Selling houses by objectifying women: NEO’s shameless sexism
A case study in sexist advertising So you thought slap and tickle carry-on flicks were a thing of the past? Think again. [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/20155716[/vimeo] A Gold Coast property dealer has breathed new life into old-fashioned sexism with this one and a half minute clip flogging a property on the Gold Coast. The clip has already gone viral […]
Can pornography be ethical? The dolphin-free-tuna solution
Pornography will always be exploitative I recall a few years ago being interviewed (read ‘debated’) by two young men on an Adelaide radio station, on the issue of prostitution and trafficking. After cataloguing a litany of harm caused as a result of the global trade in the bodies of women and girls, the boys came […]
Anti-women attitudes thriving: MTR in The Drum
Published today on Sexism: alive and well in Australia Virginia Haussegger is right to lament the status of women in other countries and the brutalities and indignities they suffer daily. But attitudes towards women in our own so-called liberated western democracy desperately need an overhaul as well. While I frequently write about the objectification of […]