Cover her up! Hotel gets dressing down over 'sexist' blonde builder hoarding that's been likened to 'soft porn'
A hotel has been forced to cover up a building site hoarding after complaints that it is sexist.
Malmaison, in Manchester, had put up a risque 7ft image of a scantily clad woman holding a power tool to hide ongoing construction work.
But author and Manchester University Professor Jeanette Winterson likened the image to 'soft porn'. She said: 'Plenty of women on business stay at the Malmaison. 'To get to their hotel room at the end of a long day they must take in, or blank out, the message that women at work are really soft-porn babes. 'The hard-hat babes send out a message that aligns with male fantasy not female reality. 'And that's a problem.
'Suppose you are a girl who wants to go into the manual trades. Does the image of a skinny model in a strapless frock, pouting with a drill, do anything for your self-confidence and ambition?'
In response, the hotel placed a tongue-in-cheek banner over the image saying 'we've been asked to cover up'
In response, the hotel placed a tongue-in-cheek banner over the image saying 'we've been asked to cover up'
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Feminists hate attractive women
4 comments:
After reading this article and seeing jonjayray's comment, I did a Bing search of Manchester University Professor Jeanette Winterson. When viewing the images of Professor Winterson, I had to conclude that jonjayray is correct. The professor is a plain, almost manish looking woman, and has probably been jealous of attractive women for most of her adult life.
You mean there are objective standards to beauty? Who knew?
She obviously wants to be drilled.
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