The Sun's Page 3 is the highly visible tip of misogyny's iceberg

'A lot of women feel that people who want an end to Page 3 are uptight harridans...'
This statement taken from the article shows that we as women are not only down graded by men, but are done so by our own gender. Women.
Im sure many women would agree that women being objectified by society is a new level of disrespect that many people have unfortunately become used to.

This image is an example of women portraying THEMSELVES as sex objects. Some craving attention and feeding the men what they want to see. 
I feel it is a betrayal by women as they violate the strict privacy wanted by other women. It has been shown for hundreds of years that women have breasts, and the matter is increasing with a hugely recognized newspaper showing women exploiting themselves and the reputation of women as a whole.

'It exploits and demeans the men who consume it, in turn.' I agree with this quote taken from the article. I feel it is wrong to say that all men that read page 3 demean themselves. There are some decent men out there in the world that feel this is wrong. The men that have healthy relationships with their mother, sisters, wife and daughters. Men are given the impression that their misogyny is normal and it does not need to be questioned. I personally feel this is the fault of women as they perpetuate the situation further.


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Why We’re All to Blame for Kate Middleton’s PR Problem

By James F. Thompson on September 19, 2012 5:38 PM

Poor Kate Middleton. And you thought your parents were paranoid about what the neighbors think.

As you’ve certainly heard by now, a photographer recently captured images of the Duchess of Cambridge topless and sold them to the highest bidder (you may have even seen the evidence if you’re a fan of French tabloid magazines or, you know, the Internet). Now Kate Middleton can only go to one of thousands of remote beaches in Europe if she wants to sunbathe nude.

But of course, this story isn’t about the human race’s painful struggle to come to grips with our own nudity. This is about an invasion of privacy, and the Royal Family is pissed. We get it.

See, this “scandal” concerns principle as much as public relations. Anyone who doesn’t want their government or corporations spying on them, invading their privacy and infringing on their freedoms should stand behind the Royal Family.

It’s easy to poke fun at pampered Cambridge folk and mock the hypocrisies of a mid-sized island country that was once an empire, but this PR dilemma has nothing to do with Kate Middleton behaving badly. This is the result of a culture—yes, that means all of us known collectively as “the public”—behaving badly.

Any behaviour that rewards the exploitation of fellow human beings—on any level—shouldn’t be tolerated, let alone rewarded. For some reason, though, the public is fine with tabloids exploiting celebrities. “They’re famous,” we say. “It’s part of the deal.”

Try telling Princess Diana it’s part of the deal. The truth is that we, as a society, are all complicit in this crime against Kate Middleton. It’s harassment; it’s a personal assault; it’s soul trespassing—and by accepting it, we’re encouraging it.
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 'And that is the saddest thing. Page 3 encourages men to be contemptuous of women. It also encourages women to be contemptuous of men. Miserably, it can make women contemptuous of each other too, sometimes even of themselves.'I think this statement summarises a lot because, not only does it explain the typical stereotype that men look down on women, but it also states that women can look down on men. I feel this may be because it is the free will of men to read page 3 and they are demeaning themselves in a way if they do.