This story is about banning erectile dysfunction ads on tv because they are regarded as offensive and a bad influence on children. How ridiculous! Although, I do believe that ED manufacturers need to be more responsible to consumers in providing information about safer sex and the prevention of sexually transmitted infections, I do not believe these advertisements should be banned. These ads show older couples who love and respect eachother. It shows intimacy in a very positive light and doesn't cheapen sexuality or make it tawdry. These ads also raise awareness and acceptance of older sexuality. Sexual expression is an important part of a loving relationship, no matter what their ages.
If commercials such as these between two healthy, couples in love offends someone or is believed to be a bad influence on children, you should really talk openly to children about the facts of life and what love is. These ads are a good example of what a healthy relationship should be. Attempts to ban these messages and images are disgraceful and offensive to older adults and seniors and it also continues to hide older sexuality and intimacy from the public landscape which results in further denial , embarrassment and revulsion of society.
SageHealth Network
May 9, 2009
*******Carol Costello - Contributor, CNN's American MorningFiled under: Controversy
May 7, 2009
Rep. Jim Moran wants to limit the time of day ads for erectile dysfunction medicine can air on TV.
From CNN’s Bob Ruff
You’ve all seen them. Those ubiquitous TV ads where a simple little pill transforms a man suffering from erectile dysfunction, or ED, into a virile tiger who puts a smile on the face of his now beaming wife.
Well, Representative Jim Moran (D-VA) has seen them too, and you’d be hard pressed to see a smile on his face when he talks about the ads.“A number of people,” he says, “have come up, including colleagues, and said I’m fed up. I don’t want my three or four-year old grandkid asking me what erectile dysfunction is all about. And I don’t blame them.”
Enter H.R. 2175. That’s a bill that Rep. Moran introduced last month that would prohibit any ED ads from airing on broadcast radio and TV between 6AM and 10PM. The bill advises the Federal Communications Commission to treat these ads as “indecent” and instruct stations to restrict their broadcast to late night and overnight hours.
So, could it be adios to all of those “Viva Viagra” commercials that play on network television on weekends and during the evening? Could the same be said for the Cialis couple sitting in outdoor tubs looking out at the sunset? And could Levitra also be shunned to the overnight hours?
CNN asked Pfzier, which makes Viagra, the first pill available by prescription to treat ED, what they thought of Rep. Moran’s bill.
“Pfizer is committed to responsible advertising… In line with our policies and the policies of the industry, Viagra advertising is aired in shows most likely to reach men suffering from erectile dysfunction. ED can be a signal for other serious medical issues, including high blood pressure, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.”
We asked several people on the streets of Atlanta for their opinions.
Nikia Clark, a mother of a 2-year-old, thinks “it’s a great idea.” She’s concerned that as her child gets older, she doesn’t want him “seeing those kinds of commercials… on regular network shows.”
Janice Habersham agrees. She says while the “ads are tastefully done” they shouldn’t be aired at “the time when children are watching TV.”
On the other hand, Bruce Jackson says ED ads “should be run 24 hours a day.” And Louis Tesser says banning the ads “is clearly unconstitutional… it’s a viewpoint. It’s something that people are interested in, and you can’t change that.”
Rep. Moran does have some perspective on the issue. “While it’s not as important as the economy, or what’s happening militarily around the world, it is an intrusion into the quality of life that we like to experience.” He says that his bill is “a shot across the bow” of the drug companies. “You know enough is enough. This is inappropriate.”
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