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by kendrive @ 2006-06-28 - 09:02:15

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Should magazines like the above be banished to the top shelf?

A Labour MP has waged war on ‘lad’s magazines’, arguing that brash titles such as Zoo and FHM should be banished to the top shelf in newsagents.

Claire Curtis, MP for Crosby in Merseyside, has branded such magazines repulsive and argued that front page pictures of near-naked female flesh should not be displayed at childrens’ eye level.

What do you think of the ‘lad’s mag’ publishing phenomenon? Are these magazines degrading to women, or just an irreverent bit of fun?

Which do you think is more damaging: women’s magazines that use extremely thin models, or lads’ magazines that feature curvier girls in provocative poses?

(From a Daily Telegraph article)

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Alan [Visitor]

28/06/06 @ 10:21

As a Father of 3 teenage boys, all I can say, is get these Jezebels away from my boys.

From Disgusted, Walton on Thames.

classicrockchickclassicrockchick pro
28/06/06 @ 11:33

Now then....

"Which do you think is more damaging: women’s magazines that use extremely thin models, or lads’ magazines that feature curvier girls in provocative poses?"

Is an entirely different issue from 'should these magazines be at a child's eye-level?'

Personally, as a grown woman I really don't want to see magazines like Zoo when I'm looking for Classic Rock Magazine (and I have to bend down to reach it). My 14 year old step daughter once pointed to Zoo and described it as a 'porn mag'. That's what she thinks it is - pornographic. So yes - I think it should be on the top shelf, and partialy covered - because I certainly don't want to see them when I'm shopping in Asda!

And yes - the women's mags that use wafe-like models are very damaging in my opinion for girls. It gives them the idea that they should be able to live up this 'look' - and in order to do this, they would need to be starving, ill, and on drugs.

FerdinandRFerdinandR [Member]
28/06/06 @ 12:49

You Bruv you've nailed it there man! That cover is top! Ize expectz that if kiddies were to see that stuff at eye they'd explode or somming. Ize best if theyz have thiz ting out of reach of the kiddies although boyz will be boyz. I remember my main bruv whilst in Peckham managed to get a proper dirty mag off his bro so kidz could still get theze if the adultz do not keep them hidden at home!

I dunno if you eva mentioned that Zoo gets nuff respect from mez az it haz some great picz. They shoulz keep the footie stuff in therez and get the babes all covered up. That would be the don of magz for boyz to read!

Nuff respectz to classic rock chick for sayingz that the women magsz are no good. I read Hello and expected it to have like greeting in other languages or somming. Was well disappointed in the mag. If youz give the Title Hello then it should like be about that and not some celebz going shopping, I meanz I knowz people like to see where I shop to get my gear and I can understanz that but whyz not also show what they do with it! You see people like leaving a shop with lots of bags, but no excluseeve of what's inside the bagz and whyz they got the stuff! That would be wicked!

kendrivekendrive pro
29/06/06 @ 07:34

Mefinks you is not da real biz Bruv. Mefinks you is a imposta.

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Da Big Issues
Before youz get allz confused this is not about that tramp magazine that theyz try to sell youz when your like trying to catch a bus or sommin, this is about stuff that is like well important to youz soz take some time to have a lookz at the issuez rai...

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12/07/06 @ 07:51

Don`t dis ferdinandR!

stephanie [Visitor]
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21/07/08 @ 11:14

You should check out girls only forum if you like girl talk.

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