Hallmark card yanked from shelves after woman claims it promotes teen sex
Hallmark card yanked from shelves after woman claims it promotes teen sex
Cyndi Desrosiers, project coordinator of Allies in Substance Abuse Prevention, displays the front of a Hallmark greeting card which depicts hands holding two glasses of wine. She says the card, which reads “liquid clothes remover” inside, sends the wrong message to teens. picked by mutil8or 6 months ago
tags Halmark greeting card teen sex removed sexual promiscuity desensitized
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 coldblad...
6 months ago
I don't really see a lot of young teens buying greeting cards for their sweetie but I could be totally wrong. I guess considering it was Hallmark, a family store, the woman has some grounds for being upset. Hallmark should sell the idea to Spencer Gifts though because its a good adult card imo.
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 restless...
6 months ago
ok .. i agree the card promotes promiscuity, but i miss how it's for teen sex. the card in question should have been displayed in a store where the clientèle is more likely to get the humor in it, and not instead fly off the PC handle.
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 eLJay
6 months ago
Oh please, I have seen far worse by Hallmark and countless others. Why not put the responsibility of sexual promiscuity where it belongs?
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 larknet
6 months ago
This boils down to one woman's opinion. Tell me something, Ms. Desrosiers, why did you pick up the card in the first place? Was it for your significant other? Since you are the project coordinator for ASAP was it a way to promote your organization? If we pulled products from shelves just because someone didn't like it, stores would be full of no products at all.
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 suckersk...
6 months ago
don't say it, Klub, don't say it, don't say-

I THINK ALL CYNDI NEEDS IS A GOOD SHAG ON THE CARPET IN THE HALL!!!


ZOMG what did I just say?
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 dOntEAtp...
6 months ago
Aren't there more important things to be worrying about? How is this targeting teens, and how is it in any way lude? I didn't see any specific sexual remarks or referneces to sexual acts, and if she took a few more minutes to look around the store I'm sure she would have found some. What a c**t rag.

One thing I will say is that this card wasn't even clever, it was kind of stupid if you ask me. But it wasn't offensive. This b***h needs to get off her high horse and walk around in the real world for a few days, maybe then she'll get some perspective.
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 coldblad...
6 months ago
« dOntEAtpOOp : Aren't there more important things to be worrying about? How is this targeting teens, and how is it in any way lude? I didn't see any specific sexual remarks or referneces to sexual acts, and if she took a few more minutes to look around the store I'm sure she would have found some. What a c**t rag.

One thing I will say is that this card wasn't even clever, it was kind of stupid if you ask me. But it wasn't offensive. This b***h needs to get off her high horse and walk around in the real world for a few days, maybe then she'll get some perspective.
There are still people out there who are easily offended. And as our society grows more and more litigious they're given more and more ground to stand on with this sort of stuff.

I had an ex who's mom was a fundamentalist Christian. Scary stupid stuff would offend her sometimes and she would be upset all day long for no good reason.
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 dOntEAtp...
6 months ago
« coldbladed : There are still people out there who are easily offended. And as our society grows more and more litigious they're given more and more ground to stand on with this sort of stuff.

I had an ex who's mom was a fundamentalist Christian. Scary stupid stuff would offend her sometimes and she would be upset all day long for no good reason.
Well if she really wanted to be offended she should have read a few more cards. That was tame compared to some of the cards I've bought from Hallmark.
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 coldblad...
6 months ago
« dOntEAtpOOp : Well if she really wanted to be offended she should have read a few more cards. That was tame compared to some of the cards I've bought from Hallmark.
True enough.
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 TraumaMa...
6 months ago
Pffft. *I* don't need the wine to remove my clothes.
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 jhordie
6 months ago
She just wanted her picture in the paper.
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 Killerbe...
6 months ago
STOP ALL THE CENSORING!!!

... wait by my notion to stop the censoring, I am in fact, censoring the censorers! OH NOOOOS!!

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 nursevl
6 months ago
It is, however, ironic that the line of cards to help fund the AIDS awareness campaign features a card that promotes sex.
Other than that, I see no problem with the card. Keep your daughter away from the greeting card isle, ma'am, problem solved.
(At least she didn't pick up penis-shaped straws for Easter)
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 tvirus
6 months ago
Just because she can't get any doesn't mean she needs to ruin it for the rest of us!
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 TraumaMa...
6 months ago
« tvirus : Just because she can't get any doesn't mean she needs to ruin it for the rest of us!
I was just gonna say something like that.

All the wine in the world won't get a man to drop trou for her!! Sweet jesus!
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 Bornbad
6 months ago
I, for one, miss teen sex.
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 ieldanth
6 months ago
« TraumaMamma : I was just gonna say something like that.

All the wine in the world won't get a man to drop trou for her!! Sweet jesus!
"I have an 18-year-old daughter, and I would just die if someone gave this to her."

AFK, vomiting.
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 gratheo
6 months ago
She says the card, which reads “liquid clothes remover” inside, sends the wrong message to teens.
What, that they should be exchanging wine for sex?
Everyone knows it's whiskey you use, anyways.
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 suckersk...
6 months ago
« tvirus : Just because she can't get any doesn't mean she needs to ruin it for the rest of us!
You're talking of greeting cards, aren't you?
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 chinook
6 months ago
« gratheo:What, that they should be exchanging wine for sex?
Everyone knows it's whiskey you use, anyways.
Lemon Gin was the liquid panty remover, I thought.
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