I can sympathise with Shadow's comments. I get it. But I don't think you can approach the brolly babes in isolation. They are advertising hoardings, because if you want to get men to look at your brand, plastering it over a nubile girl's lycra clad boobs is a pretty good tactic. One of the best tactics in terms of effectiveness. So you need to address the whole issue of women in advertising. What is special about brolly babes? You can point a finger at any woman used gratuitously in any commercial or print advertising to attract attention to an otherwise uninteresting product. Where do you want to draw the line? Then there's music. Artists like Amy Winehouse or Adele are unusual in that their music actually sells on its merits, rather than their sex appeal. For most, it's sex first and sounds later. The Black Eyed Peas became vastly more popular once Fergie had joined. And Fergie doesn't hide her sex-appeal under a burka. So then you say, ah, but sport is noble and anything sexist to do with sport should be banned. Fine. Ban cheerleading as well then - it's the same thing. Personally, I can't see why sport should be put on a pedestal. Good looking women make the most of their sex appeal to get what they want in life, even if they are bright and are in positions of power. They use it to manipulate men. Fair dos. Everyone uses the weapons at their disposal. Would brolly babes rather be doing that job, or working in a supermarket checkout? Or as receptionist in an estate agent's? As for Page 3, once again, it's hard to call. Do you get rid of all porn, soft porn or very soft porn à la Page 3? I don't consider papers like The Sun or Mirror or Star to be newspapers anyway. They're just daily comics. What are people objecting to? Promoting soft porn is one of the least of their failings and shortcomings in my view. Is it OK on a monthly basis rather than a daily basis? It it their popularity that annoys? If I had a vote, the brolly babes would stay, and the Page 3 girls would disappear. But then I never look at red tops so I wouldn't be missing anything.
Jeeze, isn't awful some men find some women attractive. I get the feeling that some people would prefer everyone to be mingers. Face it, some people are bad looking and have bad characters too. Page 3 is pants anyway, printed in low IQ comics of limited appeal to anyone with a mind of their own,
Do you think that the brolly holders would be blokes with six packs if the grid was full of female riders?
I don't think anyone has said that it is awful that some men find women attractive. That is absolutely not the point.
Ive never really been one who cares very much about Page3, but as each year passes, it seems like an increasing anachronism. A bit like Carry On films, and casual racism, something from a byegone era. Probably time it was put out of its misery. Sex has always sold though, and probably always will. What I think is really strange is the way that respectable middle class Americans encourage their teenage daughters to dress up like hookers, and dance about at football games, and they don't think that there is one shred of a thing wierd about it. I do like the whole atmosphere at the Goodwood Revival though, its so much more tasteful!
Dont forget you can see years of examples of this poor taste grid girls on the motogp site motogp.com · Paddock Girls Photos and WSBK World Superbike Grid Girls 2013 Photo Gallery - Cycle News and even google for the BSB girls.. https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=b...7M0AWh9oGACA&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ&biw=1024&bih=672
thanks for that arthur, for research purposes only relating to this thread i forced myself to view these pictures
