In being sick of the way women are endlessly objectfied and treated like pieces of meat?

"so amen you are perfectly happy with the treatment of woman in the media & society?"

i can't speak for the whole world as there may well be exploitations outside of my scope but within mainstream uk& irish media i would say yes. if i don't approve of an ad campaign or media outlet i vote with my feet by not purchasing said products/readin or watching the output. none of the models are forced into the lifestyle instead they aspire to it. for me it is simply capatilism and democracy in action both of which i support so it would be slightly hypocritical of me to condemn their results.

dunno

why are youcross.?

amen - David tennant = Doctor Who.

And I don't objectify him. I love him for his mind and sharp wit...

so amen you are perfectly happy with the treatment of woman in the media & society?

Hey Custy - I'm officially "cross" today! Want to join me?

I've shagged Doctor Who.

you bunch of old wrinkled prudes you wih yer " it wasn;t like that in my day" rose tinted glasses

wat the fuckare you on - rmember sam fox

the dancers on top of the pops

women have always got their bits out in th media - it hasnt got worse recently

now - i dont mind a bit of objectifying. i dont want to be no objectified.

if i was wearing a specially designed dress for wimbledn - in line with many other high rofile players - i would quite like people to take an interest. especially as womesn tennis is fucking dull - it muh depends on whetherthe other player has muscles to rival any man - so ey can win the serve - the point - and there is no game to watch just two women one hits he ball - one in't strong enough to hit it back. the ugliest one who looks lie a man wins.

"falls flat on her arse because she has made numerous comments about David Tennant"

who's david tennant?
and good on you for admitting your sexualisation of another human being. i mean ffs we all do it.

not particularly.just another thread from this site with women drooling over daniel craig and what a hunk he is.i have no problem with it, just noticed that none of the women on here complaining about women being treated like sexual objects rushed to defend him and pour scorn on those who were talking about this human being in a purely phhysical manner.

About him being a ginner?

It's the Daniel Craig discussion

Is it funny?

don't know how to link on this site sorry.just try a copy and paste

Can you link that? I can't be arsed typing it in my address bar.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk?topicid=2724&threadid=348161&stamp=070702121347

i hope none of you posted on this thread.could be a long fall from your high horses.

I wouldn't - if it's anything like her post, it's essentially a shameless rehash of other people's (Susan Faludi, Imelda Whelehan) ideas passed off as her own. With a lot of words ending in -ification thrown in for good measure.

Sex sells... everything. Whether it be shampoo or food, sex is still the main selling point for everything. Look at those M&S adverts, the suductive voice they use. It's very sad that we now live in world where its all sex sex sex, how did we let it go this far?

Good post, monkeytrousers (is she still around? Would love to read her thesis).
I work in a male-dominated industry and it can be tricky at times but at the level I work at, playing the blokes at their own game works; higher up and it wouldn't be necessary, lower down and there'd be no point as you wouldn't get anywhere. However, I've been as guilty as the blokes of forwarding on "jokes" which are sexist.

Again, discusson about the 'objectification' of women always comes down to sexuality and sexual choice, when women are objectified as the carers, the cleaners, the bottom-wipers and washer-uppers who don't needto get paid for it because we do it out of natural, imaginary-friend-given womanliness. And the women who do choose to work in the sex industry, or wear revealing clothes and have lots of sex, are not just blamed if they get sexually assaulted or insulted or underpaid, but they get blamed for sexual assaults and insults perpetrated on other women - conveniently forgetting that the blame for such mistreatment lies with the man who committed the crime. If a woman gets attacke,d it's the attacker's fault, not the fault of another woman who posed for a photographer.

I know I always point people towards monkeytrousers' brilliant post on these threads, but I think it stands up to repeat readings. Janos, in case it doesn't come up in the right place, it's her post of Sat 15-Apr-06 18:05:36

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