The person who had started the no more page 3 campaign was Lucy Anne Holmes. She had started is as she thought that the page 3 was the most prominent photo of a women in the widest circulation of British newspaper is of a woman in just her pants.
2) What are the six reasons the campaign gives for why Page 3 has to go?
1) It’s 2014! Page 3 was first introduced in the sexist 1970s. A lot has changed over the last 30+ years in our society, we think it’s time The Sun caught up…
2) It’s soft porn in the UK’s no.1 selling family newspaper that children are exposed to. Until 2003 the models were only 16 (and made to dress up in school ties and hats – seriously!) It’s never been OK. One day we’ll look back on this and think “oh my goodness, we did what?!”
3) What does it teach children? They see page after page of pictures of men in clothes doing stuff (running the country, having opinions, achieving in sport!) and what are the women doing in this society they’re learning about? Not much really, other than standing topless in their pants showing their bare breasts for men. It’s not really fair, is it?
4) Women say, do and think so many interesting and incredible things and should be celebrated for their many achievements. They are people, not things! Not ‘that’. The fact that we hear ‘look at the tits on that’ or ‘I’d do that’ is disgusting, disrespectful and objectifying. Page 3 of The Sun is the icon that perpetuates and normalises this horrible sexist ‘banter’.
5) Every single weekday for the last 44 years in The Sun newspaper the largest female image has been of a young woman (usually of a very particular age, race, physicality) showing her breasts for men, sending out a powerful message that whatever else a woman achieves, her primary role is to serve men sexually. Pretty rubbish that really.
6) The Sun newspaper could be so much stronger without Page 3. Because currently, any story they run about women’s issues such as rape, sexual abuse, harassment, domestic violence or the dangers of online porn is drowned out and contradicted by the neon flashing sign of Page 3 that says ‘shut up, girls, and get your tits out.’
3) Read this debate in the Guardian regarding whether the campaign should be dropped. What are Barbara Ellen and Susan Boniface's contrasting opinions in the debate?Suzie Bonofice - This debater stated that the newspaper was outdated, She also states that in the 70s it was hard to come by images of naked women and there for back then created an audience Boniface said that the newspaper was tasteless, demeaning and unnecessary.
Barbara Ellen - This debater believes that the campaign against Page 3 should not be abandoned just because the Sun decided to blow a last-minute raspberry at supposed PC mores. Admittedly, there have been inconsistencies.
4) How can the No More Page 3 campaign be linked to the idea of post-feminism?
This could be linked to post-feminism as the woman that chose to go up and put themselves on page 3 are doing it willingly, this how they chose to get paid and make money. This is completely their choice and it is what they want to do as they want to earn money by doing what they love which is posing in front of a camera naked. This is completely up to them.
5) What are your OWN views on the No More Page 3 campaign. Do you agree with the campaign's aims? Should the campaign continue?
The campaign i believe is pointless as the sun is not doing anything bad, they are well in their rights to do as they wish and at the end of the day its all about business, they do it to satisfy the readers by providing them with a picture of a beautiful woman on page 3. They do not intend on making women look bad in any way, the women chose to do this women are not being forced into posing naked in front of a camera.
6) Do you agree that we are in a post-feminist state or is there still a need for feminism?
Post feminism will still be needed as this page 3 is not the problem, what the problem is is that females to get underpaid and are less likely to get a good job when up against men as men would be chosen most of the times apart from the unlucky few. There is also inequality out on the streets where men treat women differently. So feminism is needed and I believe will get no where. This is a mans world and frankly it'll stay that way for many more years to come.
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