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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (17)	4/1/2000 6:22:00 PM
From: lorrie coey	1 Recommendation Respond to of 113

"I've seen the ad before and didn't have this take on it. Talking to you is messin with my mind. LOL!" I watched that one and missed the whole thing, too! [some one else had to point it out...] The stroking of the tusk is anti-androphobia... even, 'pro-phallus'. I would say that the message conveyed here is "Trust Me!" Things that move too fast, I tend to miss completely. Though I don't find this ad particularly offensive, I do agree about the General Theme being Sexploitation of a young Girl. "Is it reading too much into it by reminding ourselves that the rhino's horn has been a symbol of potency for centuries? Indeed it still is in many parts of the world. Ground rhino horn is still sold as an aphrodisiac in a lot of places, not all of them unsophisticated places." Certainly Not! These people get paid bigone$ to get our attention, and I'm sure most people would make that association...[but this one, I missed, LoL!] I wonder how much of this is reflective of society's apparent tolerance for the exploitation and 'sexualization' of Girls, and Boys. The beauty pageant Girl in Colorado...the way the 'story' continues to be worked in the media...there's still a market for it [after how long]. -when the masses are so drawn to subtle forms of 'kinderotica', can one expect the advertising agents NOT to capitalize on it...? I wish I could. It's just too blatant for me to ignore...in some rare cases. When it's extreme, it's absolutely damaging to Girls and society.