April 02, 2004

Offense

I am quite used to being offended by things that don't seem to bother the majority of my friends. Take the speights ads for example. I think they're sexist and awful but all these people say 'but they're funny!' That is not an excuse and it is not OK.

I've been ranting about tv ads a lot lately so I'll move to a different example type. Big dumb Hollywood Blockbusters. I used to love 'em. Now they offend me with their poorly drawn characters, storyline that exisits only to provide more explosions and token women who are just there to flash breasts/legs/give men sexual pleasure.

Then you get something like that blasted milkshake song that everyone I talk to agrees is just pplain wrong, and yet it gets a lot of publicity, played on Top of the Pops and probably made it to number one in the UK and possibly in NZ. I don't really now since it's been years since I watched a charts show.

Men whistling at me in the street, or calling out. That's awful too. I do not exist to provide all men with something nice to look at. I do not enjoy being told if I have by some total stranger. I don't think I've ever been whistled at by a woman so that's not an issue for me.

Moan moan moan.

Posted by jenni at April 2, 2004 08:48 AM
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