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Co-op requests lad mags cover up
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[news]'Lads' mags' given 'cover-up' deadline by The Co-Operative[/news]
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23486027
saw this on the news earlier and they had a woman on bbc breakfast from the lose the lad mag campaign, interestingly neither mention covering up magazines that show half naked men or the fashion mags that have woman in little clothing.
The Co-operative has given so-called lads' mags six weeks to cover up their front pages with sealed "modesty bags" or be taken off sale in its stores.
The 4,000-outlet retailer said it was responding to concerns by its members, customers and colleagues about images of scantily-clad women on covers.
Titles such as Front, Loaded, Nuts and Zoo have been given a deadline of 9 September to act by the Co-op.
One campaign group called for Co-op to stop selling such titles altogether.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23486027
saw this on the news earlier and they had a woman on bbc breakfast from the lose the lad mag campaign, interestingly neither mention covering up magazines that show half naked men or the fashion mags that have woman in little clothing.
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I have no problem with modesty panels or modesty covers.
The shop is run by a muslim family and the women who work there wear headscarves and long sleeved clothes. I'm quite surprised that they even stock these sort of magazines really as I would have thought they would be even more sensitive to such images than I am.
nuts
big difference!
To an extent, the semi-naked man on Men's Fitness probably does upset self-esteem in teenage boys. But in no way is the degree of coverage the same as women, who day after day have to face mainstream (and not so mainstream) media trotting out the same out-dated and sexist imagery of women that we have come to expect.
Some of the quotes from folk who oppose these mags are utter nonsense.
And no - I don't read the mags in question.
Is this a serious response? Can you not see the difference between a titillating magazine of semi-pornographic photo-shoots designed for sexual thrill alone; and topless sunbathing? I'm pretty sure the feminists can. If you can't, then I would suggest therein lies a problem.
The supermarket has agreed to cover up the magazines that tend to have women with bare or nearly bare tits on the front page, or in sexual poses, because it is inappropriate in that setting.
The last time I visited a swimming pool there wasn't any bare breasted women posing doggy style.
Glad the sport is covering up, their front pages are more offensive that the Lads mags IMO
They usually have no problem selling such things to us kafirs.
Regardless of whether or not said topless sunbather is doing so to gain attention - the fact is fellas will still "oogle" them in the same way that they might do so with whoever it is in Nuts or Zoo.
Because, generally, making money out ranks morals!
If people are successful in restricting, or even banning, the sale of things under the banner of "protecting the children", where does it stop ?.
Conservatism under the Conservatives. Who'd a thunk it?
I often wonder how these magazines sell, a quick google search will give you all the 'boobs and bums' you want. Same with porno mags, how do these things keep going, they can't be making much money surely??
Well I am for the lad mags cover up in fact I thoght in chain stores it was already done as local Asda already have been doing it for a few years now.
I am against the op in I guess but mainly because it's a waste of time as the bypass is to easy
I don't agree with any sort of censorship but I suppose the argument is that with the net porn thing, its something you opt to see and mag covers are there for all to see regardless ie the choice to view or not is taken away!