic !! As for the viagra, sex is very normal and it doesn’t bother me at all ! 😊😊

If they ask, you explain. No issues for me

Don’t know why I’m being slated for stating a fact. What people do with information is up to them. However tantalising it is of course that’s the name of the game.
However if it’s not there how would we know what was available. The constant drip of tv and magazine advertising if you are allowed to be in constant view is going influence if you allow it. But we would all soon complain if uninformed also.

To pass the time in the ad breaks we used to play guess the ad’s with our kids. It was always a popular game. 😁. Those were the days when there were only three ad’s nowadays we could be playing for hours 🙄

I would have been embarrassed Maw if I had been with my DGSs. No doubt I would have been busy playing scrabble on my IPad until the ads were over.

I didn’t realise that people actually sat and watched the ads!

I'm still wondering about the link between a lesbian kiss and an electric car. I would have thought the important selling point would be where you could get the thing charged.

The ads I would ban would be the gambling ones. A little footnote about betting sensibly and where to get help really isn't going to stop people becoming addicted.

Adverts are simply information. are they?
.On how to eat rubbish, gamble all your money away and go on Jet two holidays where you drop your Icecream. The information they can keep to themselves.

Adverts are quite simply information.

Silly me, I thought they were about encouraging you to buy something.

Granmarderby10

mmm…not too sure that there is a need to show that menstrual blood is red and not blue but imagine if toilet paper was advertised this way because it is also a totally natural bodily function* !! Know what I mean.😐

ha ha,, I know what you mean. who wants to see brown on loo rolls

Blondiescot

1. Would you be saying the same if the kiss had been between a man and a woman?
2. So? If they had asked questions, I'd have answered them as honestly (and age-appropriately) as I could. That was the approach I always took when my children were younger.

My husband and daughter were looking at birthday cards when she was very young but able to read. “What’s a condom dad” she asked, he answered ,”A contraceptive”. She only expected an answer to her question.

I have 2 granddaughter's age 12 and 10. They only every watch YouTube or Netflix at their house. No adverts on either , they do both seem much more aware of sex and relationships than I ever did at their ages , I'm 58

Adverts are quite simply information. People need information to know what products are available, children will switch off to what is of no interest to them maybe we should do the same ….