No Sex, No Problems
That’s the line of reasoning put forth by a new ad campaign concocted by the Washington State Department of Health, designed to promote abstinence among Washington’s horny, horny kids.
To its credit, the ad campaign claims to be aiming its message on the value of delaying sex at “youth between 10 and 14”—who, call me old fashioned, really shouldn’t be having sex yet.
But with icky-poo commercials such as this, the end result looks like more fear-based, hyper-simplistic bullshit.
Sure, there’s an argument to be made that, during the tumultuous years of puberty, super-simplistic reasons for postponing sex are exactly what kids need. But our well-funded government groups have to be able to do better than this…
My 11 year old saw this commercial and said, "I hope the teacher doesn't read that note in front of the whole class!" Followed by, "What are Herpes anyway?"
I think it came on while she was watching cartoons. She falls in their age target, and I think the commercial went right over her head. She thought it was about not passing notes in class.
I guess it did force me to explain to her what Herpes are. hmmmm...