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05.29.08, 07:39 AM New York City
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Is anyone else a little bit bothered by the overtly sexual ads in the subways? DCs look at them everyday and I feel a need to protect their innocence for a little while longer. [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
New York City 05.29.08, 07:39 AM Flag
 

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yes me too. I have 2 dds (8y and 4yr) and the ads bug the shit out of me [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.29.08, 07:39 AM Flag
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yeah, once they can read, it is disturbing what we haveot explain....and the bus stand ads can be bad, too. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.29.08, 07:45 AM Flag
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yes my 8yr old reads them but also my 4yr old looks at the almost naked pics. I try to keep an eye out for things like that and then I distract them [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.29.08, 07:45 AM Flag
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you don't want your kids to see half naked people? wtf? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.29.08, 07:52 AM Flag
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Do you work in an ad agency that churns out these ads? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.29.08, 07:53 AM Flag
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you're making the ads into something more than they are and likely piquing dc's interest by trying to get dc NOT to look at them. "oh, dc, you can look at anything you want, anything at all -- EXCEPT that ad on the wall! don't look, dc, do not look!" what do you think dc is going to be most interested in looking at? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.29.08, 12:30 PM Flag
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NP: How old are your kids? They are generally aware of their surroundings and will take notice, all on their own accord. Surprise, surprise! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.29.08, 04:21 PM Flag
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Having to stand there and wait for the bus or train and distracting them can get old fast. Really aggravating. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.29.08, 07:48 AM Flag
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Really dislike them. I wish companies would take some social responsibility. But I guess that would take away from their profit margin. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.29.08, 07:45 AM Flag
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I think you can be edgy and creative while still be general audience appropriate, right? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.29.08, 07:45 AM Flag
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Yes, laziness on their part. It's so much easier to put semi-naked suggestive images to get some attention. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.29.08, 07:47 AM Flag
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by the time your kids are able to read (4 and above) they are old enough to have "the" talk with you. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.29.08, 07:52 AM Flag
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thye don't need to be exposed to that stuff and the implications. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.29.08, 07:54 AM Flag
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Sure, we can have "the talk". But I'd rather they not be fed a daily dosage of sex when they really shouldn't be. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.29.08, 07:54 AM Flag
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ITA. I hate that my dds are being fed images of women as sex toys to sell beer. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.29.08, 07:57 AM Flag
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I put the blame on the MTA and NYC/NYS elected officials. Those are the ones who should be looking out for our kids/our interest. Advertiser/companies are accountable to their clients and their shareholders. Send a letter to Budweiser. Tell them you and your family are boycotting them for a year. After that time you will re-evaluate their subway porn. If it is still disrespectful... you will boycott till June 1, 2010. Repeat for __________ vodka/rum/rum mixers/wine coolers/etc. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.29.08, 08:04 AM Flag
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I called my NYC Council rep, and they said that unfortunately, these companies are protected under the Freedom of Information Act. She did suggest I call 311 and lodge a complaint, which would then be forwarded to Consumer Affairs. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.29.08, 08:25 AM Flag
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Your NYC Council Rep has an idiot in his/er office. This has nothing to do with Freedom of Info... [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.29.08, 08:27 AM Flag
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Any suggestions? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.29.08, 08:28 AM Flag
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Contact MTA. See if they have an office of standards or something like that. Find out what the process is before you go on. Once you know that you can assess if it is a broken process or a lack of process. I would also post answers on UB/NY Board. You aren't alone. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.29.08, 08:52 AM Flag
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I just called them. I also posted on a new thread the MTA number to call: 718-330-3322. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.29.08, 08:53 AM Flag
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General Topics 05.29.08, 09:01 AM Flag
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That's a good idea, because I was asked for the specific ad and subway station. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.29.08, 09:03 AM Flag
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hell take a picture and you can send it to them. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.29.08, 12:27 PM Flag
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^^^as I said, I'd also send a letter to the advertisers you find most offensive like above. (If you can identify their products you currently use that you are boycotting, you'll me more likely to get results.) [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.29.08, 08:54 AM Flag
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Thanks. Will write. There is strength in numbers, so I hope other UBers join me. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.29.08, 08:56 AM Flag
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Great idea! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.29.08, 11:34 AM Flag
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Wow. This is NYC and I am surrounded by prudes. Your poor little sensitive children! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.29.08, 09:12 AM Flag
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I don't know about others but for me it is not just the gratuitous sex it is the subliminal violence/aggresiveness in many of them. The Tudors adds are a good example(s). [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.29.08, 10:01 AM Flag
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ITA [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.29.08, 10:05 AM Flag
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I have a problem with children being subjected to these images. If this makes me a prude, then be it. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.29.08, 10:17 AM Flag
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okay, be it [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.29.08, 10:28 AM Flag
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ditto. I won't be sheltering my child [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.29.08, 10:20 AM Flag
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i think ads in general all over are sexualized. there is a billboard on a street i drive by all the time with these naked women, their backs are facing out with band logos drawn on them. i think it's for 92.3! it's crazy. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.29.08, 10:03 AM Flag
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But that billboard is privately owned. If you are doing it on a public space, you need to be sensitive to the public. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.29.08, 10:17 AM Flag
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isn't it public space too, even if privately owned? you make no sense [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.29.08, 10:18 AM Flag
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Are you purposely obtuse or did you really not understand the difference between adds placed in the MTA's subways (public space) and on the side of a building (private space.) To be clear, if it is privately owned property, then I don't want the government setting up censors for this kind of stuff. Let the public and the advertisers hash it out. But on things like city's busses... [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.29.08, 10:46 AM Flag
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same difference, imho [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.29.08, 10:47 AM Flag
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Confused, is that because you think private citizens don't have a right to say what is/is not done with their property OR because you don't think the citizens have a right to say what a private company can't put up on our public property? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.29.08, 11:00 AM Flag
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it's on the same street as a school! i think it's wrong. this is when i actually agree with conservative christian groups, which is scary to me because i usually think they are nuts [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.29.08, 10:29 AM Flag
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Let me ask you this. Are you concerned about the fact that your kid is exposed to half-naked bodies or the underlying message of those ads? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.29.08, 10:39 AM Flag
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NP: What difference does this make in the end? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.29.08, 10:43 AM Flag
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it's really both. i dont understand why these women have to be naked with paint on their backs. what does that have to do with a radio station? it's gratuitous. i also don't think kids need to see this as well. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.29.08, 10:43 AM Flag
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While I agree with the former I have to disagree with the latter. You don't have to shield your children from nudity (which, in this case, is not really even that). [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.29.08, 10:55 AM Flag
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NP above: I think you're splitting hairs in this particular case. You want the poster to concede that she shouldn't mind seeing a naked body a la in an anatomy book being posted on the billboard. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.29.08, 11:04 AM Flag
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you are being ridiculous. my dd sees my naked body all the time after i take a shower, etc. sexual images are different than a naked body [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.29.08, 11:07 AM Flag
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Due to this new formatting, I'm not sure who you're calling ridiculous. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.29.08, 03:31 PM Flag
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np: Well, if advertisers ever showed just a normal naked body with no message about selling or sex, I might be ok with nudity on a billboard. But unless the ad is for a physiology textbook, I don't know how or when that would happen. So for that reason, I generally oppose nudity in advertisements. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.29.08, 11:37 AM Flag
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Oh, those are AWFUL. My dd is only 13 mos--and we don't take the subway much--but I hope they're not around when she's old enough to register that the sexy woman is being strangled. . . [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.29.08, 11:39 AM Flag
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Anyone see those OMFG ones? Not sure if they were plastered on the subway platforms, but enough already. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.29.08, 06:19 PM Flag
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