It's a lazy sunday morning and I find myself flicking through the channels. Dr Who was showing on Watch so I settled in and before I knew the scene above was presented to the world.
It's Christmas day and we are witnessing a family carrying out preperations. At the very front of the screen we see a christmas card on which is exposed torso of a sexy muscled torso santa.
I feel that this image reinforces the notion of the acceptability of the sexualised imagery of men. The oh so matter of fact way that something like this is deemed acceptable and indeed permitted. Imagine if it had been a sexy female santa clause. Would the BBC have allowed such an image to be displayed in what is a children's programme? Of course not and nor should they. Yes cards like this exist and yes they are exchanged by people. Equally so are images of women scantily clad in outfits akin to the fake christmas season. My argument is that in order to achieve full equality in all arenas, the British media should employ the same standard to all such matters where if the genders were reversed the image would not be permitted. That's all. It's really really simple isn't it.
It's worth noting that in this episode, June Whitfield plays an old lush and demands a picture with the Dr and feels his arse. Anybody bothered?
Remember that it was the brother programme Torchwood in which homosexual Russel T Davies wanted a naked man and argued with the BBC citing that 'every time I turn the TV on there are womens bottoms everywhere." (BBC DR WHO Confidential) Another example of fake memory in order to further the homosexual and "feminist" agenda!
