Word: sexistence
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...whole point of Playboy's upcoming article is to titillate men by debasing into objects the very women who strive hardest to escape that role. The message will be that even the brightest, most achievement-oriented women are really nothing but sexual playthings after all--a message insecure, sexist men are eager to receive...
...must face the "First Amendment" issue squarely, not by making artificial distinctions implying that supporting a magazine which makes its living off of sexist attitudes is not becoming "a party to an obvious injustice" while supporting a diamond company which fosters apartheid is participating in such an injustice. Your distinction implies that Mr. Chan's advertisement is somehow harmless--I certainly hope you don't believe that. --Diana Tanaka, Radcliffe...
Those who argue that the Playboy ad and the subsequent pictorial would not contribute specifically to the exploitation of women have little understanding of the realities of sexism in America. The system of sexist exploitation in America is, to be sure, less clear-cut than the regimented legal and economic structure of apartheid in South Africa--the oppression, however, is no less real. As the United States government finds it increasingly difficult to politically maintain sexist legal standards, the legal barriers to women achieving full economic and social equality with men are gradually falling. In turn, sexist attitudes...
...argument that Playboy is not in itself exploitative but only contributes to exploitative attitudes shows little sensitivity toward the problems of sexism in America, where it is, in fact, the sexist attitudes that keep women from full economic, social, and political equality with...
...CRIMSON rejected the ad because the paper through the ad would have been aiding Playboy in its search for a pictorial that will degrade Radcliffe women and women in general, further enforcing sexist attitudes. Some people will, no doubt, object that The Crimson is being paternalistic. If the ad were to run, they will argue, Radcliffe women surely would have the ability to make an intelligent choice on whether or not to pose for a few hundred dollars. We quite agree. Our point is simply that The Crimson does not want to be party in any way to Playboy...