So a friend contacted me and asked if I had seen Extreme Male Beauty on C4 last night (28.05.09) and I reminded her its not my thing. She went on to discuss it in some detail (yawn) and then she told me what had happened in the previous show.
Basically, Porn Channel 4 felt it appropriate to objectify male genitals so that it can get some much needed viewership thus benefitting sales of drivel in the adverts secure in the mind that nobody would complain (ahem) with the objects being men.
A group of smug women were asked to discuss the penises and say what they liked about them and discussed the merits of male genital mutilation and their shapes and sizes. In fact they were asked to do what Porn Channel 4 would not in its wildest gay dream ever ask of women. I said to my friend (who knows me very well) does the female equivalent programme do likes wise?' Immediately she said 'Oh they would never get away with that!' Ha ah!! She knew I would be on one bless her. And on one I am.
Can you imagine a group of naked women exposing their vaginas to a group of men all smartly dressed observing them as though somehow it was their right. Discussing the merits of the vaginas with the smallest labia or maybe proferring the virtues female genital mutilation as his preferred vagina. Or perhaps the clitoris on this one is too squiggly. Of course not. Of course I ask you to imagine a lot. It's predominantly men who are required to do this on TV so you can only imagine. Imagine real equality. The thing all feminist have never wanted.
Now I know that some people still remove their bras and thrust a match towards them whenever anybody dare suggest that women are NOT objectified in the same way, and quickly wheel out Benny Hill with his bikini clad women. Its worthy of note, that no woman was ever required to be naked on Benny Hill. And I challenge anyone to find a British or US comedy programme where a female was required to be completely naked. I mean completely naked. Heres a few with the men for starters:
Shameless
The Vicar of Dibley
Touch Me I'm Karen Taylor
Two Pints of Lager
Beehive
Horne and Corden
Being Human
The Inbetweeners
and that's just comedy that I am aware of!
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