![]() ![]() It wasn't a popular view at the time among liberals and not only with regard to sex related subjects. If sex becomes a commodity or a no-strings hobby activity (in person or through a screen) inevitably that will affect how people think about it's use and misuse. Her views on abortion are good example, women are actually more likely than men to think abortion should be restricted to some degree, but if you frame that as an anti-woman view you can dismiss it out of hand.īut yes, she had a good sense of the way in which the things people think about and what they do form their attitudes toward sex more generally. ![]() Frankly I think it was convenient to do so because it allowed their views on women's issues to be discredited without really addressing them as the considered views of women. ![]() MW was from the conservative side of feminism - which has tended to be unrecognized as such by liberal and left wing feminists. But yes, I think she was ahead of her time with her concerns. Her views, as pp said, around homosexuality were just plain wrong and I believe towards the end of her life she made some fairly strong objections to innocuous items which were picked up by the press leading to further vicious parody. I believe she would get lots of poisonous letters ( Twitter of her time) and I would guess that no one was brought to justice over the threats etc… not a lot changes, it seems The taunting and baying at those who express concern around sexualisation, pornography etc has increased and I do wonder of the permissiveness around the abuse Mary Whitehouse and her group endured set the scene for what people who voice concerns now face. ![]() The tv portrayal of her by Julie Walters was interesting particularly as it was made by the BBC. and totally agree that her concerns around pornography and it’s effects on people were spot on. shudder…Īm I correct in thinking that she was influential around the watershed ( is that still a thing? Live abroad now and don’t watch terrestrial UK tv in the usual way). However, I was ridiculous enough to think the ladette culture was ‘ freedom’ and lad mags were ‘empowering’ eughhhh…. I too was very critical in the 90’s and joined in with the bullying/ taunting/ ridicule. ![]()
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