You know, I need to get better on uploading images to the webs and all because there is a snap of a LUFEMS poster that I think you would appreciate.
"I am not a feminist, I am just for the equality of both sexes."
"Congratulations! You're a feminist."
At what point did I say that its ok that you get bombarded with all of that? (Although I have not seen any of those add campaigns in either the place I live, which will remain unnamed, or in Manchester. Some adds which are pretty... raunchy, but none of those. Considering the top one doesn't have a slogan or a link to anything makes me think it is not, infact, an advert.)
See, the mistake you are making here is that you think I am totally and utterly cool with all the sexy shit that gets thrown at me on a regular basis. There are some adds which are pretty... Over the top, which does irritate me. Hell, its one of the things I have always disliked about France, if it exists they will advertise it using sex.
The thing is, there isn't an equivalent here. There isn't a "Chicks" mag that is all "Look, we covered the penis with a well-placed word/hand". So... Double standards. Lets try and look for them.
Issue:
- People do not like having soft-core porn mags on display due to not liking softcore porn everywhere.
Solution:
- Modesty bag so the soft core porn is no longer in-your-face as you shop.
What you seem to think it is
Issue:
- Everything is tits and boobs and S&M and nekkid guys and stuff!
Solution:
- Status Quo.
See, I do not like the status quo. Apparently, you do not like the status quo. People like me are happy that the Co-op is taking its first tentative step in dealing with the status quo. Personally, I would say the same should be done to "Mens Health" and a few other things that use the male/female form as the sole purpose of advertising because it is all part of a much wider problem which is causing ever greater amounts of blokes into plastic surgery and eating disorders.
Or do you think I should sue someone for sexual harassment and breaching my human rights to not have images of men plastered in what is heavily suggested to be massive loads of creamy white shit shoved down my throat?
Yes. You should. If those adverts are in the highstreet, you should complain. Because complaints are how things eventually get changed. Just because you are unwilling to do anything, yet very willing to ***** about it, doesn't mean that the people who are getting things done deserve to be ridiculed or told to stop because of double standards
Do you know what the double standard is here? You.
You expect to do nothing and do not want anything to change, yet are willing to complain. Yet when others are trying to get things changed for mostly the same reasons you want things to change, you are getting all angry. You are calling it ridiculous.
Why?
Because you simply cannot get your head round why people do not want this shit. You see no issue with tits on the front of soft-core porn mags. You are claiming that its not an issue, that it is nowhere, then saying that it is everywhere and it is a massive issue, all the while accusing feminists of some double standard when there is none. You are, quite simply, confused. And very, very confusing to talk to.
We agree. We both want things to change.
You are just getting angry because its changing slowly. Because we are tearing down one issue at a time. Getting rid of the softcore porn adds in groceries is a good thing. The fact that we have not yet torn down every single over-sexualised and utterly damaging advert in the country simultaneously is not a reason to hate this.
Please, explain to me what your issue is. Without mentioning feminism or a double standard. Just say, in calm words, why it is wrong that soft-core porn is being covered up in a modesty bag or will no longer be sold by one particular brand of stores. Explain why that is an issue. Then explain your link between that and all these other adverts you are apparently bombarded with and why its wrong for one to change before the rest.
