The end of the Sun's page 3

[Easy 10]

Guardian reader here.

To be fair, page 3 actually did degrade women and encouraged people to view them as cheap worthless sluts and sex objects to satisfy the predatory carnal lust of men.

Really ? I think regardless of Page 3, the people who hold those views actually have some very deep-seated problematic issues of their own. To lay the blame for that at The Suns Page 3 is, IMO, misguided.

 

[somerset]

I see boobs like this..... in the one hand........ or in the other

 

[Paris]

Really ? I think regardless of Page 3, the people who hold those views actually have some very deep-seated problematic issues of their own. To lay the blame for that at The Suns Page 3 is, IMO, misguided.

Indeed. The level of parenting or lack of it is no doubt the deciding factor on this particular topic.

 

[Pavilionaire]

I'm surprised Page 3 has gone on for this long, to be honest.

It was on dodgy ground with the arrival of video recorders, even dodgier when Madonna started getting her kit off on MTV, then entirely superfluous with the arrival of the internet and Babestation.

 

[dazzer6666]

Will never forget the day when one of our staff appeared in the final of a competition to find a new Page 3 girl (page 3 Idol I think). No-one knew she'd entered until the paper appeared. She eventually won.....and went on to date Zamora before ditching him for someone from Plymouth Argyle........

Had hours of fun asking the crusty old head of compliance when he was bringing out a calendar, moving the team onto hardcore etc. Happy days.

 

[allystrat]

Don't give a monkey's, but in my youff I recall seeing Sian Adey Jones....very nice 'back in the day'.

She was a cracker. Had a topless picture of her hidden on the inside door of my wardrobe when I was a youngster. Not the best place to hide it really.

 

[Questions]

She was a cracker. Had a topless picture of her hidden on the inside door of my wardrobe when I was a youngster. Not the best place to hide it really.

Bit awkward having to crawl into a dark wardrobe to crack one off surely ?

 

[Prince Monolulu]

Bit awkward having to crawl into a dark wardrobe to crack one off surely ?

I dunno, IKEA are quite open minded nowadays.

 

[hoveboyslim]

A sad day for all teenagers around the country.

Sad day for teenage boys maybe, but I guess the majority of teenage girls won't mourn its passing.

 

[brakespear]

Correct. I can't remember the last time I bought The Sun, so the fact there's no more Page 3 doesn't affect me one way or the other. Pictorial tittage is a highly accessible commodity in this day and age, its as near as makes no difference that it'll no longer be present in "Britains Favourite Newspaper".

I just find I get aggravated when these shrill minority do-gooders preach to the majority on what we should and shouldn't be allowed to choose to see - and then crow from the rooftops when they get what they want. Obviously there is a line to be drawn on what we should be allowed to see - but Page 3 is so far behind that line its over the bloody horizon.

As 'shrill' seems to be a word you're fond of perhaps you could tell me when it is that agents for change (whatever their cause) stop being 'shrill'? Is it when they're in the majority? Or when they agree with you?

 

[SIMMO SAYS]

Guardian reader here.

To be fair, page 3 actually did degrade women and encouraged people to view them as cheap worthless sluts and sex objects to satisfy the predatory carnal lust of men.

Whats wrong with that then.
Do you prefer them dressed in Burkas

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Do they still have the page 7 fella?

 

[SIMMO SAYS]

Do they still have the page 7 fella?

Ask Ernest:safeway:

 

[Easy 10]

As 'shrill' seems to be a word you're fond of perhaps you could tell me when it is that agents for change (whatever their cause) stop being 'shrill'? Is it when they're in the majority? Or when they agree with you?

Certainly. They stop being shrill when they belt up and go and find something thats actually worth publically wringing their hands over. Because wetting the bed "campaigning" over something as trivial as Page 3 is about as useful and worthwhile as a rowing machine in Kemi's spare room.

 

[Soulman]

Certainly. They stop being shrill when they belt up and go and find something thats actually worth publically wringing their hands over. Because wetting the bed "campaigning" over something as trivial as Page 3 is about as useful and worthwhile as a rowing machine in Kemi's spare room.

Totally agree.

 

[Geestar]

Bad.

 

[Soulman]

Guardian reader here.

To be fair, page 3 actually did degrade women and encouraged people to view them as cheap worthless sluts and sex objects to satisfy the predatory carnal lust of men.

I think there are a lot worse cases of degrading women going on in this world. The girls on page 3 are not forced into doing it, they have a choice.

 

[looney]

H, doesn't make a huge amount of difference does it? Still small steps.

Can you tell me whats wrong with a man being sexually attracted to a seually attractive female?

 

[Prince Monolulu]

....and SAJ was lovely

 

[brakespear]

Certainly. They stop being shrill when they belt up and go and find something thats actually worth publically wringing their hands over. Because wetting the bed "campaigning" over something as trivial as Page 3 is about as useful and worthwhile as a rowing machine in Kemi's spare room.

So it's if they agree with you then? OK, fair enough.