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Media that misuses and abuses women and feminism, and/or the critique thereof. 'cause you're being a chauvanist/mysogynist ironically, right? May 7
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Are women now confined to drab, dark pants suits, a slicked back bun and minimal make up to be taken seriously in politics? In France, the answer is unfortunately a resounding yes. Recently, Cecile Duflot, French Housing Minister, who donned a conservative, long-sleeved, knee-length floral summer dress to speak before the assembly, was heckled with whistles and wolf howls.
French Parliament Observes “Cat Call & Wolf Whistle” Tuesdays | Name It. Change It.
Miss Representation » Blog Archive » The “Context” of Daniel Tosh’s Rape Joke
How Daniel Tosh’s joke and his subsequent apology are part of a much larger problem.
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5 Reasons Women Will Rule the Future
Tuesday 6 December 2011 Far from being harmless or ironic fun, lads’ mags could be legitimising hostile sexist attitudes, according to new research.
Are sex offenders and lads’ mags using the same language? - University of Surrey - Guildford
Maxim's "Cure A Feminist" Spreads the Sexism Even Farther Than It Dared to Hope
I noticed a friend’s Facebook share the other day of a Maxim “article” along with a critique of the language of “lads mags.” Here's the magazine feature, which is disgustingly violent in the most straightforward of ways, in order to give some context, but what I really want to talk about are some of the public conversations that have followed it.