Last UK daily drops ‘page three’ topless women photos
‘As the #MeToo movement has shown, this is a new world we live in and women are not about to put up with that nonsense,’ says a man
London — Britain’s Daily Star newspaper has stopped showing topless women on “page three”, becoming the last daily national newspaper to drop the regular soft-core porn feature that for years had been a staple of the country’s tabloid press. The paper’s editor confirmed on Friday the women will remain, but in response to reader feedback, they will no longer be bare-breasted, a change women’s groups hailed as long overdue and which a media expert said reflected a sea change in culture. “Its astonishing that a national newspaper has found space for this dated content for so long,” said Rachel Krys, the co-director of the End Violence Against Women Coalition. “But the sexualisation and objectification of women and girls in the tabloid press continues, in both the images used and the way serious issues affecting women are reported. Lets hope this is a sign of progress.” The Sun newspaper was the first British title to introduce a daily tradition of topless models on page three in the 19...
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