KANSAS CITY, Mo. _ Noreen Shoop first heard about the Kansas City Men's Clinic radio advertisement from a friend and, like others on social media, was appalled.
"A one trick pony or a Me Too doctor's office doesn't work with men, and that's why men choose the Kansas City Men's Clinic," a voice-over says in a commercial that played this week on several radio stations, including 610 AM Sports Radio and 810 WHB-AM.
Shoop, 34, of Kansas City, Kan., couldn't believe the clinic appeared to be ridiculing a movement against sexual assault and harassment in an advertisement for male sexual health services. The clinic, on Carondelet Drive, provides treatments for erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation and low testosterone.
"For any station to run an ad mocking the Me Too movement is completely tone deaf and irresponsible," Shoop said Thursday.
A KC Men's Clinic manager said Thursday he had not personally received any negative feedback about the clinic's ads. An email seeking further clarification on the advertisement was not immediately answered.
But on Friday, the clinic asked that the ad be pulled and replaced with one that uses the word "copy cat" instead of "Me Too," said Sandy Cohen, vice president/director of sales for Union Broadcasting Inc., which owns 810 WHB-AM.
Entercom, which owns 610 AM, was not immediately available for comment.
The clinic also advertises in The Star, but has not used the "Me Too" ad there.
