Babe, is this Sexist?

Not a lot of voting for this weeks Babe, is this Sexist? installment.  However, it ties very nicely into the week being International Anti-Street Harassment Week.

How sexist is this?  Let me count the ways.

- Objectification.  We've said it before.  Women are not cars or any other type of object.  It'd be great if advertisers, especially car advertisers, could realize this. 

- This is like a masturbatory fantasy of street harassment.  Man see's a woman he doesn't know in the street, he stares/leers at her.  She notices, yells at him, slaps him, and then starts getting sexual with him.  NOT HOW STREET HARASSMENT WORKS!  The story of this video supports the idea of street harassment as complimentary and thus supports rape culture. 

- There's also some racist, sexualized "Other" elements.  Because Latina's are sexy and tempestuous amirite?

Please remember to submit ideas of next week's Babe, is this Sexist?  We'd love submissions that have to do with street harassment (either images or statements).  Also remember to visit our Facebook page next Monday - Wednesday to vote! 

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This Is How It Starts

By: Liberate Zealot

Content Warning: Rape Culture
Part I of Feminism and Children : Feminism and Children MasterPost

I work with children, and the main way I live my feminism is by imparting feminist ideas onto these children.  This means I work to combat their ideas of gender roles and stereotypes, and also by stressing the importance of consent in all interactions.  This generally is an easy thing to explain to children.  Make sure they understand to always ask before touching people (even with friends and nice touches like hugs), that it's alright to say "no" or "not right now", and to respect it when other people say "no" to them.

But sometimes this isn't enough.  Society as a whole doesn't teach these things to kids, in fact, for some of them it teaches the exact opposite.

Babe, is this sexist?

So the voting (over at the Feminist Armchair Regime's Facebook Group) ended in a tie, so we're going with the one that was created by a major company for advertising.

And ewwww!!!

- Objectification of women, comparing them to cars. Women are not commercial products, okay?
- A very young looking model. She looks about 18, but could easily be younger. That's not sexist in and of itself, but considering the context it's pretty creepy.

- Suggesting that sleeping with virgins is preferable to sleeping with an experienced woman. Unless they're super hot and young, then experienced women/girls are ok.

Super, super sexist!

Post your submissions for next week's Babe, is this sexist? in the comments.  We'll pick our favorites and let you know!

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