another commercial..

kimberley wrote: that really bothers me is for Pizza Hut. they have this kid (about 8 or 9) who becomes mesmerized by some scantily clad woman who appears out of no where.
umm.. selling sex to kids?!?! i have a BIG problem with this.

the D&G and CC ads are not geared to children. so all the power to them. but having a little boy go ga-ga over some blonde is repulsive to me for an ad about pizza.

gr33n3y3z replied: Never saw that one I will have to kep my eye open for that

Hillbilly Housewife replied: Is that the Jessica Simpson one?

I hate commercials.

CantWait replied:
Yes it is.

Sick.

inmom2two replied: Is that the one where the kid is actually drooling over the pizza? You just think that he's got the hots for her.

stella6979 replied:
Ya, I'm pretty sure that's the one. I understand what Kimberly is saying, but I actually found it kind of funny.

inmom2two replied:
Me too, on both counts.

CantWait replied: Funny, but what are they teaching the kid?? That ooggling at a women is ok, that women are to be viewed as sex objects.

stella6979 replied:
In the commercial the kid isn't actually oogling over the girl, it's the pizza he's oogling over.

inmom2two replied: It kind of reminds me of the scene in The Birdcage with Robin Williams. He's setting up the patio with great music and chilled wine. You assume that he's meeting his lover but it turns out to be his son. Oops, that will teach me to make assumptions
I can see how older kids can take it as "look at that hottie" but then they get slapped in the face with "gotcha! We just wanted the pizza". Again, I see what Kimberly is saying...

luvmykids replied: The biggest problem I have with a lot of these ads is the times they are run...there is one I can't remember the product but two people are really making out and it airs during mid morning cartoons

stella6979 replied:
Now that, I can agree with.

kimberley replied: ok i had no clue that was Jessica Simpson LOL.

even knowing now that the kid was actually drooling over the pizza, i still think it is completely inappropriate to be using sex symbols in an ad geared to kids about food. kids at that age struggle with self image issues and are discovering new hormones. why on earth would we want Jessica Simpson to be any kind of role model for impressionable tweens? and i have seen the commercial numerous times and each time, it appeared to me he was ogling her.. not the food.

Iluvmyboys replied: Ive never seen that commerical and I watch a lot of tv. but Ill look for it

CantWait replied:
I guess we see the commercial in two different ways then.

Crystalina replied:
I think whether the child is "oogling" over the pizza or the girl we all know that the marketing dept was definately trying to use sex to sell the dang pizza. They just went about it a differant way. The ending is still the same. Using sex to sell something.

I'm tired of seeing it. I'm tired of worring what my daughter is thinking when she sees it.

Kirstenmumof3 replied: I haven't seen that one, but it doesn't sound to good! It's horrible how they exploit children in television commercials.

Calimama replied: I haven't seen that one either.

booey2 replied: I have seen it and agree with the OP. Even my 5 year old said to me the other day as we watched it that the boy in the commercial is in "love" with her. How the heck does he know this? Not a very good ad in my eyes.

Here is a link to the commerical :

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holley79 replied: I have seen this one also Kimberly and I just do not care for it at all. If they are going to have a kid in a commercial then they need to tone it down.

Insanemomof3 replied:
Maybe ask your daughter what she is thinking about these things. Communication is key, and if you just sit and wonder you will never know. Ask her, then explain things to her. That is our responsibility as parents. And if commercials and such are a problem, don't let her watch tv.

moxee24 replied:
Ok I have seen this commercial and first off the "kid" you are talking about is not 8 or 9 he is more like 13 or 14...the typical age that boys are starting to notice "women" scantly clothed or not, it's just what they do. Its called PUBERTY!
IMO, there is nothing wrong with this commercial. If people today were not so over sensitive to talking about sex and helping their children to understand it, I don't think commercials like this would be such a big problem...companies wouldn't need to use sex to sell things, they would have to find an alternative scheme to use.

gr33n3y3z replied: from the sound of some of these responces I will keep my opions to myself after seeing the commercial its not worth trying to explain nor defend oneself
Its all a matter of maturity level.

holley79 replied:
Well I must have seen something else then or maybe wasn't paying enough attention to the boy in question. Is this the one with Jessica Simpson in it?

CantWait replied:
All I say to this is that Robbie and I are very open. There has yet to be a time when he's had a question regarding sex, but we've been open in the past and he knows based on books that I've given to him and sex ed in school, EVERYTHING that there is to know about sex. There is a difference though in making ones child informed, and pressuring them into seeing it on tv.

So it's not a matter of being sensitive to it, or not being open and talking with our children.

kimberley replied:
DITTO!!!!!!!!

i have NO issues about talking to my kids about sex and puberty! heck, i even talked to him about wet dreams i do not think i am supersensitive or see sex as a shameful thing.. puberty or not, it is RUDE to ogle women and i don't think throwing "sex" in a commercial with a minor is appropriate. i don't appreciate being typecast as a prude because i found the commercial beneath my moral standards. i just figure no self-respecting woman appreciates the degradation. especially a mom, since it is a young boy doing the ogling! do manners just not exist anymore?!

Jamison'smama replied: I haven't seen the commercial so my comment is limited to what I know is on TV and everywhere else. We as women fight for rights, against victimization and to be treated respectfully and these types of commercials go against all that we want to teach our young girls (and boys for that matter.) I certainly don't want to show a 13 year old boy that ogling women is acceptable. I am not saying it will not happen, of course a pubescent boy will have desires and it is our job to teach them appropriate behavior towards others. I think there is so much sexism in the media it is sad and a terrible reflection of our society and it sounds as if this commercial is just another example.

A&A'smommy replied: THAT is definitly wrong!!!

Maddie&EthansMom replied:
ITA!!

Crystalina replied:
Aww heck. I knew I should have stayed out of this thread.

I know what my job as a parent is thanks. She's 5! I'm not going to ask her about what she is thinking when she sees a woman's butt hanging out of the bottom of her shorts in a pizza commercial (or anywhere else). If you would like to talk to your child about stuff like that at 5 then go ahead. I would like to keep mine innocent while I can. Just because it's out there doesn't mean I have to put it in her face and make her understand it. I don't mind explaining the drugs and bad guys but hoochies...no. Not yet. Don't get me wrong I love Jessica Simpson I just don't care for that commercial.

And as for "commercials and stuff", I don't mind them but I'm just not thrilled with certain ones. Does that mean she shouldn't watch t.v.? No, I can't filter everything she sees and I really don't want to but it gets old when they put them on at certain hours when kids are watching t.v. and familys are together. I guess that sells though.