What Would You Do? Target Plays In-Store Porn

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There’s a story that’s been making headlines and catching the attention of not just Moms but everybody here in the Bay Area this past week. Apparently, unsuspecting shoppers were “treated” to the sounds of PORN while in a San Jose Target store. Read the San Jose Mercury’s story HERE. Long story short, the store’s PA system began playing audio from what seemed like must be a porn film starring a couple women…for 15 MINUTES! 15 minutes is a looooong time! Coincidentally (or not) the store also happened to be packed with Moms and their young children for a special Mommy & Me Day. SERIOUSLY!

It seems some parents instinct was to leave their shopping carts, grab their kids and get out of the store. On the other hand, some stayed and video taped the incident, and others have commented about employees were laughing at the “sexual soundtrack,” rather then trying to make it stop.

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Now, as a Mom to two young boys, I’m asking myself what would I do!?!? I mean you never really know until you’re in the situation right…but my hunch would be that I would need a minute to process what was actually happening and probably be a little bit embarrassed, but if it persisted  (as in this case), I would like to think I’d probably just try to keep it moving and act like it’s no big deal. I say that because one rule of parenting is to ignore and not give special attention to the undesirable – like whining and tantrums, because that will actually trigger our little ones to repeat those behaviors or continue to use said material to get a reaction. Plus, while porn is one thing, sex isn’t necessarily something you want to label as bad or wrong, it’s just not a forced lesson you want to be prompted to teach and explain during a trip to Target.

However, I think my bigger fear would be that my 2 and 3 years old boys would probably start to mimic and imitate the sounds they hear! At this point they have no idea what porn is and should have nothing in their memory bank to associate those types of (sex) sounds with, but what a situation to find yourself in!

So, tell me…if you were shopping with the kids at Target or any store, when moans, groans and a “sexual soundtrack” started blaring into your ears via the establishments PA system, What would you do?

Meanwhile Target is looking into the incident to figure out who’s responsible and how it all happened.