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Adding an “are you gay?” quiz to the list of inappropriate ads shown to children immediately makes me question the researcher biases and methodology. Unless those have gotten WAY spicier since I was a kid, I remember passing so many quizzes like that around with my friends at that age.
How many ads related to heterosexuality were classified as appropriate? How does that compare to their classification of LGBT ads?
Now I'm questioning your biases.
There's nothing wrong or inappropriate with discussing sexuality/homosexuality with your kids but it absolutely is inappropriate for advertisers to try to target children's insecurities with "are you gay?" tests.
And these are not actual "tests". They're malware. You click on the "test" and a million porn pop ups will open and it starts asking for your email and phone number.
Kids should not be exposed to these. Hell, adults shouldn't even be.
I don't think spam pop ups need you defending its right to scam children.
All of them I'd hope. Those gross underwear ads, porn ads, etc. Kids should not be exposed to sexual advertisements over the internet.
It seems like you're trying to pull a narrative out of thin air to imply the researchers are homophobic?
In the current political climate, where even just telling kids that trans and/or gay people exist seems to be seen as bad, that’s not too weird to have questions about.
I fully agree.
I think that the way in which we ask those questions is also very important.
They make a good case these tests are exploiting the political climate and illegally targeting minors to make themselves money.
I believe we do this conversation a disservice if we prejudge researchers and jump to conclusions too early when they point out this relationship might be inappropriate.