Does this verge on misogyny - Daily Mail

[lesley33]

I am not a daily mail reader and I don't agree with a lot of its views. But I know the daily mail is the only national newspaper with a majority female readership. I also understand that it is recognised in the newspaper industry to be the only national newspaper that makes a conscious effort to appeal to women.

So it does make me uneasy that on mumsnet, calling someone a daily mail reader appears to be seen as a terrible insult.

So AIBU to wonder if this verges on misogyny?

No it doesn't.

HTH

No, it doesn't.

Um.... No.
It's the Daily Hate for a reason, despite Sonia Poulton's recent articles.

No

The Daily Mail is pretty misogynistic in a lot of its views.

I'm confident about assuring the OP that calling someone a Daily Mail reader, as an insult, has nothing to do with misogyny.

Instead...well, where do you start?

Ha ha ha ha......

Have you read any of the DM articles that get linked to on here? They are hugely misogynistic. If women choose to read it, that is because they have been trained (by a misogynistic society) to doubt their own worth and choices and to not believe they are worth better.

If women choose to read it, that is because they have been trained (by a misogynistic society) to doubt their own worth and choices and to not believe they are worth better.

Or they're just idiots.

Is that you Liz?

The majority of breast implants and cosmetic surgery is requested by women. I don't think criticising it makes me a misogynist. Your reasoning is flawed, op!

The daily mail would appeal to me only if I had run out of loo paper and it was softer than the other reading material available.

Pro - it runs female-centric stories (for example the horrible, and for me, upsetting emphasis on child abuse which should be unisex but sadly isn't, and is probably a good thing that they write about it)

Con - It appeals to women's worst instincts (deliberately inflammatory columns and stories designed to cut down successful women, sneery features on women's bodies, endless guilt-chucking).

So until it CELEBRATES womanhood rather than denigrating it, finding it inflammatory, borderline racist and filled with lies (particularly their endless cancer scare stories) is not misogyny.

There is a DM journo who posts on here regularly, she can give the case for the defence

I like the Daily Mail. It's like the adult version of the Beano.

But without the quality of illustration.

I agree that many of the views expoused by daily mail are deeply misogynistic. But I am sure I read that its readership is 75% female and I know that it does deliberately try to appeal to women.

I accept I am wrong to see criticism of women who read the daily mail as is any way misogynistic. But somehow I still feel uneasy about it. Although I am not sure why.

If they illustrated it, it would be perfect. :o

You are very sensible to feel uneasy about the Daily Mail. I'd rather eat my own eyeballs in a warm goat's cheese salad than I would buy the Daily Mail or allow it in the house.

OP. Most people on these boards seem to have an issue with the DM, It is the second most popular paper in the country and more women than men read it.
There are errors in it and some of the views i disagree with, but I find that is the same with all papers. It has done well is its internet site which is really popular.

Best not to take most papers too seriously.

Different sections, innit?

The 'health' section is designed to appeal to women, as long as you're into cancer scares and homeopathy.

The 'illegal immigrants in mansions'/'gypsies eat swans' bits are just designed to appeal to anyone with more bile than brains, regardless of gender.

The Sun is the most popular paper in the country.

I think that says it all.