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Should Page 3 Girls be banned?
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http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/node/47911
/// Dr Harris told the conference, in Birmingham: "Tabloid newspapers in particular, which call themselves family newspapers, should not be able to portray women in a sexualised way, in a way that the broadcast media would not be able to do in soap operas and children's television programmes before the watershed." ///
That's a laugh has he ever seen a 'Soap Opera' recently, they are forever ripping each others clothes off, to say nothing of the ever increasing plunging necklines, and receding hem lines.
/// Dr Harris told the conference, in Birmingham: "Tabloid newspapers in particular, which call themselves family newspapers, should not be able to portray women in a sexualised way, in a way that the broadcast media would not be able to do in soap operas and children's television programmes before the watershed." ///
That's a laugh has he ever seen a 'Soap Opera' recently, they are forever ripping each others clothes off, to say nothing of the ever increasing plunging necklines, and receding hem lines.
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Argument 1 ...
I heard a woman on Radio 4 saying that children shouldn't be exposed to sexual imagery. Is she serious? Presumably her children don't have access to computers.
Argument 2
The same woman said she didn't want to have to look at naked women when she was on public transport. Again, seriously? I've never had a guy on a train open up page 3 and wave it at me. In fact, although you see copies of The Sun everywhere you look, I can't remember the last time I actually saw page 3.
Argument 3
It demeans women. Well, on the contrary. What is demeaning to women is suggesting that we are not capable of being responsible for what we do with our own bodies.
Argument 4
It encourages boys growing up to think of women as sex objects. Well, if topless images in the media do that, then you have to ban about half of all the magazines on the market.
Argument 5
You can still have freedom of the Press without pictures of semi naked women. No, you can't. By definition, restricting telling publishers what not to print is inconsistent with a free Press.
Argument 6
It harms young girls because it tells them that their bodies must conform to some sort of imaginary norm. Well, apparently the opposite is true because page 3 features big round boob, little perky boobs, all different types. So if girls see it, it tells them that there is no such thing as "normal" and that all different shapes and sizes of boobs are attractive.
So ...
No, I don't ever see page 3, but I think it would be wrong to ban it.
I heard a woman on Radio 4 saying that children shouldn't be exposed to sexual imagery. Is she serious? Presumably her children don't have access to computers.
Argument 2
The same woman said she didn't want to have to look at naked women when she was on public transport. Again, seriously? I've never had a guy on a train open up page 3 and wave it at me. In fact, although you see copies of The Sun everywhere you look, I can't remember the last time I actually saw page 3.
Argument 3
It demeans women. Well, on the contrary. What is demeaning to women is suggesting that we are not capable of being responsible for what we do with our own bodies.
Argument 4
It encourages boys growing up to think of women as sex objects. Well, if topless images in the media do that, then you have to ban about half of all the magazines on the market.
Argument 5
You can still have freedom of the Press without pictures of semi naked women. No, you can't. By definition, restricting telling publishers what not to print is inconsistent with a free Press.
Argument 6
It harms young girls because it tells them that their bodies must conform to some sort of imaginary norm. Well, apparently the opposite is true because page 3 features big round boob, little perky boobs, all different types. So if girls see it, it tells them that there is no such thing as "normal" and that all different shapes and sizes of boobs are attractive.
So ...
No, I don't ever see page 3, but I think it would be wrong to ban it.
Argument 7
Topless pictures in tabloid newspapers should be banned because they fuel domestic violence, a senior Lib Dem minister claimed today. Is she for real, I wonder how many men are violent towards their women, because they might not look like a page 3 girl?
/// Mrs Featherstone was the equalities minister at the Home Office until the reshuffle, when she moved to the Department for International Development. ///
/// However, David Cameron has since appointed her as ‘ministerial champion’ to tackle violence against women across the world. ///
That should keep her busy, with no time left to gaze at the Sun's topless girls.
Topless pictures in tabloid newspapers should be banned because they fuel domestic violence, a senior Lib Dem minister claimed today. Is she for real, I wonder how many men are violent towards their women, because they might not look like a page 3 girl?
/// Mrs Featherstone was the equalities minister at the Home Office until the reshuffle, when she moved to the Department for International Development. ///
/// However, David Cameron has since appointed her as ‘ministerial champion’ to tackle violence against women across the world. ///
That should keep her busy, with no time left to gaze at the Sun's topless girls.
To be honest, unless you're a homosexual, any other red blooded male would never baulk at the sight of a beautiful young lady displaying some of her most alluring 'assets' - all right, 'two' of them!
So, once the killjoy lobby have deprived us of that little harmless pleasure, what will it be next? 'Mrs Brown's Boys' ???
So, once the killjoy lobby have deprived us of that little harmless pleasure, what will it be next? 'Mrs Brown's Boys' ???
