The Girl Guides have become the latest organisation to urge the Sun to end its practice of printing photographs of topless women on Page 3. Just weeks after proprietor Rupert Murdoch hinted he might scrap Page 3, Girlguiding UK has written an open letter to the Sun urging the tabloid to “promote positive role models to inspire girls” and stop treating women as objects. The letter to Sun editor Dominic Mohan says: “We know that The Sun is a family newspaper. Anyone can pick it up, turn to page 3, and think that it is normal for young women to be treated as objects. We feel this is just wrong and has to stop.” The organisation says objectifying women on the pages of the tabloid, a practice which has gone on for more than 40 years, is “disrespectful” and sexist. “As a young woman in UK society, it is impossible to nurture your ambitions if you are constantly told that you are not the same as your male equivalent,” the letter adds. “This is what Page 3 does. It is disrespectful and embarrassing.” “We would like the Sun, as a leading UK newspaper, to promote positive role models to inspire… Read full this story
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