05-22-2008, 07:19 AM
Filed under: Kids 8-11, Teens & tweens, Love & sex, In the news, MediaWinnie the Pooh, Mickey Mouse, and the Playboy Bunny. Which of these does not belong? Obviously, the Playboy bunny symbol has little in common with Winnie and Mickey, but that doesn't mean they can't be friends, right? That would seem to be the thinking of a High Street retailer who stocks products featuring all three side by side on the shelves.This mingling of cute children's characters with the mascot of Playboy magazine has at least one customer hopping mad. The Reverend Tim Jones discovered the inappropriate product placement while shopping at a Stationery Box store in the U.K. with his seven-year-old daughter. There on the shelves, right next to the Mickey Mouse stationary and the Winnie the Pooh notebooks, were similar products featuring the well-known bunny logo.Reverend Jones left the store in disgust, but later returned with a petition objecting to the marketing of Playboy products to children. He got the store to move the offending items pending a "merchandising review", but believes the problem lies in the source - Playboy Enterprises.Continue reading Is Playboy marketing to kids? Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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