The skunk, whose name we can only assume is Skippy or Sammy or something else that starts with an S and ends with a Y, appears as a public service announcement in celebration of National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month. Now, it may seem naive to fight poor sex education, restricted access to birth control, and raging teen hormones with a cartoon skunk, but Skippy was probably the best choice over the competition. Skippy is a virtuous skunk- unlike that other cartoon skunk, so promiscuous that a white stripe from a fallen can of paint is enough to push him to the brink of jungle fever. Skippy believes in abstinence. Upon further examination his message seems vague.
Teen pregnancy stinks.
Just about everybody agrees with that, especially teenagers. But Skippy offers no answers. He doesn't say whether people should wait until they are married before they have sex, nor does he suggest handing out condoms in classrooms. And for that matter, I question Skippy's passion as a spokesmammal for this difficult issue. He seems to feel as passionately about pregnancy as most people do about Zima.