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[xenologer]

Advertisers ban the V-word. American Public saved from indelicacy.

The venerable menstrual supply company Kotex recently decided it was time to shake things up with an ad campaign that used, gasp, the word vagina. Fortunately for us delicate Americans, according to the New York Times, all three major networks refused to run the ad, saying the word vagina is not suitable for broadcast. When the ad company, JWT, changed the wording to "down there"…only two networks turned it down.

Hilarity.

Comments

[rainey-day.livejournal.com]

... but erectile dysfunction and penis envy are okay to say on TV... Consistency, please.

[mothwentbad.livejournal.com]

Hmmmm. "Erection" is a state of the penis, so the analog would be "period"*, or for "erectile dysfunction", maybe "menstrual cramps" or "yeast infection," which they do say. I'm not sure that there is such a thing as vulva envy, but there is pussy whipped, but I don't hear that one on TV much.

* - ok, so a period isn't arousal. As far as I know, they don't advertise on TV for lube or products/services intended to make it easier to get wet. Which... probably makes for even more hilarious potential commercials and vague metaphors. Like, a woman and her special friend are playing air hockey, but then the table breaks, and then they're like, "damn it, there has to be something we can do about this!" And then the KY woman happens to overhear, so she bumps the table and it starts running again, and she gives the thumbs up. "Ayyyy!" Suggestive winks are exchanged.