Ask your local WH Smiths to move Daily Sport, Nuts etc to the top shelf

[nappyaddict]

I complained to the manager at my local one and they agreed to move all the lads mags and newspapers to the top shelf. Yay!

[coveredinfelttip]

I asked my newsagent to cover the photo on the Daily Sport as it's down on the bottom shelf by with the the newspapers and in front of the children's magazines. They (and eldery Indian couple) looked at me blankly and the paper remains there.

The covers of the Daily Sport are offensive and degrading to women and shouldn't be there in full view of children. Why is the Daily Sport allowed to produce covers like this that get placed with other papers? How do other people feel about this? What can we do?

[NetworkGuy]

Get them categorised with "lads' Mags" and then get "modesty covers" so if they have such photos on them, they would have to have a grey plastic cover only showing the publication title, bar code, and price.

It would be a blow to the "news" papers that use those photos on the front cover, it would be a blow to the "Lads' Mags" to be in the same class as porn with stronger photos. Perhaps more important, it would mean that the cost would be covered by the buyer/publisher and the newsagent would be able to place them wherever they wanted, and row after row of grey plastic would be unappealing, but not offensive.

See the "Game on!" thread about Lads' Mags and maybe ask MNHQ what is happening with that campaign...

[NetworkGuy]

Sorry forgot to link to the other thread earlier.

[NetworkGuy]

Also, from a message sent me by Justine, the Lads' Mags campaign has been worked on and there should be some sort of update coming.

[coveredinfelttip]

Thank you - that info is great. I'll look at the campaign - thanks for the link.

[RowanMumsnet]

Hello all - thanks to NetworkGuy for keeping you all updated. I know we keep saying this, but there will be a lads' mags update coming very soon - hopefully this week.

MNHQ x

[sophis]

please join my facebook group

Bring back the watershed! 9pm-protect children from inappropriate material.

under groups or try coping and pasting the link below

www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&&note_id=10150102040194639#!/group.php?gid=127951171932

[sophis]

Ideas I sent to government-

backing David Cameron's campaigns to protect children from premature sexualisation link- www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/cameron-condemns-inappropriate-sexualisation-of-children-1903287.html


? I agree with the banning of sexualized children?s clothing-padded bra's and other inappropriate merchandise e.g. playboy pencil cases etc.

? Move lads mags up to the top shelf again in newsagents, the shop owners could just select their favourites if there?s not enough room, they shouldn?t be as low that children can easily see them or even pick them up!

? Stick to the 9pm watershed carefully on tv and even radio.

? remove porn and music channels from cable/freeview/sky, with an opt in scheme instead.

? Reduce sexualized advertising before the 9pm watershed

? Cleaner billboards with less sexualized images on them, just keep them in magazines for adults and on tv past 9pm or wherever appropriate.

? Age limits on some magazines for girls so that they read the appropriate content for their age and the same for lads mags, they should be I.d?d at the counter, you get I.d?d for knives, alcohol, cigarettes and dvd?s etc but there?s no strict rules for porn, including soft porn like zoo and nuts, or the sun newspaper.

? Make software more available so it?s easier for parents to control viewing content on internet and tv

? There is however the problem of controlling the downloading of music on the internet or videos from utube, perhaps on the back of an I.d card/learners/drivers license/passport/birth certificate etc they?d have to select the form of I.d and type in a code, even if it were a once they?ve done it once for a site they don?t need to again or something and it?s up to the people around them if they want to cheat this system-could also use a third party to check age like virgin mobile.

? No porn in public- an extension of the usual no porn at work rule, e.g. not viewing rude magazines on public transport and leaving material around etc

?Stricter rules on nudist beaches- I think better sign posting and someone patrolling the cut off line to prevent children wandering into them, like I once did!

[sophis]

recently went in there in my local farnham branch of wh smith, they had tucked the magazines into each other- they had weaved them in so you couldnt initially see them! so maybe they are listening already, i will check out other stores though