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  • Kyle_TKyle_T Posts: 1,001
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    Aint nothing wrong with a fit healthy woman flauting her body for men to erghhh 'look' at, If she is happy doing this, Why should anyone stop her.

    I agree with there being nothing wrong with it. No one is being exploited here.....well maybe a case could be made for the sad sacks who would buy the magazine to longingly stare at what they will never have, but I digress.
  • 36_Chambers36_Chambers Posts: 944
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    Kyle_T wrote: »
    I agree with there being nothing wrong with it. No one is being exploited here.....well maybe a case could be made for the sad sacks who would buy the magazine to longingly stare at what they will never have, but I digress.

    likewise with men starrng a super car, not gonna happen
  • -Sid--Sid- Posts: 29,365
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    MAW wrote: »
    Good God, are there really? Have you got any links?:eek:

    Only to Mrs MAW's :D
  • 21stCenturyBoy21stCenturyBoy Posts: 44,506
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    Aint nothing wrong with a fit healthy woman flauting her body for men to erghhh 'look' at, If she is happy doing this, Why should anyone stop her.

    But in the pages of a national newspaper?

    What kind of message is that sending out?
  • agrainofsandagrainofsand Posts: 8,693
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    But in the pages of a national newspaper?

    What kind of message is that sending out?

    That Sun readers are w*nkers?

    Joke.
  • 36_Chambers36_Chambers Posts: 944
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    But in the pages of a national newspaper?

    What kind of message is that sending out?

    ive seen far worse on the front page, which is terrible.

    Gaddafi's lumped up face on the front page, real nice for children to see in the newsagents.
  • BelligerenceBelligerence Posts: 40,613
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    The sad news is we don't get to read Elle's thoughts on current affairs. :(
  • Kyle_TKyle_T Posts: 1,001
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    But in the pages of a national newspaper?

    What kind of message is that sending out?

    That there is nothing wrong with breasts? That a topless woman is not a sleazy thing that needs to be hidden away?

    I'd be more concerned about what message the Daily Mail is sending out with it's thinly disguised hatred of women.
  • agrainofsandagrainofsand Posts: 8,693
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    ive seen far worse on the front page, which is terrible.

    Gaddafi's lumped up face on the front page, real nice for children to see in the newsagents.

    I'd rather see Jo, 20 from Brighton then Gaddafi. I'll give you that one.
  • MoonyMoony Posts: 15,093
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    What kind of message is that sending out?

    Is the the message that is being sent - or the message that is being interpreted that is the problem here?
  • MoonyMoony Posts: 15,093
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    Aint nothing wrong with a fit healthy woman flauting her body for men to erghhh 'look' at

    That statement does rather assume that its only men that like looking at page 3.......I bet there are a fair few women that appreciate looking at a nice pair of breasts too ;)
  • 36_Chambers36_Chambers Posts: 944
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    Moony wrote: »
    That statement does rather assume that its only men that like looking at page 3.......

    whoops
  • Glawster2002Glawster2002 Posts: 15,211
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    But in the pages of a national newspaper?

    What kind of message is that sending out?

    As a naturist I would say that it should show that non-sexual nudity should be considered normal and acceptable.

    However the reality is that the majority of people still like to cling on to out-dated Victorian values and, as a nation of prudes, look to sexualise everything.

    A topless woman should be seen in exactly the same context as a topless man however breasts have become so sexualised now by the media that simply isn't going to happen. You just have to look at the ridiculous fuss created by a few very fuzzy images of Kate topless to see that.
  • Regis MagnaeRegis Magnae Posts: 6,810
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    But in the pages of a national newspaper?

    The Sun, a newspaper?

    Besides, the newspaper aspect was always a convenient means of campaigning. The person behind this has far grander plans.
  • JasonJason Posts: 76,557
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    Kyle_T wrote: »
    That there is nothing wrong with breasts? That a topless woman is not a sleazy thing that needs to be hidden away?

    I'd be more concerned about what message the Daily Mail is sending out with it's thinly disguised hatred of women.

    Exactly. What you see on Page 3 is nothing you wouldn't see on many beaches around the world and plenty of people, including children, also use those beaches without being horribly traumatised.

    But then it's typical for this country really - any time there's something to do with sex in the news, many people just hitch up their bloomers and jump on the table.

    I await the "but what if it was your daughter?" line with earnest .. :rolleyes:
  • Big Boy BarryBig Boy Barry Posts: 35,373
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    Murdoch will remove the girls from page 3 because it's just not right on a moral basis


    Meanwhile he'll continue to operate newspapers and TV channels which advocate war, violate people's privacy, smear dead football fans, and churn out lies and propaganda on a daily basis

    This man has a conscience!
  • joijijoiji Posts: 582
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    The Sun, a newspaper?

    "Is not" is missing out of that sentence, the only problem I have with The Scum are the lies they have printed in it. You see boobs everywhere, if a women is happy to pose like that I don't see a problem. It's like stepping back into tbe 80's. I buy FHM or nuts for my partner and look at the boobs myself.
  • kyresakyresa Posts: 16,629
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    Perhaps they should change it to show mum's breastfeeding and celebrate that as "normal"... Anyone who is a mum should be able to apply to go on there too.. not just your 18 year old skinny made up to the nines woman.

    After all, we're told it's not "sexual" so let's show it as such :)
  • Regis MagnaeRegis Magnae Posts: 6,810
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    Meanwhile he'll continue to operate newspapers and TV channels which advocate war, violate people's privacy, smear dead football fans, and churn out lies and propaganda on a daily basis

    War and death are far less controversial subjects.

    For every article that calls for something violent to be removed or banned there's probably 10 that call calls for something sexual to be be removed or banned.
  • Julie68Julie68 Posts: 3,137
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    Page 3 is sexist and outdated. If men want to perv at topless women then buy a porn mag...
  • icic Posts: 903
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    Page 3 is as relevant as those slightly racist comedies we used to watch in the 70's .But the readers of these "newspapers" expect to see bare breasted girls over breakfast,
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    ic wrote: »
    Page 3 is as relevant as those slightly racist comedies we used to watch in the 70's .But the readers of these "newspapers" expect to see bare breasted girls over breakfast,

    Do men really get excited by it?

    Would they stop buying the paper if these girls were not in?

    All I have ever sen is a load of bravado in front of their mates when leering at the page 3. Which one can sugest the vilest things they could do to her. When they are on their own they probably do not give a crap about it.

    It all seems a bit playground like really.

    I feel the same about mags with topless men in with oiled toros. I just find it all a bit yawn.
  • Dean DareDean Dare Posts: 545
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    I really can't see the point of page 3 girls. I will not care in the slightest when they stop
  • sutiesutie Posts: 32,645
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    cooler wrote: »
    How can there be anything wrong with showing a womans body. It's fully natural. This sick world has gone insane.



    Well presumably there's nothing wrong with showing a man's body either, but they never seem to appear on page anything.

    Just because things are natural doesn't mean they should be on show. Sex is natural, but you wouldn't expect to see people indulging in public.
  • nancy1975nancy1975 Posts: 19,686
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    Exactly. What you see on Page 3 is nothing you wouldn't see on many beaches around the world and plenty of people, including children, also use those beaches without being horribly traumatised.

    But then it's typical for this country really - any time there's something to do with sex in the news, many people just hitch up their bloomers and jump on the table.

    I await the "but what if it was your daughter?" line with earnest .. :rolleyes:

    The only times I've seen the Sun in recent years is if there is a free copy in a supermarket cafe. But it's never bothered me. I find the self hatred of women and their bodies in women's magazines and other newspapers by women columnists such as Liz Jones far more offensive. At least the women in the Sun look happy and healthy, have a non anorexic shape and earn their own money. They also look pretty, not just sexy. The likes of Samantha Fox and Linda Lusardi carved out good careers on the back of Page 3, especially Lusardi, and there's nothing wrong with that.
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