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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22674928

Retailers are being warned they could face legal action if they continue to sell magazines showing images of naked and semi-naked women.

Pressure groups and lawyers say displaying the magazines or requiring staff to handle them could amount to sexual harassment or discrimination.

Campaigners say shops could be in breach of the Equality Act 2010.

The British Retail Consortium said its members do not sell anything illegal and have long followed industry rules.

Gender equality groups UK Feminista and Object have joined forces with 11 lawyers to launch the Lose the Lads' Mags campaign.

They have written an open letter to launch their national campaign, which was published in the Guardian newspaper on Monday.

"High-street retailers are exposing staff and, in some cases, customers to publications whose handling and display may breach equality legislation," the letter said.

"Displaying lads' mags and pornographic papers in 'mainstream' shops results in the involuntary exposure of staff and, in some cases, customers to pornographic images."

The letter says there are examples of staff successfully suing employers in respect of exposure to pornographic material at work.

Sexual harassment can be defined as unwanted verbal, non-verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature that creates an intimidating, hostile, degrading or offensive environment.

UK Feminista director Kat Banyard said so-called lads' mags fuelled sexist attitudes and behaviour by portraying women as "* objects".

She told the BBC the images caused "real harm".

"They promote sexist attitudes and behaviours - attitudes which underpin violence against women," she said.

The British Retail Consortium (BRC) said: "Major retailers understand their responsibilities to staff and customers.

"BRC members don't sell anything it isn't legal to sell and they have long followed joint industry guidelines, as well as taking their own independent voluntary action, to make sure that front covers which may concern some people are displayed discreetly.

"Our members regard their stores as family-friendly environments which is why conversations with staff and customers about what they believe is appropriate will continue."

Shane Brennan, from Association of Convenience Stores, urged customers to tell shopkeepers how they felt about this issue as the retailers cannot be the arbiter of what should appear in a magazine.

Speaking to BBC Radio 5 live about the possibility of legal action, he said issuing threats was "not particularly helpful".

Piers Hernu, who has written for Loaded and FHM and used to be editor of Front magazine, said no "right-minded individual" would consider the content of these magazines pornographic.

"What we have here is a very deeply sinister and disturbing attempt by a group of fundamentalist, fanatical feminists trying to rope in some lawyers in order to bully the supermarkets into removing lads mags' from the shelves by alerting both staff and customers that they may be able to win a court case," he told the BBC.
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What a load of crap. Anyone with a gf, wife, sister etc will know that womans magazines are full of half naked men, yet we never hear complaints about this.

Or adverts such as this

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPFYh6fNYC4"]Enjoy Life, Enjoy Bertolli (Bertolli advert) - YouTube[/ame]

Now imagine that was an advert depicting 3 men sending a dog to do that to a young woman.. there would probably be an uproar from these butch cows.

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Twisty, May 28, 2013

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Feminists, imo are dumb.

These women are not objecting to it...it's their right.

Promote sexist attitudes?? That's just natural not caused by Lads mags.

Glasgow_Bhoy88, May 28, 2013

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Just the start, no farting in public next:icon_mrgreen:

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They often make some good points,the feminists,but their war against 'lad mags' is silly.

Secretly,plenty of them will wish they looked like the models they claim to despise so much,who the * are they to judge what someone else does with their own body anyway?

Live and let live.
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Do people still buy these magazines?

I only really bought loaded when I was younger because I was just that darn cool

TimFloyd, May 28, 2013

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kennybhoy67 said: ↑

They often make some good points,the feminists,but their war against 'lad mags' is silly.

Secretly,plenty of them will wish they looked like the models they claim to despise so much,who the * are they to judge what someone else does with their own body anyway?

Live and let live.
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Exactly these girls that appear in these magazines are very well aware of the job they are doing and probably love it.

Some of them also make a very good living out of it

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I presume they are talking about magazines such as Nuts, FHM and Maxim? If so, then why are they not going after * mags instead??

I think lads mags are crap and I do agree that they promote sexist attitudes. The idea of some shop assistant being able to sue their employer because they had to sell an issue of FHM to a customer is quite frankly ridiculous though. I * detest the "I'll sue!" culture that we seem to have picked up from America.

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Used to buy Nuts all the time on my way to work.

Mr. Slippyfist, May 28, 2013

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The Padmill said: ↑

Used to buy Nuts all the time on my way to work.
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Roasted or salted?

TimFloyd, May 28, 2013

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I actually heard the bint on the telly :56:the other day, saying technically it is sexual discrimination when she has to walk in to a shop and is made to see images of semi-naked women all over the shelves.

* better stay away from the beach on a warm day then :56::56:

Mr. Slippyfist, May 28, 2013

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TimFloyd said: ↑

Roasted or salted?
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Salted :86:

:smiley-laughing002::smiley-laughing002:

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We should get Health and Fitness mag banned as well then as on the cover of that every month there's some chiseled chap with a six pack.

Anyway ain't these feminists all cabbage eating, hairy arm pitted lesbians? Should be enjoying the flesh on show.

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It is another complete non-issue that feminists are targeting. Sad, because if you consider the degree of real gender inequality that still exists on global levels, there is so much a sensible feminist movement could achieve. If only they would stop worrying about things that are neither here nor there to anyone.

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It's pretty ridiculous. I wouldn't ever buy a lads mag, but if people want to look a soft * magazine (or read "the articles"), who really cares?

They are definitely associated with a lack of intelligence though. Rightly or wrongly.

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Feminists in making an issue out of * all shocker

I suppose they'll be complaining about half naked men in women's magazines or is that alright as men are the only bad people in society? :rolleyes:

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Moncur67 said: ↑

Feminists in making an issue out of * all shocker

I suppose they'll be complaining about half naked men in women's magazines or is that alright as men are the only bad people in society? :rolleyes:
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Or complaining about the amount of copies of "50 shades a *" displayed on the shelves of ASda, Tesco etc..........

:rolleyes:

Mr. Slippyfist, May 28, 2013

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The Padmill said: ↑

Or complaining about the amount of copies of "50 shades a *" displayed on the shelves of ASda, Tesco etc..........

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Aye cos men don't become * objects, only women which in turn promotes violence :rolleyes:

The hypocrisy is quite hilarious but arguing with a women gets you nowhere

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No-one's forcing them to look at the magazine. Totally ridiculous cause. Just because they're offended, doesn't mean they're right.

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Callum McGregor, May 28, 2013

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Feminists aren't about pro-women, they're all about being anti-men. They're absolutely deluded. (yes i'm aware not all are but the majority are)

TuffGong, May 28, 2013

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