Comments on: Portrayal of women in media is still pants! http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/12/20/portrayal-of-women-in-media-is-still-pants/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:29:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: david http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/12/20/portrayal-of-women-in-media-is-still-pants/#comment-13603 david Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-13603 Rampant sexism? There is more in Julie's articles than the responses. I thought she, as an academic, would provide a coherent argument to defend her innitial position rather than point out the criticism was made by men as a defence in itself. Rampant sexism? There is more in Julie’s articles than the responses. I thought she, as an academic, would provide a coherent argument to defend her innitial position rather than point out the criticism was made by men as a defence in itself.

]]> By: Kevin Charles Herbert http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/12/20/portrayal-of-women-in-media-is-still-pants/#comment-13604 Kevin Charles Herbert Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-13604 Dear David Sanderson, Please reveal your relationship to Julie Posetti...OR HAVE IT REVEALED ON THIS PAGE!!!!!!!! Dear David Sanderson,

Please reveal your relationship to Julie Posetti…OR HAVE IT REVEALED ON THIS PAGE!!!!!!!!

]]> By: Mike Cusack http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/12/20/portrayal-of-women-in-media-is-still-pants/#comment-13605 Mike Cusack Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-13605 There is really no room for arguement on this topic. The photo was crude and unnecessary and of no credit to the paper. To all those who think otherwise, how would you like it if the subject of the photo was your wife or mother, like Ms McKew just going about their business. The offending portion of the photo could easily have been cropped as was done in other papers, with no detrimental effect on it's message. I'm not sure about the sexism part. If Howard or any other man had inadvertantly revealed his privates in the presence of a tabloid photographer, I'm sure an equally offensive photo would have been taken and published. There is really no room for arguement on this topic. The photo was crude and unnecessary and of no credit to the paper. To all those who think otherwise, how would you like it if the subject of the photo was your wife or mother, like Ms McKew just going about their business.
The offending portion of the photo could easily have been cropped as was done in other papers, with no detrimental effect on it’s message.
I’m not sure about the sexism part. If Howard or any other man had inadvertantly revealed his privates in the presence of a tabloid photographer, I’m sure an equally offensive photo would have been taken and published.

]]> By: Kevin Charles Herbert http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/12/20/portrayal-of-women-in-media-is-still-pants/#comment-13606 Kevin Charles Herbert Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-13606 Yes folks.....notwithstanding this latest 70's feminist inspired text book rant, we should all remember that Julie has (either consciously ou sub- consciously) manoeuvred us into exactly where she 'NEEDS' to be...ie: IN PRINT. Yes folks…..notwithstanding this latest 70’s feminist inspired text book rant, we should all remember that Julie has (either consciously ou sub- consciously) manoeuvred us into exactly where she ‘NEEDS’ to be…ie: IN PRINT.

]]> By: Mick http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/12/20/portrayal-of-women-in-media-is-still-pants/#comment-13607 Mick Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-13607 Where can one see the "up-the-skirt" picture so one's research doesn't have to rely on secondary sources? Where can one see the “up-the-skirt” picture so one’s research doesn’t have to rely on secondary sources?

]]> By: david http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/12/20/portrayal-of-women-in-media-is-still-pants/#comment-13608 david Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-13608 Well put Leonidas, It is the inacuracies in Julie's article (eg. "Pauline Hanson's fashion sense was ridiculed above her policies"), that stirred response, not the original (non) issue. Well put Leonidas, It is the inacuracies in Julie’s article (eg. “Pauline Hanson’s fashion sense was ridiculed above her policies”), that stirred response, not the original (non) issue.

]]> By: Kevin Charles Herbert http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/12/20/portrayal-of-women-in-media-is-still-pants/#comment-13609 Kevin Charles Herbert Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-13609 And by the way Julie....I'm not cutting off my 'blinkers' for anyone!!!!!....viva la difference! And by the way Julie….I’m not cutting off my ‘blinkers’ for anyone!!!!!….viva la difference!

]]> By: Mick http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/12/20/portrayal-of-women-in-media-is-still-pants/#comment-13610 Mick Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-13610 I've seen it now. You got it wrong. Not a perve shot as you say but demonstrably from above the elbow level (looking down on Howard's hands-on-crotch). Will you apologise to the photographer who took such a fun snap of someone getting the last word? I’ve seen it now. You got it wrong. Not a perve shot as you say but demonstrably from above the elbow level (looking down on Howard’s hands-on-crotch). Will you apologise to the photographer who took such a fun snap of someone getting the last word?

]]> By: leonidas http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/12/20/portrayal-of-women-in-media-is-still-pants/#comment-13611 leonidas Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-13611 But she hasn't revealed her privates has she? Or anything very much at all. This is just a complete non-story. There is nothing pervy, misogynist or humiliating about the photo. You can see a bit of her leg and that's it. Get a grip. But she hasn’t revealed her privates has she? Or anything very much at all. This is just a complete non-story. There is nothing pervy, misogynist or humiliating about the photo. You can see a bit of her leg and that’s it. Get a grip.

]]> By: David Sanderson http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/12/20/portrayal-of-women-in-media-is-still-pants/#comment-13612 David Sanderson Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-13612 Tom, you are lapsing into complete incoherence. Take a long rest before trying to write again. Tom, you are lapsing into complete incoherence. Take a long rest before trying to write again.

]]> By: julie posetti http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/12/20/portrayal-of-women-in-media-is-still-pants/#comment-13613 julie posetti Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-13613 David, Crikey word limitations stopped me engaging further with your criticism and this isn't an academic journal. But you can read a longer version of this story at my blog: http://www.j-scribe.com/2007/12/turning-blind-eye-to-gender-bias.html. David, Crikey word limitations stopped me engaging further with your criticism and this isn’t an academic journal. But you can read a longer version of this story at my blog: http://www.j-scribe.com/2007/12/turning-blind-eye-to-gender-bias.html.

]]> By: ann meyer http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/12/20/portrayal-of-women-in-media-is-still-pants/#comment-13614 ann meyer Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-13614 When women figure out how to work as a team and support women before their men, when mothers treat their daughters with the same importance as their sons we might change the boring, patriarchal society of today and yes I still love men too. When women figure out how to work as a team and support women before their men, when mothers treat their daughters with the same importance as their sons we might change the boring, patriarchal society of today and yes I still love men too.

]]> By: julie posetti http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/12/20/portrayal-of-women-in-media-is-still-pants/#comment-13615 julie posetti Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-13615 Kevin, I think it's time you took a Bex and had a good lie down! For the record, I have no idea who David Sanderson is and I have no relationship to declare with any of the respondents. Thankfully, not all men think like you, Kevin! Kevin, I think it’s time you took a Bex and had a good lie down! For the record, I have no idea who David Sanderson is and I have no relationship to declare with any of the respondents. Thankfully, not all men think like you, Kevin!

]]> By: Tom McLoughlin http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/12/20/portrayal-of-women-in-media-is-still-pants/#comment-13616 Tom McLoughlin Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-13616 Yep, McKew's victory is very intimidating, I feel emasculated. ALP plays 'Return of Max the Axe' trumping Coalition's Moore-Wilton. Poor John, he'll be squeaking like a mere lad again, before they dropped - err too crude? what the hell. We is what we is. Yep, McKew’s victory is very intimidating, I feel emasculated. ALP plays ‘Return of Max the Axe’ trumping Coalition’s Moore-Wilton. Poor John, he’ll be squeaking like a mere lad again, before they dropped - err too crude? what the hell. We is what we is.

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