Are Weho Billboards Too Risqué for Children?

The path to West Hollywood Elementary is not an easy one, say the school's parents. Enormous visual distractions line the Sunset Strip—including ads for a bloody Dexter and a nude Absolute Hunk, reports WeHo Patch.


"I remember being most disturbed by the Dexter billboard earlier this year, featuring Michael Hall holding a knife and a baby covered in blood," said one parent. "My son and his friend, both first-graders, were intrigued to know why the baby was covered in ketchup."

Other billboards are quite graphic in their own way, selling attractive young flesh and alcohol, adds another mother. She lists a few: "Catch VD" for the TV show Vampire Diaries, a Calvin Klein ad with multiple people in bed together and numerous horror film endorsements "that even give me the creeps."

Given that West Hollywood's demographic has changed dramatically in recent years and now includes increasing numbers of families with young children, perhaps it is time to open up a debate on whether these images should be so readily visible to all.

Certainly Not for Boystown, Keep it Gay and Adult!