Syphillis-awareness ad campaign, “Plenty of Syph,” pokes fun at the online dating world to help spread awareness. Sometimes the most shocking or controversial ads are the ones that get the most done. Such is the case with “Plenty of Syph,” the Alberta-based PSA that pokes fun at dating website “Plenty of Fish” to get the ...
Sex may not be the safest activity in the world but it might just be the most fun. Join Smutley on this epic quest for tail that leaves everyone smiling. Except AIDS. It never smiles.
It’s about time someone “put sex in advertising where it belongs.” Instead of hypersexualization of the media, Options for Sexual Health, a sexual health charity in British Columbia, Canada, wants sex to be talked about in a healthy, safe, and fun way. This is what they aim to do with their “That’s so sexy” campaign. Their PSA launched on ...
A confusing safe sex video suggests anal sex as a good alternative to contraception, and is causing an uproar in the UK where it has been released. Marie Stopes teamed up with the musical comedy troupe The Midnight Beast to produce a fun safe sex PSA that kids might actually watch. The problem is that ...
People often make bad choices and are left to live with the consequences for the rest of their lives — but what if you got a do-over? Condom, No Condom is a choose your own adventure style series of videos about a guy who fancies a girl at a party. Before he even gets there he ...
I would not have sex with a giant spider — would you? For most people, a requirement in a sexual partner is that they are not scary, yet most safe sex adverts continue to tell us to wrap up because sex is dangerous. The problem with this tactic is that sex is generally the opposite of scary ...
She’s wearing a short skirt, she got drunk and went back to his place. Is she asking for it? Not Ever, according to a new Scottish public awareness campaign. The ads are aimed not at rapists, but at normal men who laugh at rape jokes. One (male) commentator said that when it aired: “the laughter ...
A graffiti penis on a bathroom wall spies an attractive vulva and hops over to her quivering with anticipation, but she runs away from him. In fact none of the other bathroom scribbles will play with him. Why? Find out in this funny and sweet French public service announcement. (Video after jump)
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Dear Madame X, I seem to be only attracted to men who are macho assholes. I like them at...
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