31. This ad is inappropriate and should be pulled. The woman is clearly uncomfortable during the kids crude commment. This kind of ad makes kids all over think its OK to act like that. When a teenage boy sees this commercial all he will see is an avenue to get laid and will never make it to the product being advertised. The woman should have smacked the kid or got right on the phone with his mom.

Kevin at 9:45AM on Sep 14th 2007

32. Lighten up! It was funny/message is w/o pimples a boy can speak up even if it is ridiculous for him to have crush on friends's mom/ it is a joke/ not whole life story where the mom explained she had absolutely zero interest in anything to do w kid but relate as the mom of kid's friend. The kid will learn/ he has no zits so he is interacting w people in his world so he won't be crushed when she explains his crush is directed to wrong person!!

Joanne Kell at 1:32PM on Sep 13th 2007

33. Lighten up! Appears the ad meant as a joke. It did not claim to show the whole story about the mom and her son's friend. All is said is people w/o zits have self confidence enough even to flirt w older woman. Confidence is good. No evidence the Mom would reply in any other way than to explain she was flattered, but had absolutely zero interest in relationship/ sex etc w son's friend so she could educate him that his friend's moms are not for hitting on. He has confidence/ no zits/ now he can learn and be rebuffed by the mom and stay confident.

Joanne Kell at 9:59AM on Sep 15th 2007

34. I had sex with an older woman when I was a 15 year old boy. I thought it was a good experience, you know, a 'rite-of-passage' type thing. I was a MAN......But, in reality my experience taught me to OBJECTIFY women as sex objects. Consequently I lived the next 27 years (give or take) using women and breaking many hearts along the way. I would not do it again.

andy at 1:09PM on Sep 13th 2007

35. Female teachers who do this (seduce boys) should be locked up just like the men that seduce girls are, ang raped by 230 lb dykes with broom handles, have their teeth knocked out and their noses broken, forced to take a tattoo on their forehead that says "I am a sex hungry skank", then released and forbidden to work at any job but truck stop waitress.

glenn horlacher at 1:14PM on Sep 13th 2007

36. well, at least he's hitting on a "single" mom! besides, the kid's pretty cute. what's wrong as long as he's not involved with drugs, get good grades and wears a condom! it's the genXers making the ad copy now. they know how to target their target audience. people take dog abuse, sexy teacher hamburger ads more seriously than the horrors that is the war in iraq.

biologically 19yr old boys testosterone levels compare with elevated estrogen levels in older women. they'd have great sex. remember harold and maude?the relationship between the two protagonists was off the scale, outside the box but that film has become a cult classic. how about those 15 yr old boys having relationships with their teachers(or vice versa). just google female teachers having sex with male students and you'll discover that it is not as UNcommon as we like to believe. the uproar is as ridiculous as that caused when dresses no longer covered a woman's ANKLES.

boredwell at 4:02AM on Sep 14th 2007

37. I dont think Ada is jealous...She's not bad looking.

vic at 11:58AM on Sep 14th 2007

38. As a woman who is about the age of the one being hit on by the boy, the only thing I can say is, "yuck!"

Cheryl at 11:27PM on Sep 15th 2007

39. I think the joke is just that the kid is nerdy but with Clearasil, he thinks he's hot. The mother is cute, but not sultry - she's definitely a mom - not a seductress...and in the ad, she's not buying into his attempt to hit on her at all.

Yes - it's a screwed up world. There isn't ONE double standard in our society - there are many double standards - and this ad definitely wouldn't have the same approach if it were the other way around - even if it were well cast.

Given that we're talking pimple cream - and given that this ad implies nobody ended up in a weird tryst, i think we can all lighten up and be amused.

BTW - i'm the same age as that mom - and NEWS FLASH - teenagers sometimes lack judgement - unless women are predators, they realize this and nicely discourage the kid's attempt. I see nothing wrong with adults having ANY age gaps they choose when it comes to their relationships - but both people have to be adults. I don't believe in double standards - but the world isn't ideal.

When I was a teenage girl, more adult men hit on me than I can even begin to remember - it happened a lot - and it was tiresome.- I know we have a lot of creeps in society, but I hope that today's men across the board don't act that badly anymore.

New flash: Teen guys DO hit on older women, but if my experience is typical, it's not nearly as common as older men hitting on teen girls. Trust me, when it happens to most of us Mom's, we're WAY more puzzled than tempted. A few months ago a young busboy at a hotel where I was staying on business came on to me. (He may have been 18 - he looked about 16.) I didn't know what to make of this, and once I walked away, I actually went to the ladies room to check the mirror and see if my shirt was accidentally unbuttoned or my skirt was accidentally hiked up. : ) (Neither wardrobe malfunction was apparent - but you get the idea.) Do I wish I'd acted on this? Hell no! Am I sorry he did that? Nah! No harm done.

c at 5:06PM on Sep 26th 2007