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Page 3 (as we know it!) is no more. Which side are you on?
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January 20th, 2015
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Here in the UK there is a tabloid paper called The Sun and for many years the third page was always of a topless female model. For a while now there has been a campaign to try and put a stop to page 3 with claims that it was degrading to women etc and it would appear that the campaigners have finally won.
This morning on breakfast TV there was an interview with an ex model for The Sun, who said that she never felt degraded when working for the paper and it was 100% her choice, she said she even felt empowered by it. She also made a comment along the lines of “if you don’t like it, don’t look at it”.
Next to her was also a woman from the feminist group who campaigned to have it stopped saying that, in this day and age, the topless pin up model was chauvinistic and demeaning to all women.
Who do you agree with the most. Was page 3 just a harmless bit of eye candy or is it more harmful than innocent? Also, who gets to decide what is or isn’t demeaning to women?
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