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Feminist groups lads mag warning

Stores selling magazines that feature women on the cover with little or no clothing could be sued by staff and customers on the grounds of sexual harassment, feminist groups have warned.

http://metro.co.uk/2013/05/27/stores-selling-lads-mags-could-get-sued-for-sexual-discrimination-feminist-groups-warn-3809816/

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Reply 1

username91207

Instead of doing that why not just produce more magazines with topless men on the front :colone:

Equality for all! :biggrin:

Reply 2

Willbean

Feminists at it again? God they annoy me. They should focus on equality for women in countries where women have little to no rights.

Reply 3

peter12345

I read this this morning and it pissed me off. Noone says anything about semi-naked men on magazines, Noone says anything about gay porn magazines, everyone assumes any woman involved in the sex business is forced into it and not because they enjoy showing off their bodies and are god forbid greedy for money just like men.

Reply 4

ss_s95

Right, because the women who appear on magazines are forced to show themselves half/fully naked, right?

The women on magazines make that choice because they get paid pretty large sums for doing so. These ****ing feminist scum are really beginning to annoy me...

[EDIT] I agree, they should shift their focus on the developing countries where women's rights are non-existent, rather than leaving the rest of us with migraines, over trivial **** like this

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Reply 5

Brachioradialis

This makes me so angry.

1) the front covers of lads mags are not pornographic.
2) so why do people not wanting to see pornographic material open the magazines and complain?

Don't like them? Don't open them.

Also, women aren't being degraded in these magazines. They are consenting adult models who choose their industry, it's not forced in any sense. I wish feminists would stop arguing for the rights of women who don't actually want their help.

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Reply 6

rcummins1

I think it's fairly offensive to compare lad mags to sexual harassment...can I get feminists taken away from public view?

Reply 7

-Liberty

This is discriminatory against women in my opinion. They are assuming that women who chose to engage in these careers have no choice or do not understand what they are doing. As a female a magazine with a topless woman on it doesn't make me feel uncomfortable or harassed in any way. That's that woman's career and choice, it doesn't impact the way I think.

Reply 8

Redolent

Can these people stop pretending they're not trying to impose their views on anyone now?

Reply 9

flying plum

I haven't read about this yet, but I would imagine the argument is less about the plight, supposed or real, of the women on the covers and in the magazines, but the message about women that these magazines send out generally. And, to be honest, I'd quite like to be able to go and pick up a magazine in the shops without having to look at a million boobs covered with black censor strips. We get it, there are naked girls - everyone who buys the magazines, know there are naked girls. Do you have to put them on the cover?

Reply 10

T'archer

Read this earlier and couldn't stop thinking that these women probably wouldn't have any issue with half naked men in the back of their glossy magazines. In my opinion anyone should be allowed to buy anything they like without fear of judgement by others. This certain type of feminist having got to a stage where it seems all they do is nit pick at random small things for the sake of nit picking. I think they possibly need to start to grow up and respect that different people have different views and opinions which they may not agree with.

Reply 11

Messalina

Original post by T'archer

Actually, most feminists are against gender stereotyping and sexual objectification of both men and women, so the topless men in glossy magazines are a problem too. Could you define this "certain type of feminist", or is it just a catch all term for any feminist who does something that you don't agree with?

Reply 12

Naaadiiiaaa

I think it's less about the idea of 'women who appear on magazines are forced to show themselves half/fully naked', as ss_s95 said, more about the objectification of women who appear on these magazines and the message this puts across to the children/young people who see these images. The BBC quoted them saying they wanted stores to create 'family-friendly environments'.

I've seen a few people mention if it was topless men there would be no issue, but in the shop I work in the only magazine we sell that shows topless men is a men's health/fitness magazine where the images are for men to view and the images and meant to be something to aspire to. Most feminists would be equally unhappy with the same objectification of men in magazines if it did happen on the same scale.

Reply 13

Xotol

The generalisation is strong in this thread.

Reply 14

The Angry Stoic

Fascist feminists. Pure hypocrites.

If you don't want to work someone where you see boobies don't work in that store. It's like working in a strip club then saying you don't feel comfortable seeing boobs.

Reply 15

Alice:)

I'm going to be controversial and actually agree. I don't think it's fair that women should have to work in a shop or at a counter where there are topless women on magazines on display.
It's embarrassing and it really does objectify women- how can anyone take a female shop assistant seriously when the till she's working at has magazines with 18 year old women on, wearing next to nothing, their breast implants pushed up so whoever buys it can have a w*nk over it when they get home?
It isn't a nice working environment to be in, and while I don't know if banning these magazines is the answer, I don't think people should have to work around them either

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Reply 16

Mockery

Original post by Xotol

The generalisation is strong in this thread.

Sigh... Explain?

Reply 17

ArtGoblin

Original post by Jacob :)

They're sold in supermarkets, train stations, newsagents etc. - they're pretty hard to avoid. Not comparable to working in a strip club at all, which are easy to avoid if you don't want to see them.

Reply 18

MostUncivilised

It's interesting that these feminist groups aren't complaining about male employees having to put up with seeing half-naked men on the covers of women's magazines. Silly me for thinking feminists were supposed to be in favour of equality.

Brass tacks, the commodification of flesh is part of capitalism, and a part that I applaud. Do these wowsers really want to go back to when all this stuff was banned and the population was totally sexually repressed and miserable?

Reply 19

bestofyou

I agree with this.

Women shouldn't be forced to make a living taking their clothes off just to please some men. If these magazines were banned then the problem would be solved.

It is also massively unfair to ram this down the throats of women trying to make ends meet working in a low paid job. If anything, these magazines help force women into these careers. How can 20-something woman earning low or minimum wage in a job they probably hate not look at these girls, probably younger than they are and think, I'm hotter than her. Maybe if I get my breasts done I can be a model and earn ridiculous sums of money and live a glamorous life in NY/LA/London etcc.

It is a vicious cycle. It needs to end if we will ever see a truly equal society here.