"Women's groups condemn use of 'harmful' stereotypes in media"

[ProgressiveProfessor]

28. Mixed bag here

When you read the links and some of their embedded links, there are many issues being touched upon including:
- Page 3/porn presence in daily newspapers/tabloids
- Women columnists/commentators/writers getting nasty emails

The first one is not an issue in the US. We like our porn in color glossy format or on a computer monitor. The public in the UK can solve this by not purchasing those papers. Making tabloids adhere to TV standards just doesn't seem workable, at least not in the US.

The second is not just limited to women, but admittedly men would not be sent rape threats. Instead it is against their families. BTDT. Within the US is they are valid threats, the cops should step in. If they are not, the recipient should file it or hit delete. If they are of a sporting nature, publish them with the IDs of the authors if possible. Nothing says what a dogfart some is than to have their trash posted with their online identity or real life identity attached. Note that would be libel in the UK, even if it were true.

Laws against boorish behavior are not the answer. Social pressure is. ASBOs may be allowed in the UK, but would never fly under US law. When something becomes unacceptable it ceases to be.