Durex 'sex ring' advertisements in 7-Eleven stores could infect young minds. Remove them

I was at the 7-Eleven store at Ginza Plaza when I noticed a poster on the sale of a 'vibrating sex ring' by Durex.

The poster was placed prominently on the store front and the product advertised was on offer. Despite the fine print stating that it was for sale only to those above 18 years, it depicted the sex toy as a wedding ring. It desecrates the sanctity of marriage with such an association.

Such morally questionable products should not be advertised so prominently in a family store.

I would like the management of Durex and 7-Eleven to explain the rationale for placing such advertisements in the stores as they could infect the minds of young students.

Does the relevant government department vet such advertisments? Are there no laws to govern the display and promotion of such products?

Despite the propagation of objectionable materials on the internet, the authorities and civil society should take steps as far as possible to stop such advertisements from polluting our young minds.

Lucas Ho Wei-Jie


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Unsurprisingly, his blog reveals the reason for his prudishness.

Comment on his tagboard: "Vibrating Condom: Dear prude, where have you been? Ever seen vibrators from durex disguised as "massagers" sold openly at Watsons?"

And to think he does well academically in NUS. Then again, doctors can deny Evolution, so.


Satirical reply someone posted:

"We refer to the letter "Durex 'sex ring' advertisements in 7-Eleven stores could infect young minds. Remove them." dated 15 May 2006.

The management of 7-Eleven has thrown our support behind the Romancing Singapore campaign. As such, we have a duty to promote proper and safe sex, and we believe that Durex, as a leading brand in sexual products, would be able to provide that.

According to leading family psychologists, there is a correlation between a divorce rates and lack of intercourse between two spouses. As a family store, we would like to promote the growth of healthy and stable family life, thus our support for such advertisements.

We would also like to point out that Mr Ho's concern about young minds being polluted is completely unfounded. We strongly believe that all Singaporean students have comprehensive sex education in schools, which are covered by healthy, safe, and fundamalistically religious family groups. All Singaporean students should be able to discern that sexual intercourse is reserved exclusively for between married couples."