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The End Of Page Three???
The sad demise of a harmless British tradition, brought low by a phalanx of hairy feminists and liberal yoghurt knitters?
Or the welcome eradication of a blatantly sexist anachronism in what purports to be a family newspaper?
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You might assume from my inclusion of the words 'phalanx', 'anachronism' and 'purports' in the above questions, that I am one of the aforementioned liberal yoghurt-knitter, but personally I don't have any strong feelings one way or the other about the future of Page Three...
...other than it might make room for more stories about Kim Kardashian...which I think we can all agree is a very bad thing indeed.
Your thoughts?
Or the welcome eradication of a blatantly sexist anachronism in what purports to be a family newspaper?
http://
You might assume from my inclusion of the words 'phalanx', 'anachronism' and 'purports' in the above questions, that I am one of the aforementioned liberal yoghurt-knitter, but personally I don't have any strong feelings one way or the other about the future of Page Three...
...other than it might make room for more stories about Kim Kardashian...which I think we can all agree is a very bad thing indeed.
Your thoughts?
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I have always thought the poses to be somewhat odd - a woman smiling brightly, but exposing her breasts always looked really odd, as though no-one was really sure why it was happening.
I do believe the concept to be well outdated - it doesn't help to educate young men about respect for women, or themselves.
I do believe the concept to be well outdated - it doesn't help to educate young men about respect for women, or themselves.
AOG, yes you can just not buy the paper if you're offended by page 3. However, it just makes me uncomfortable seeing the men I work with look at it. That's not a Victorian attitude.
By the way it's a myth that they covered up table legs because they were embarrassed/ offended or anything like that. It was simply to protect them from knocks.
By the way it's a myth that they covered up table legs because they were embarrassed/ offended or anything like that. It was simply to protect them from knocks.
anotheroldgit - this is not a black and white situation - I'm not offended one bit by nudity but think a daily newspaper is not the place for topless models. Would you be happy for your grandchild to be on page three? What about children? 'Mummy why is that lady showing her boobies in the paper? Answer that one -oh because she has no aspirations to go to school and get an education because she can show them off in the paper and get loads of money -fantastic role models they are aren't they?
// because she has no aspirations to go to school and get an education because she can show them off in the paper and get loads of money -fantastic role models they are aren't they? //
How do you know that??
I dated a girl who did some glamour modelling (a few years back)
She saw the opportunity to make some relatively quick and easy money for a period of about 18 months, but also had 4 A levels and 2:1 from Manchester Met. I hear she is doing very well now. Should we judge her solely on her choices to model for a brief period of her life?
How do you know that??
I dated a girl who did some glamour modelling (a few years back)
She saw the opportunity to make some relatively quick and easy money for a period of about 18 months, but also had 4 A levels and 2:1 from Manchester Met. I hear she is doing very well now. Should we judge her solely on her choices to model for a brief period of her life?
