Coming on the heels of talking about sexy teens, I see this and I have to climb up on my soap box. Please indulge me. Lifestyles condoms wants an underage girl to be the “face” of their product. They want 15-year-old Miley Cyrus to rep their rubbers.
photo credit: Daquella manera
Now, of course her people said that would never happen, but Lifestyles still put out a press release that they offered it to her, trying to get some publicity off the virtual back of Hannah Montana and the shock value of having an underage girl, one who says she is planning on being a virgin until marriage, to be part of their condom brand.
I have bought many condoms in my life – in fact, I still do. (Can’t take the pill and I gave up on the diaphragm years ago. How many yeast infections can one gal have?) But I am starting my own personal boycott of Lifestyles condoms. It’s gross that they would cook this up and think it’s okay to use a young girl, even a famous one, to associate with something that covers a penis.
Please join me in NOT buying any more Lifestyles condoms.
AMEN sister! As the mother of 2 teenagers, I think this is a bad idea to say the least not to mention creapy!
YUCK!
I agree. This is vile.
TOTALLY agree with you on this! Extreme poor taste is an understatement for this company. It’s another one of those, “what were they thinking?” moments. **Shakes head in disgust**
Glad I wasn’t the only one! Last night I thought, “was I too vitriolic?” thanks for the affirmation.
my mom emails me her response which was:
” Any condom is a good condom, I cannot support your boycott.”
I am personally shocked by the fact that this kind of marketing behavior has become so readily and easily accepted in our culture. So much so that most people are completely immune to the deep and far-reaching implications of such degrading tactics.
I’m thinking, if I were Miley, I just might be attempting to sue Lifestyles for implied slander. Even if there’s no legal ground to stand on – the little bit of reclaimed dignity would be worth the trouble.