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Men and women according to The Sun

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No More Page 3 campaign, images of men and women in The SunWomen don’t wear clothes?

No More Page 3 campaigners spent 6 months collecting images of men and women from the pages of UK’s daily tabloid The Sun, and stuck them side-by-side on a wall to illustrate how The Sun portrays them.

The startling results can be seen here.

Unsurprisingly, women wear fewer clothes than their male counterparts.

And whereas men are portrayed in active ways, women appear passive, and where men exhibit a range of emotions, the women tend overwhelmingly to be smiling or pouting.

Perhaps even more incredibly, the only ‘older women’ pictured in the paper are the Queen, a woman on a mobility scooter, and Mrs Brown from the TV show Mrs Brown’s Boys.

And despite being a newspaper renowned for its sport coverage, during the 6-month period The Sun failed to print a single image of a woman participating in sport.

The video accompanying the project asks the pertinent question: ‘What messages do these images send?’

Obviously unconcerned by the answer to that question, a spokesperson for The Sun commented: ‘Some people have too much time on their hands. Although we’re glad they were one of more than 2 million who buy and enjoy The Sun every single day.’

The No More Page 3 campaign is calling for the paper to ditch its daily topless photos of women, citing the negative image they convey of women as sex objects.

To sign their petition, click here.

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