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probably been done to death but tits on page 3 is weird

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RoobyMurray · 22/11/2010 21:38

Isn't it?

I can't get my head around this. Why is this ok?

I'm not a sun reader so I guess I'd kind of forgotten about it. Then I remembered. Why ON EARTH does this still happen in 2010?

BIZZARRO.

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breathtakingben · 22/11/2010 21:39

It helps them sell newspapers, duh.

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RoobyMurray · 22/11/2010 21:41

well duh Grin

why is it allowed? ok, I know why it's allowed, because the people who have power and money make the rules...

but, still, why don't people object? why haven't I objected?

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RoobyMurray · 22/11/2010 21:42

(and I do find it weird that folk would buy a newspaper for tits)

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StaceySolomonismyHeroine · 22/11/2010 21:42

Because you will be called a humourless, ugly, jealous, militant man-hater if you do.

HTH.

Grin
DuelingFanjo · 22/11/2010 21:43

this is a good read

breathtakingben · 22/11/2010 21:43

Oppression and the objectification of women (and perhaps men, to a lesser extent) is so common within our society we barely notice it...

I guess page 3 is generally seen as harmless.

whomovedmychocolate · 22/11/2010 21:45

It does seem very random to me.

News, news, tits, news, news, news, sport. Hmm

I think the problem with page 3 is that it appears innocuous - pretty girl smiling at readers. The fact she's near naked is brushed over.

But I find it offensive and frankly outmoded. I thought we'd evolved further than this :(

Remotew · 22/11/2010 21:52

I've never had a newspaper in the house with topless women on but did tell my niece's husband that he might want to think again about buying NOTW etc now that they have a baby daughter.

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RoobyMurray · 22/11/2010 21:58

I'm really bothered by this and I'm not the only one. My DP and friends - male and female - also think that page three is from another age. I find it hard to believe that we are so wildly unrepresentative of our population.

Are we?

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sethstarkaddersmum · 22/11/2010 22:02

it is weird, yes, it's just bizarre.
there was a link to a petition in a recent thread, will have a look.
bet only a few hundred people have signed though

sethstarkaddersmum · 22/11/2010 22:04

petition

bosch · 22/11/2010 22:07

There is normally a sun or star at work with topless beauty in there somewhere. I don't think anyone else at work has a problem, so I've always assumed that I'm just being a bit oversensitive finding it offensive. I did express these views on the recent survey on porn in newsagents/supermarkets.

I have thought in the past that it ought to be legitimate for me to paste a picture of a naked bloke over the top of the topless beauty in the paper at work. I wonder if I'll ever get round to doing it.

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RoobyMurray · 22/11/2010 22:13

thank you duelling, that is interesting.

I think I'm surprised that other people more powerful than me, haven't tackled this properly. The Sun is such a massive influence and I suppose, mainstream, that I - I don't know! Confused

I think I'm saying, not that it shouldn't be allowed, but that there shouldn't be an acceptability about it. Does that make sense?

Seth, thank you for the link. It doesn't feel like adding my name to the petition will be particularly powerful does it? Sad

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RoobyMurray · 22/11/2010 22:57

Bosch. Do it Smile

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GrimmaTheNome · 22/11/2010 23:02

Oh dear. Guess what the 'Ads by Google' showed when I followed the link to that petition:

UK Women. Hot Pics.
Browse profiles, chat and flirt. We make online dating real. Join!
www.Shagaholic.com

(I did NOT follow that link!!)

You couldn't make it up, could you Sad

breathtakingben · 22/11/2010 23:10

Get AdBlock or similar, stops you having to see all adverts :)

Desiderata · 22/11/2010 23:15

Why isn't it OK?

It's just a pair of tits.

Some things are just part of the fabric of British life, and Page 3 is one of them. I don't buy newspapers generally, but over the years, the SUN has had some incredibly funny headlines!

Let 'em be. They're not hurting any one.

stickylittlefingers · 22/11/2010 23:24

It is a bit weird at 8am in the morning sitting on a train next to someone who is sitting looking at a naked woman. It's almost funny - I'm a cold mortal who wears lots of clothes, so it's almost like I'm compensating.

Would it be better if I could sit and look at a naked man - would it be weird for him?

Tortington · 22/11/2010 23:28

its very 1970's

i don't consider myself a feminist. i don't have a blanket 'no porn' opinion either.

but page 3 is wrong.

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RoobyMurray · 22/11/2010 23:44

'it's just a pair of tits' ? Confused are you a bloke desiderata?

Darkies are just a part of life too. They're funny though.
Hmm
Custardo, if you are not a feminist, er, I'll shave my armpits. Or something.

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begonyabampot · 22/11/2010 23:52

Never read the sun and really surprised this is stillgoing on. It is weird to be sitting next to someone oggling this.Maybe you should show some interest and ask if it's their daughter or something as they seem so interested.

Tortington · 23/11/2010 00:08

for you

AitchTwoOh · 23/11/2010 00:12

desi's no man. where've ya bin?

she is off her head about this, though. i forget about it, but it is really weird, isn't it? morning headlines, morning wank fodder, more headlines...

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RoobyMurray · 23/11/2010 00:26

Why thank you custardo.

So do men people buy a paper thinking, ooh, what's happening in the world (tits)?

No. Really?

No.

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TheFeministParent · 23/11/2010 11:49

Desiderata Mon 22-Nov-10 23:15:46
Why isn't it OK?

It's just a pair of tits.

Some things are just part of the fabric of British life, and Page 3 is one of them.

Fabric of British life? lmao. It is one of the many shameful things about being British, along with pissed up yobs across the continent and the EDL/BNP.