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Tesco - porns more harmful than pyjamas!

Felix Gonzales | 28.03.2010 22:53 | Gender | Social Struggles

Over 30 pyjama clad activists descended upon Tescos on Picadilly, London on Friday the 26th of March 2010 to campaign against lads’ mags being openly displayed within their stores.

Tesco devalues women
Tesco devalues women


Watch the video report  http://www.youandifilms.com/2010/03/tesco-porns-more-harmful-than-pyjamas/

Tescos have recently banned shoppers from shopping in there pyjamas and put up a notice “To avoid causing offence or embarrassment to others we ask that our customers are appropriately dressed when visiting our store (footwear must be worn at all times and no nightwear is permitted).”

Tescos says – “We do, however, request that customers do not shop in their PJs or nightgowns. “This is to avoid causing offence or embarrassment to others.”

However Tesco openly promotes the sale and display of Lads magazines such as Zoo, Nuts, FHM and the Sun openly and within view and reach of young children and so in protest Object wrote slogans on paper bags saying things like ‘This magazine is sexist, don’t buy it’, ‘Women are human too’, ‘This magazine promotes violence against women’ and took it in turn to place every sexist magazine and newspaper in a bag and covered the entire lads’ mags displays objecting to the sexist portrayal of women as objects.

OBJECT has been campaigning on the issue of sexism, lads’ mags and newspapers since 2003.

 http://www.object.org.uk/

Felix Gonzales
- e-mail: felix@youandifilms.com
- Homepage: http://www.youandifilms.com

Comments

Display the following 24 comments

  1. agree — the ban it mob
  2. But... — AH
  3. Well done — Hamish
  4. @Hamish — AH
  5. Is this it then? — Just another person
  6. ... — not impressed
  7. censorship is a slippery slope — anarcha-feminism
  8. False dichotomies — Not a wank mag reader
  9. @ anarcha-feminism — another anarchafem
  10. Mary Whitehouse must be vproud!!. What about women own mags etc??, — Baby P
  11. You have goodpoints, cant you just ask them calmly to put it on the top shelf? — Baby P
  12. @Baby P — Not a wank mag reader
  13. another example of middle-class feminism... — another anarcho-fem
  14. anarchists are sexist too — female human
  15. odd logic — female human
  16. re: human female — riot girl
  17. re: criticism of feminism ... is seriously depressing — anon
  18. re: odd logic — another anarcho-fem
  19. Really good action but... — socially conditioned male
  20. riot girl — female human
  21. I agree with Female Human — Charlie Little
  22. ang on — las
  23. Don't ban things we like ban things we don;'t — Dan Factor
  24. Urgh... — Feminist trying to get into Anarchism...