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Jul 17, 2007 11:26

Local TV Stations React to Trojan Condom-Promotion Commercial

What The Hubbub Is About

Trojanevolve.com
"America Is Not A Sexually Healthy Nation"

trojan, sex, commercials, aids, media, controversy

Comments 9

bing_crosby July 17 2007, 15:56:59 UTC

it's times like these when I feel like we are living the biggest joke of a culture ever. Plenty of almost-naked ladies and sex jokes eVERYwhere, huge teenage pregnancy, STD, porn culture.. yet this totally tame ad can't fly. It's weird though, I feel like I have seen totally steamy ads for Trojan before? Maybe it was just on MTV or out of the country or something.

olamina July 17 2007, 16:32:40 UTC

I think it is Durex with the steamy ads actually. There's a funny one here.

I agree with you, this culture is a joke. Totally the kind of candy without sugar mentality Zizek always goes on about. Unfortunately the joke has deadly reprecussions. So (as my Moz says) the joke isn't funny anymore.

mistercreepy July 17 2007, 16:41:57 UTC

OMG portraying men who don't use condoms as pigs? Ah, horror upon horrors!

Everyone needs more condoms and more sex, I say.

mistercreepy July 17 2007, 16:44:38 UTC

It's more insulting to pigs than it is to people. Pigs are really affectionate smart animals.

olamina July 17 2007, 16:48:24 UTC

Yeah I don't like the anthropomorphism either and I think the whole commercial and everything it is predicated on (HEY LADEEEZ! I AM HAVING CON DOM IN POCKET. NOW YOU WILL CONSIDERING HAVING SEXY WITH ME, YES?) but I appreciate the sentiment. Ahhhhh the sentiment.

olamina July 17 2007, 16:50:34 UTC

And actually I am looking for someone (someone famouser powerful-er than I) to issue the "Hey condoms suck! Scientist dudes can we come up with better prophylactics, please?" rallying cry. But it seems unlikely. So for now I am supporting the condom lobby.

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alphabetizers July 17 2007, 21:06:07 UTC

i think she's just pigist.

did I add you? ddi you add me? whoever did, it was a great idea kdollarsign July 18 2007, 02:38:40 UTC

it's just not a very good commercial. not particularly offensive OR effective. sort of odd, actually. This is a fascinating quote, though:

Michael Weinstein, president of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, said, adding, "The big problem in this country is we're hedonistic in our behavior and moralistic in our attitudes. We don't have an open discussion about our sexuality, and the price of not being open is millions of sexually transmitted infections"