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11th October 2007
URGENT ACTION !
Most Disgusting and Revolting Video We Have Ever Seen - Courtesy of the BBC and Terrence Higgins Trust
An HIV awareness video from the BBC was branded 'disgusting' and 'degrading' by parent and media groups. The video – starring GI Jonny and Captain Bareback – is animated with action hero figures and features explicit references to unusual sexual practices along with the need for safe sex. The viewer is treated to views of Captain Bareback's 'spurting crotch-rocket'. The voiceovers sound like they have been done by women trying to sound like young boys (why?).
National Confederation of Parent Teachers Associations Margaret Morrissey said: 'I'm no Mary Whitehouse but this is just disgusting. I think the BBC needs to have a long hard look at itself if it thinks this is the best education it can provide for our teenagers with licence payers' money.' National spokesman of campaign group Media Watch UK David Turtle said: 'This film is degrading to women and encourages casual sex and normalises certain kinds of sexual behaviour. There is no hint of a loving relationship in this film. It is highly irresponsible of the BBC.'
The LifeLeague says: This is the most shocking, disgusting, immoral thing we've ever seen in ten years of campaigning. Click here to watch it. Click here to read The Metro's report on it. This is an abuse of our license fee.
We urge you to complain to the BBC and Terrence Higgins Trust:
Genevieve Clark
Terren Higgins Trust: Director of Communications
Telephone: 020 7812 1620
Click here to email her.
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Please click here to complain to the BBC.
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