Showing posts with label sexism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sexism. Show all posts

Friday, September 5, 2008

EU Taking Europe Down a Slippery Slope


-Source Telgraph


There is a reason I used that ad in this blog, it's because leftists, socialists and liberals like to take our freedoms away by targeting things that are hard to justify, as in tobacco, firearms, gory movies, naughty language, gangsta rap, death metal..."surely we must think of the children!!!"

And the leftist sheep follow along because they think that by doing so, they look like good people. Well, under this law those anti-fur campaigns get banned as well. Remember, the government that can ban the things that you don't like is also powerful enough to ban the stuff that you DO like. It's called FREEDOM! FREEDOM ISN'T SAFE! FREEDOM ISN'T GUARANTEED! FREEDOM CAN RESULT IN FAILURE! FREEDOM CAN RESULT IN HURT FEELINGS! But, I'll take freedom over safety from hurt feelings any day. I'll take freedom and failure over socialism and guaranteed mediocrity any day, and so should you!

This is why party loyalty on issues that truly don't matter is STUPID. There is one fucking issue that matters, Socialism vs. Freedom. That's it! All you fucking moron Right vs. Left Culture Warriors are the fucking problem...you're distracting America from what's truly important and both sides strengthen the hand of tyranny by their very short-sighted existence.

This election isn't about Jeremiah Wright, Abortion, Teenage Pregnancy, Associations, George Bush, or experience...this fucking election is about Big Powerful Socialist Government vs. Freedom!

Original Story:
MEPs want TV regulators in the EU to set guidelines which would see the end of anything deemed to portray women as sex objects or reinforce gender stereotypes.

This could potentially mean an end to attractive women advertising perfume, housewives in the kitchen or men doing DIY.

Such classic adverts as the Diet Coke commercial featuring the bare-chested builder, or Wonderbra's "Hello Boys" featuring model Eva Herzigova would have been banned.
The new rules come in a report by the EU's women's rights committee.

Swedish MEP Eva-Britt Svensson urged Britain and other members to use existing equality, sexism and discrimination laws to control advertising.
She wants regulatory bodies set up to monitor ads and introduce a "zero-tolerance" policy against "sexist insults or degrading images".

Ms Svensson said: "Gender stereotyping in advertising straitjackets women, men, girls and boys by restricting individuals to predetermined and artificial roles that are often degrading, humiliating and dumbed down for both sexes."

She added: "Gender stereotyping in advertising is one of several factors that have a big influence in efforts to make society more gender equal.

"When women and men are portrayed in a stereotypical way the consequence may be that it becomes difficult in other contexts to see women and men's resources and abilities."
The Advertising Standards Authority however had said there are already checks in place to prevent "discriminatory or harmful" material.

A spokesman said: "Although the ASA supports the overall objectives of the report... the approach suggested is inflexible and impractical."

Do you think sexist adverts should be banned?

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Anderson Cooper Gets it Right!




If you're my age, then there is no doubt you remember a young Anderson Cooper filing reports from around the world on Channel 1. Channel 1 was the school's attempt at teaching us kids about current events, but other than Anderson Cooper, nothing really stood out. It was wild the first time that I saw a grey-haired Anderson as the anchor for CNN, and while I rarely agree with Anderson's views, I respect the hell out of him for not letting his biases cloud his commentary. Here is an example from Anderson Cooper 360, as Mr. Cooper fights off an incredibly unfair attack on Governer Palin:


PHILLIPS: Can she be a mom and have five children and keep care of that home and also be the vice president of the United States?


COOPER: It's interesting that you hear people saying, "Well, can she care for her family and her children and also be vice president?" You never hear those questions being asked about a man, I mean I don't know if this is sexist or simply a double standard, but I have yet to hear Barack Obama asked, "Well, can you be a father, take care of your family and also be president of the United States?"


Bravo Mr. Cooper! It is so unfair to attack working mothers and it is so refreshing to see someone in the media completely forget about party lines and inject some fairness into this discussion