Asahi and Playboy

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Good morning Eiji,

Straight Talk got me thinking again........thank you.

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Thank you ST [Straight Talk] for noticing the
"dangerous" Playboy /naked lady advertisements
in the Asahi Newspaper.
Why "dangerous"?.

It is not about "freedom of speech".
It is because by showing women as "play things for
men" the Media [Asahi Newspaper] is encouraging
social prejudice and inequality between men and
women!!
It is not appropriate and not necessary to put this
kind of advertising in a national newspaper in any
country.

I'm sure no ST mother wishes their daughter to
dream about being a "play thing for men"
[=prostitute], but that is what this media
stereotype is saying to your daughter when
she see this...........

A good web site to read about media stereotyping
and its importance is

http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/issues/stereotyping/women_and_girls/

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Doug