US tampon ad banned for using 'V' word

[Fuschia]

http://www.lemondrop.co.uk/2010/03/18/us-tampon-ad-banned-for-using-v-word/?icid=main

[buggie]

How daft! Love the final ad though :)) exactly what I feel each month!

[sillywoman]

Yup, "usually by the 3rd day I wanna dance". " in white spandex". That describes my period to a T. ;-)

How good though to see some-one finally trying to put irony on American TV. Actually maybe that's why the networks refused it. They jsut couldn't get to grips with the 'irony'?!

[buggie]

...was the twirling I associated with - just can't stop when I'm on - makes the sainsburys shop interesting (almost missing it now I'm pregnant!)

[????]

True but you seem just as coy about using it in your OP, "The 'V' word".

[TillieTrotter]

Wow, congrats buggie, you're a fast mover!! :))

[Fuschia]

???? Wrote:

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> True but you seem just as coy about using it in

> your OP, "The 'V' word".

I just cut and pasted from the news article.. it was the funny video i was highlighting

[helena handbasket]

It is quite common in US popular culture right now to refer to it as your "vajayjay". It began on an episode of Grey's Anatomy, then Oprah Winfrey began to use it and the rest is history. I think it's pretty funny, if you use it because you can't bring yourself to say "vagina" then it's a bit sad. But let's be honest, vagina is not the most elegant word and vajayjay is fun to say and sounds a bit like a party!

A good friend of mine wrote and performed a one woman play called The Vajayjay Monologues as a response to the this; she questioned how we went from The Vagina Monologues to calling it cute names and watching celebrities flash it all over hollywood. Not exactly progress. The play did quite well at the New York Fringe Festival.

[sillywoman]

In my line of work i've had to learn to say 'vagina' many times a day without thinking twice about it, however sometimes I forget that not everyone uses it as a common part of their day-to-day language, and say it at times when a euphemism may have been more acceptable - as my 14year old daughter (and maybe some of the couples in my classes?) will no doubt testify!

[Fuschia]

OOh, I can feel a new thread coming on...

[buggie]

TillieTrotter Wrote:

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> Wow, congrats buggie, you're a fast mover!! :))

.... we've been married a year next wk so not that quick :-$

Thank you though TT xx