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I heard this on the news this morning. They were saying that the reason for permitting this advertising, and also the advertising of contraceptives, was to try to reduce the teenage pregnancy rate.
Hmmm. Well, to me that's rather cart before the horse. To advertise these things merely helps confirm that having it off whenever, wherever, is the normal thing to do, just like one might go and get a takeaway pizza. Call me old-fashioned, but I can't help thinking a bit of good education into old-fashioned morality, and a bit about the emotional consequences of misplaced sex, and about self-respect and respect for others too, might be a better first step.
They want to advertise - but attempting to justify it by saying it's to reduce a teenage pregnancy rate is a rather suspicious rationale to me.
It's more like - whoopee, commercialism here we come ... even more goods and services that can be sold to the public. Maybe they've even seen a good opportunity arising, thinking there more people might be seeking cheaper ways of "entertaining" themselves if going out is getting less affordable in the current financial climate.
