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"Women's groups condemn use of 'harmful' stereotypes in media" [View all]
These women raised many other issues, but due to the four-paragraph limit I had to pick just one to highlight for this excerpt. This part of the coverage stood out for me, due to the recent incident wherein a young teenager received an avalanche of horribly misogynist and violent comments after posting a picture of herself holding a book, and also the attempt to address this issue last year.
http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/womens-groups-condemn-sexualised-images-leveson/s2/a547605/
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In her evidence to the inquiry Harvey also said women can also face problems when joining in debate online on topics relating to public policy, where she said they can face "very sexist and gendered abuse".
"Women and men recognised that was about resenting women's right to comment on public matters. If she's talking about cupcakes and children that might be okay."
As a result "women's voices and issues are being silenced", she added.
"The way the media covers women at the moment ... it actually curtails and limits women's freedom of expression and women's ability to actually engage in that public debate.
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In her evidence to the inquiry Harvey also said women can also face problems when joining in debate online on topics relating to public policy, where she said they can face "very sexist and gendered abuse".
"Women and men recognised that was about resenting women's right to comment on public matters. If she's talking about cupcakes and children that might be okay."
As a result "women's voices and issues are being silenced", she added.
"The way the media covers women at the moment ... it actually curtails and limits women's freedom of expression and women's ability to actually engage in that public debate.
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more media coverage:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16704575
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/leveson-inquiry/9035880/Leveson-inquiry-newspapers-should-abide-by-TV-watershed-standards.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/jan/24/leveson-inquiry-sexist-media-stereotypes?newsfeed=true
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