It's pretty fcking ridiculous, isn't it?

ED drug commercial = change the channel, for me. I am so fcking tired of seeing those stupid commercials.

I agree, haven't seen any alternative bc for women ads, but I usually don't watch commercial tv.

as the main person and narrator. I didn't actually watch the entire commercial, but I think she is touting how much fun she and her partner are having now that he has his Viagra.

That women don't need to be sold on the notion of birth control. I'm assuming most women consider it's availability a necessity. Indeed if anything, the government(s) pose propaganda against the use of birth control, which as I observe, is largely ignored.

The target audience for ED drugs are vying for a more elective expense and a simpler effect. AFAIK, choosing a birth control method, many and varied, requires some pre-history and counseling and life style examination. While ED remedies may indicate the same care, it is much more easily dispensed with.

There's a thought that there is not an equivalence between the two. I wonder what the list of possible side effects of birth control medications will sound like.

--imm

I've been seeing some pill for post menopausal women who are complaining of painful sex, maybe due to decreased estrogen?( Clearly the commercial hasn't made a big impression on me) There is lots of gauzy window coverings blowing in it.

Weren't there some problems with it?

in the courts. Mike Pappantonio has talked about it a lot.

ads for birth control, not ads for painful sexual intercourse due to medical conditions or associated with menopause.

and the narrator with the deep, deep "sexy" voice. Who sounds like that, unless they've been a smoker for 20 years.

And why do all the men in the ED commercials have two days' growth of hair on their face? Are they so busy fuc*ing that they don't have time to shave?

..buy whatever they're selling.

It's always made me sick, that we're conditioned to think that we suck unless we're thin, shaven, made-up, dressing fancily, seen in a Cadillac, yada yada yada.

Nowhere are there ads that make being smart, or kind, or gentle, seem sexy.

weight gain, and generally getting older. But when it comes to ads for protecting themselves against unwanted pregnancy or conditions that are associated with heavy periods, those ads have all but disappeared.

pregnancy.

The commercials were super annoying.
They're probably still on late at night, but I don't watch TV anymore.

Do they still have those commercials about tampons, douches and period pain pills?

They made me wanna gag. All happy bouncing women and girls because of using their products!

Gimme a break!

LOL

(I turned my teevee off too)

or over active bladder. Apparently we need pills to keep up from restroom visits and also coverage for those 'leaks' that happen from the age of 25 on.

It shocked people.

In fact, I made my son sit down and watch it, lol.

Patch, IUD, whatever that one is that's for "Women that might want a family someday, but not now". I see them daily.

I mean the ones on Fox promoting Sean Hannity...

Here's evidence:


All equally useful.

As for the erectile disfunction commercials, you should accept the hypocrisy of your position because the fact is that if they had "feminine sexual dysfunction" commercials, then many people would respond that it is because the Patriarchy wants to shame women's sexuality or convince something is wrong with women.

You cannot have it both ways, but your position seems to want it both ways. Erectile dysfunction is an issue that affects women in relationships as well as men.

As for the "offensive" factor argument, that position is seriously undermined by the commercials showing mini-pads, maxi-pads, extra absorbent, etc. etc. etc.

Having said all that, there SHOULD be commercials for women's birth control, but I suspect it would also lead to further conspiracy theories about the Patriarchy in any case.

Prescription medicine is prescribed at a doctor's discretion according to what is needed with patient discussion, diagnosing and counsel. Advertising them on tv is ludicrous as says everything about prescription companies and their bottom line.

My personal physician told me the following interesting fact..
1/3 of his patients take the prescriptions they should.
1/3 wont comply taking the prescriptions they should.
1/3 of his patients ask for inappropriate prescriptions drugs because it was on a commercial.
-Airplane

I tend to watch channels that skew towards an older demographic and classic movies, are there BC commercials on the younger leaning channels?

Commercials tend to air on the types of programs watched by the target customers. These types of ads will appear on MTV, VH1, BET, Comedy Central, late night, and probably prime time network shows too, certainly on stuff popular with women around the 15-35 ages. And I did know several girls in high school who were on the pill for other medical reasons.

A past girlfriend and I noticed that during weekend Law and Order reruns, we tend to see ads for weight loss, depression meds, and dating websites, so what does that say about us?

methods. For me, about the most important change in easily available contraception occurred when condoms began appearing on the shelves of supermarkets and drug stores, rather than only being available at the pharmacist's counter.

I was a high school student in the early 1960s, prior to the introduction of the birth control pill. My girlfriend and I at the time were sexually active. Contraception was a constant concern for both of us. Condoms at that time in California were only available from the pharmacist and California laws prohibited their sale to people under the age of 21. Each package had a printed statement that read: "For Protection Against Disease Only." The diaphragm was available only by prescription and most doctors would not even prescribe a diaphragm to unmarried women.

The birth control pill became available the year after I graduated from high school, but it's availability to young, unmarried women was problematic for quite some time. The student health center at the college I attended, however, prescribed it for anyone who requested it, and also had free condoms available at any time to anyone. You didn't even have to ask. A large goldfish bowl full of them was in the waiting room.

Things are much, much better now than they were then. Much, much better.

BTW, my high school girlfriend and I managed to avoid conception. But we talked about the possibility many times.

I have a vague memory of my Mother discussing birth control issues with a neighbor lady in the mid 60s, soft voiced & not knowing Vicky& I were around the corner listening. The Papal encyclical was in 1968. I do remember a lot of soft voiced conversations to which us kids were told "go outside and play", I was in grade school then.

I wish someone would find that ED drugs being paid for by insurance offends their religion.