JC Penney Teen Sex Ad

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FDF12389

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Originally posted by: DangerAardvark
Originally posted by: FDF12389
Originally posted by: Kadarin
We all know that kids are absolutely sexless until the age of 18, at which point they are magically mature enough to figure out things like marriage, birth control, sexuality, interpersonal relationships, STDs, etc...

Maybe they would be if we didn't have ads like these.

Just saying.

We know it happens, doesn't mean we should let companies promote it. Do you have kids?

No, and I don't care about yours. Of all western countries, America is one of the most sexually repressed, yet we have the highest rates of teen pregnancy, STD's and abortion, nearly without exception.

And yet we continue to promote ignorance as the best solution. And why? Because it makes you uncomfortable to talk to little Billy about that tingling sensation he gets in gym class?

I'm not promoting ignorance as the best solution, but companies should simply not be allowed to promote having sex and hiding it from your parents. Wasn't your point be that individuals shouldn't have to hide it from their parents? Doesn't this ad advocate just the opposite?

 

jjones

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Originally posted by: moparacer
Despite winning an award at the Cannes Advertising Festival, it?s a fake.

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lol, I saw that. Looks like the ad company's production company put it together. JC Penney will probably sue the crap out of them.

And I have a feeling a few agencies are putting together story boards for JC Penney. I kind of doubt that Saatchi will be hanging on to them for too much longer.

 

VoteQuimby

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uh, I hope the kids in the ad are allowing time to put their underwears back on too. A bra is going to take at least 3 seconds.
 

nageov3t

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lol.

That JC Penney commercial, which featured two teens practicing for a naked romp in the basement? The one that won a prize at the Cannes Lions Awards this weekend and spread quickly on the Web yesterday? It was an unauthorized fake, and executives at the department store are royally pissed. "It's obviously inappropriate and nothing we would ever condone," Penney's chief marketing officer told the Wall Street Journal. "We're very disappointed that our logo and brand position were used in that way."

http://gawker.com/tag/jc-penne...ctually-from-jc-penney