UK captains of industry have charity night where they sexually assault young female 'hostesses'

[PursuedByBears]

Gallery removes naked nymphs painting to 'prompt conversation'
Its all getting a bit confusing imo.

That's a bit odd

 

[Wilf]

Darts - at the forefront of the battle against objectification!

 

[Pickman's model]

Darts - at the forefront of the battle against objectification!

they have a point, you know

*gets coat*

 

[Spymaster]

I think if you're trying to make a sport more family friendly it makes sense to end this sort of practice.

I think half the world were astonished when, only a few years ago, the IPL decided to go with cheerleaders

This is CRICKET, ffs

It has provided me with some amusement, however. When watching matches with my father-in-law it's fun to see what reason he can manufacture to look away every time they come on (looking for something, coughing, drinking tea, reading a paper, going for a piss ... etc)

 

[Teaboy]

I think half the world were astonished when, only a few years ago, the IPL decided to go with cheerleaders

This is CRICKET, ffs

It has provided me with some amusement however. When watching matches with my father-in-law it's fun to see what reason he can manufacture to look away every time they come on (looking for something, coughing, drinking tea, reading a paper, going for a piss ... etc)

Not only Cricket but in India, that's what surprised me more.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

I think half the world were astonished when, only a few years ago, the IPL decided to go with cheerleaders

This is CRICKET, ffs

It has provided me with some amusement however. When watching matches with my father-in-law it's fun to see what reason he can manufacture to look away every time they come on (looking for something, coughing, drinking tea, reading a paper, going for a piss ... etc)

To its credit, the Aussie Big Bash is heavily promoting their women's competition, widely televising it, and holding matches as double-headers with the men.

 

[billbond]

Spose this will be the end of this type of thing
My cousin entering the ring with "company" by his side

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

A friend of mine is a grid girl. She loves the job. She gets paid well and all the pit crew and drivers are far too busy to give them any hassle. And she gets to travel to different places and races.

Really? I thought they used local women? Local as in from the country the race is being held in? Perhaps not in Abu Dhabi, but certainly elsewhere?

 

[kabbes]

It’s a shit attitude that says we shouldn’t pay any attention to the negative social impacts of something just so long as a few people get to keep their job, especially when that job is the very thing creating the negative social impact.

“Exploitation of women” doesn’t mean “exploitation of a woman”. It refers to the impact on women as a whole.

 

[Pickman's model]

Men with money. Apparently the darts reached the conclusion from feedback from their broadcasters. I think if you're trying to make a sport more family friendly it makes sense to end this sort of practice. Totally absurd outrage though.

yeh. so this isn't being pushed for by your actual feminists?

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

It’s a shit attitude that says we shouldn’t pay any attention to the negative social impacts of something just so long as a few people get to keep their job, especially when that job is the very thing creating the negative social impact.

“Exploitation of women” doesn’t mean “exploitation of a woman”. It refers to the impact on women as a whole.

Are you saying that the four-year-old currently half-way up my chimney has anywhere better to be?

 

[kabbes]

Are you saying that the four-year-old currently half-way up my chimney has anywhere better to be?

Child abuse is not about the abuse of “a child”. You’ll be fine.

 

[no-no]

You seem to have missed the international importance part of my comment.

I wasn't sure what relevance it had.

 

[Pickman's model]

Are you saying that the four-year-old currently half-way up my chimney has anywhere better to be?

should be halfway up my chimney: had them booked in for two - why's your place taking so long?

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

should be halfway up my chimney: had them booked in for two - why's your place taking so long?

Trying to shift the corpse of the last child to go up is taking this one longer than we thought.

 

[Pickman's model]

Trying to shift the corpse of the last child to go up is taking this one longer than we thought.

last time i use bahnhof strasse cleaning services ltd

 

[Teaboy]

I wasn't sure what relevance it had.

I'm not surprised.

 

[Pickman's model]

I'm not surprised.

it's wicked to mock the afflicted

 

[dessiato]

Really? I thought they used local women? Local as in from the country the race is being held in? Perhaps not in Abu Dhabi, but certainly elsewhere?

Not always. She's certainly travelled with the grid.

 

[Pickman's model]

Not always. She's certainly travelled with the grid.

so she doesn't live off-grid

 

[dessiato]

so she doesn't live off-grid

Actually yes. She's just got a job as a flight "hostess" for a private charter company. I'm not sure this is a good move, but it isn't my life.

 

[Poot]

Actually yes. She's just got a job as a flight "hostess" for a private charter company. I'm not sure this is a good move, but it isn't my life.

I know I'm going to regret asking this, but a "hostess" in speech marks; surely that's never a good thing? What does that involve?

 

[Spymaster]

Not only Cricket but in India, that's what surprised me more.

As long as they're not nice Indian girls, it's ok.

 

[Teaboy]

Not always. She's certainly travelled with the grid.

That can't have been cheap for F1 shipping these women around the world and paying for accommodation and subsistence plus their wages on top. If I had just taken over F1 it'd probably be the thing I'd get rid of first if only because its a chronic waste of money.

 

[Pickman's model]

As long as they're not nice Indian girls, it's ok.

glad to see you're still with us

 

[Spymaster]

That can't have been cheap for F1 shipping these women around the world and paying for accommodation and subsistence plus their wages on top. If I had just taken over F1 it'd probably be the thing I'd get rid of first if only because its a chronic waste of money.

That's probably one of smallest costs involved in F1, tbf.

 

[no-no]

The idea of doing away with grid girls etc is to stop men from objectivising women and change mes attitudes to women right? But that's going to continue whether we like it or not. I'm not even convinced there's anything wrong with sexual objectification. Other societies restrict womens working choices and choice of clothing far more than we do yet the men don't objectify women any less. Some would say men from restrictive societies are worse.

I think all that's happening here is that we're doing women out of lucrative work.

Thin end of the wedge and all that stuff, the prudery will continue.

 

[kabbes]

“You can’t change things so why even bother trying?”

 

[trabuquera]

As long as they're not nice Indian girls, it's ok.

This is fascinating! Why on earth are they all Saffas? (Other blonde Jezebels are available from other nations). Gupta connection maybe?

 

[elbows]

Other societies restrict womens working choices and choice of clothing far more than we do yet the men don't objectify women any less. Some would say men from restrictive societies are worse.

I think its extremely challenging to make proper comparisons to other cultures, there are too many variables.

In any case I do not see the removal of grid girls etc as being a sign of inevitable broader restrictions in society, or general prudishness. Corporate prudishness yes. Anyway I support the removal of this stuff because even if you want to retain the exploitation of women as eyecandy in certain specific contexts, the days where this sort of thing leaked into the general sporting & tv scene should have ended many years ago, amazing in many ways that it's taken this long.