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Woop,
There It Is!
By Mona Lease
Hi, all!!! This is part 3 (and the last part) to what we've been
looking at in the last two columns. It gets a little graphic...BE
WARNED.
So - you are a kiddie. Say maybe 8-11 years old or so. You are a "latch
key" kiddie. You get up for school by yourself. You fix your own
breakfast. Maybe a neighbor stops by to see if you are ok. Maybe your
parent calls you to see if you got up in time or if you feel ok.
Parents or guardians still have to notify the school as to why you
aren't there. You watch television until it's time to leave for school.
On television - there are commercials for tampons. The best, most
absorbent ones. They take out a tampon, put it in a clear glass of blue
liquid. The tampon absorbs all of the liquid. Isn't this great? You're
a young kiddie. You probably do not understand all of this. But, you
will remember it. Whoop, there it is! Information you don't need. An
idea that settles in the subconscious mind - to be resurrected at
another time.
Here's a commercial for say - Marlboro cigarettes - or Camel
cigarettes. Everyone is having fun...laughing and smoking. Smoking "the
man's" cigarette. Woop, there it is! More information...about "being a
man." What they do. What they smoke.
Here's a commercial after school. Women's oral contraceptives. Better
safe than sorry - right? Now, you'll never have to be sorry. See your
Dr. Ask if Ortho Novum is right for you. Woop, there it is. Information
on how not to be sorry. You don't actually understand all of this - yet.
Another ad - in a Woman's Day magazine - shows you the best male
contraceptives. The best for pleasure - for maximum safety. It
might not look like much. And - Whoop, there it is! More
information. Somewhere along the way - you might get the idea that all
of these things are connected....somehow. You don't really know how.
You don't have time to consider it all right now. Mom will be home soon
and you have to have your homework done...as well as the rest of your
chores...or she'll be upset.
Another ad says that Budweiser is the "King of beers." A beer fit for
the "hard working man" and brewed especially for him to relax with at
the end of the day. Woop, there it is! This information you might
actually understand. You like a cold glass of Kool Aid after school.
It's the same thing - isn't it?
If you have trouble concentrating or get upset with a lot of things in
daily life - take a "Cope." Cope was sold like any other aspirin
product. It relieved headaches, muscle pain, and minor arthritis pain.
" Cope may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication
guide." (I googled this.). Whoop, there it is! More information on how
to "deal" with unwanted trouble. And you don't need a Dr.
Imagine. You are a kiddie. You have to stay in the house until your
parents get home. You watch television. All of the above - and so much
more - gets into your subconscious mind. It's the 1960s and 1970s. It's
all out there. I remember going to the store and buying cigarettes for
Dad. No note. No questions. They really were for Dad. But, how many 12
year olds bought "the man's Marlboros" under the guise of "they're for
Dad?"
How many kiddies bought Copes when they realized they could buy them
and the effects the Copes would give them? Copes were largely salicylic
acid (aspirin) and caffeine. They've since been removed altogether. (I
googled this, too.).
You are a kiddie. You put together the tampon commercial. You get an
idea about women's and men's contraceptives. You put it all together
pretty easily with the cigarettes, beer, and the Copes.
Someone you know might fill you in on what you don't know and introduce
you to the "how-to" books being sold. And while you had to be 18 to
purchase a copy - there was always someone with a Playboy
magazine...and a Playgirl magazine when they came on the scene. And
they were willing to share.
What the "Baby Boomers" - who are a sort of "bridge" between two worlds
- are asking is: "What did you expect us to do with all of this
"information?" We made the same "lifestyle" choices as most of the rest
of you." Woop, there it is!
Remember the kiddies and our service people. Take good care of the
furry and feathered ones out there. Be safe and healthy. See ya next
time. Ever Toodles!!! MONA
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