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#31580 DrB 2013-05-09 20:35
This week Heat Magazine uses the term 'slut dropping' to describe the behaviour of two female celebrities. Everyday the term 'slut' will be used to defame and humiliate women and girls around the world. Seeing the word used to describe a dance move (which neither of the celebrities pictured are actually doing)in a national magazine normalises the word 'slut', may suggest to some readers that it is acceptable to brand some women or girls as 'sluts' or their behaviour or looks 'sluttish'. p.s. putting the term 'slutdropping' in parenthesis does not render it innocuous or any less problematic. Sort it out.
 
 
#31579 Clare 2013-05-09 20:20
Just been to a book reading event by an author (a lawyer with a Cambridge degree) who described how she had changed one of the characters in the draft novel from a daughter to a son because the publishers told her that the character (an assertive QC) would annoy people too much as a woman.
 
 
#31578 Anyanka 2013-05-09 20:06
Radio news reported that one of the women kept captive in Cleveland for 10 years had "miscarried five babies." Unless she's the Virgin Mary she didn't get pregnant all by herself. She was RAPED.
 
 
#31577 S.R. 2013-05-09 19:55
I live between Arnos Grove and Bounds Green, and my everyday trip to central London takes ten minutes longer than necessary. I prefer to take the longer route to Bounds Green just to avoid the stares, car horns and wolf whistles I get whilst waiting at the five consecutive traffic lights on the way to Arnos Grove. Maybe those men think I should be flattered, but in fact, it makes me sick.
 
 
#31576 Aisha 2013-05-09 18:47
Walked past the train station in jeans and a camouflage jacket and got ogled by every single man I passed. Made worse by the fact that all were at least 20 years older than me.
 
 
#31575 Jane 2013-05-09 18:42
My partner: Hi, I'm looking for a notepad as a present for my young relative?
Sales Assistant: O, is it for a girl or a boy?
My partner: Erm...it doesn't matter? It's a notepad?
Sales Assistant: *is hugely confused* Uhh....well...the girls ones with butterflies and things on them are over here, and the more boyish ones are over there. Call me if you need help.

Later:
Sales Assistant: So you've decided to buy an action figure as a present too?
My partner: Yes, my nephew likes Teenage Mutant Hero Ninja Turtles a lot...
Sales Assistant: I know, the boys are all crazy for these at the moment!
My partner:...and my niece likes them just as much.
Sales Assistant: *stunned silence*


Well, I high-fived him for making a point of saying this. Because whilst I do see that most schoolboys would rather die than own school equipment with pink kittens on it, gender-segregating PAPER doesn't help move us towards a better future where this isn't such a big deal. What's the girly stationery going to DO if we don't cordon it off - infect the rest of the shop and infest innocent male passers-by with icky pinkification? Is it dangerous? Do we now also have some special kind of notepad designed for people who, presumably, write with their penis? It's paper, folks, you write your ideas on it. Genitalia notwithstanding.
 
 
#31574 that woman 2013-05-09 18:15
A group of women from Yorkshire are planning to row across the English Channel - on the Look North local news they've so far been described as 'housewives', 'girls', and 'ladies'. And the senior reporter couldn't resist commenting (inaccurately) on their lack of make-up. Nothing said about the cause they are raising money for. Bored now.
 
 
#31573 Laila 2013-05-09 18:08
Man across from me on the train leaned in closer and whispered that he wants to see my breasts.
 
 
#31572 Ellesar 2013-05-09 17:34
On Yahoo comments about a barrister (Barbara Hewson) who has called for the age of consent to be lowered to 13 and for old men who sexually abuse girls not to be'persecuted':

Sarah
Sorry to say it but she isn't a pretty woman.

Which I have naturally responded to by saying:

Ellesar
And how is that relevant exactly?
 
 
#31571 IHAVEANAMEitsnotgirl 2013-05-09 17:28
Boy in class uses 'You have the brain of a woman' to insult his friend and then proceeds to call every woman in the room 'girl' even if he knows their names! Constant sexism even by 14 year olds.