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Are you offended by a tampon ad with a beaver?
She's just another woman on the go with an animatronic symbol of her genitalia. Gotta love those feminine hygiene commercials!
Sarah Hepola [2008-03-14]
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  • meeneecat

    It sounds like you're spending too much time making your own pads and contemplating the inherent evil of sanitary pad companies and smarmy men objectifying women.

    -- momof2
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    Sunday, March 16, 2008 05:52 AM

  • BEAVER ?

    I prefer the word 'snatch".

    -- rrecroc
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    Sunday, March 16, 2008 07:21 AM

  • OFFENDED. YES.

    They call men's health issues in advertisements by their names; i.e., erectile dysfunction, "if you experience an erection lasting...," and so forth. So, yes, I would be offended at a spot that used a beaver or other slang expression to discuss a very normal product that we all know exists. I'm tired of womens' health being trivialized and taking a back seat anyway. Reducing it to a cartoon makes the issue of womens' health seem childish - and offensive.

    -- Rambling Rose 22
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    Sunday, March 16, 2008 10:59 AM

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