January 26, 2012
Women’s rights campaigners have demanded that UK newspapers be put under scrutiny. They claim that mainstream newspapers such as The Sun objectify women. This is just one of the papers which features a topless “Page 3″ model. While living in the UK I found it shocking to find half-naked women in a mainstream newspaper which ...
November 22, 2011
With the abortion debate many of us take for granted raging on Prince Edward Island, I decided to go back in time a bit, when reproductive rights were a newly won battle and the female sexual experience was a subject not everyone spoke about. The stream of consciousness narrative in Andrea Dworkin’s Ice and Fire ...
Tags: all sex is rape,
Andrea Dworkin,
book review,
feminism,
feminist,
Ice and Fire,
objectificaiton of women,
rape,
second wave,
sex,
sex as punishment,
sex-negative,
sexual assault,
Tuesday book club
July 15, 2011
A woman has been sacked in the UK for refusing to wear make-up at work, and she’s decided that’s just not right. Melanie Stark was a retail assistant at department store Harrods before she was unceremoniously dumped for daring to show her bare face in public. Now she’s taken her case to the media and ...
Tags: breadwinner,
division of labor,
domestic labor,
gender equality,
gender roles,
Germany,
makeup,
maternity leave,
objectificaiton of women,
part-time work,
paternity leave,
quota,
sexism,
stay at home dad,
women in the workplace
July 5, 2011
Women in politics are constantly trying to prove their worth in Washington. They are expected to fit in with the men and keep their wardrobe appropriate. But what happens when wearing a simple white button down shirt creates discomfort and unwanted male attention? Well, for Rochelle Behrens, a political lobbyist, she decided to do something ...
Tags: accepting women,
appropriate,
blouse gape,
bras,
buttons,
feminism,
objectificaiton of women,
politics,
Rochelle Behrens,
sex symbols,
the shirt,
Washington,
women in politics
April 12, 2011
People are constantly complaining about the state of teenagers today, yet hardly anyone is brave enough to delve into their world and try to find out what’s going on. Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls, by Dr. Mary Pipher, does just that. Through her work with adolescent girls as a clinical psychologist, Dr. ...
Tags: adolescent girls,
book review,
Dr. Mary Pipher,
lookism,
objectificaiton of women,
Reviving Ophelia,
sexism,
sexual abuse,
teen pregnancy,
teen sex,
teenage drinking,
teenage girls,
Tuesday book club
June 21, 2010
Dancing and music videos go together like Fred and Ginger. Janet Jackson lead the rhythm nation and Britney Spears followed in her choreographed steps. But the women of the noughties are falling short, preferring poses to fancy footwork. But less dancing can only lead to better music. Hortense from Jezebel is saddened by this state ...
Tags: Britney Spears,
California Gurls,
dancers,
dancing,
Katy Perry,
music,
music industry,
music vidoes,
objectificaiton of women,
Oops I did it again,
pop music,
sexism,
sexualization of women,
singer songwriters,
songs,
Thinking of You,
video,
video killed the radio star
April 27, 2010
The science experiment has concluded and half-naked women everywhere are doing their happy dance of smugness. Seismic activity was pretty normal on April 26, 2010, despite Boobquake. But what did it really prove?
Tags: Boobquake,
Boobquake results,
boobs,
breasts,
earthquakes,
experiment,
Jen,
nudity,
objectificaiton of women,
sexualization of women,
women's issues