Lad's Mags

Lose the Lads' Mags? Lose the Censorship

Sarah Woolley | Posted 31.05.2013 | UK
Sarah Woolley

As I squint at the raunchy front covers for Vogue and FHM, I realise that, despite the latter's promise to explain 'Why Gary Barlow Is Just Like You,' I am struggling to tell them apart. Hence my confusion that UK Feminista and Object only target men's magazines in their new campaign.

Why Lads' Mags Have No Place in Students' Unions

Salma Haidrani | Posted 29.05.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Salma Haidrani

Lads' mags, a further form of sexual objectification which has been lying dormant since before I arrived at university, has been permitted to sell in my Students' Union Shop seemingly innocently alongside less offensive food items.

It Is Deeply Offensive to Women to Suggest They Can Be 'Harassed' by Lads' Mags

Brendan O'Neill | Posted 28.05.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Brendan O'Neill

According to 14 lawyers specialising in equality law, supermarkets that sell lads' mags such as Nuts and Zoo could potentially be sued under sexual discrimination laws, on the basis that displaying such saucy material in workplaces possibly constitutes "sexual harassment under the Equality Act 2010"... Apparently such magazines are "deeply harmful to women", and therefore shops that stock them run the risk of being done for discriminating against or even harassing their female shoppers. There's so much wrong with this campaign it's hard to know where to start.

Shops Could Face Sexual Harassment Claims Over Lads' Mags

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 27.05.2013 | UK

High Street retailers could face sexual discrimination or harassment claims if they continue to stock lads' mags, a group of equal rights lawyers have...

No More Page 3: An Ode to Tits and Arse

Claire Shropshall | Posted 17.06.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Claire Shropshall

It was only when I lived and worked in Honduras briefly aged 21 and suffered daily cat-calls, hisses and spitting from local men in the street, that something truly and irrevocably sank in. Being treated differently for occupying a female body wasn't just frustrating and irritating.

What Lads' Mags Have In Common With Convicted Rapists

The Huffington Post UK | Georgia James | Posted 12.12.2011 | UK Lifestyle

'Lads' mags' describe women using the same language as sex offenders, according to a new study. Researchers at Middlesex University distributed quo...

The Coalition Is in Danger of Doing the Right Thing About Gender in Schools

Triona Kennedy | Posted 10.02.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Triona Kennedy

The Home Office has shown, this week, that it recognises gender inequality is a problem and education is an important part of the solution. The Scandinavians are leagues ahead. Let's put our energies into trying to catch up with them instead of denying that we have a serious problem on that front.