No more page 3

1. The campaign was started by Lucy - Anne Holmes in 2012 and has received support from Green mp Caroline Lucas along with cross party support from over 140 other MPS.

2 - 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… 

- 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?!”

- 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?

- 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’. 

- 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.

- 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. The contrasting debates between Barbara and Boniface are the fact that page three is very outdated and very pointless now. Simply because Ellen Barabara is a model herself and therefore wears clothes as such.

4. This online campaign can be linked to the idea of post feminism as it can be seen as though women are now deciding for themselves if they want to show themselves naked or with short clothes on.

5. I am in full agreement with the campaign as it brings women down and shows the  at in which they are seen as sex objects rather than young respectable women. 

6. In my opinion, I believe there is still a huge requirement of feminism in order to make sure women are made fully equal to men.