Word: exploitationism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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We do not disagree with the majority's judgment that Playboy's editorial treatment of women is often sexist. We did not, however, find the ad sufficiently offensive to merit an exception to our general standards of advertising acceptability. While the majority argues that the ad contributes "specifically to the...
In our view, the element of choice is crucial. A woman who chooses to model for the magazine and is adequately compensated cannot legitimately be considered "exploited." For that reason, we find the majority's cries of exploitation and oppression illogical, and fear they are simply a blatant appeal to...
LAST WEEK, The Crimson found itself in the difficult position of having to decide whether to run an advertisement asking Radcliffe students to call David Chan, a Playboy photographer, if they were interested in posing for an upcoming Playboy pictorial on "Women of the Ivy League." The Crimson decided not...
Striking workers paralyzed key industries: power, communications, transport and, the heart of the nation's wealth, oil production. At the same time, the ravaging mobs concentrated their destructive efforts on the banks, which Islamic extremists see as symbols of Western decadence and leftists view as outposts of capitalistic exploitation. On...
To argue, as some of the majority did, that this advertisement was in the same category as those for Krugerrands or South African diamonds, is to ignore the key issue of choice. We refused to take Krugerrand or diamond ads because they contributed, in a direct way, to the maintenance...