Posts Tagged ‘ugly’
This Week In Sexist History: Swimming Makes You Ugly Edition
Newspaper stories from the good old days say the darndest things. So every week on the Sexist, let’s take a ride on journalism’s way-back machine, to a time when male reporters did not prefer their women to be dripping wet from head to toe. I know—it was a crazy, crazy, time kids. This week, our intrepid NYT columnist goes on—and on, and on, and on—about “what the fair sex wears in the surf,” insulting everyone. Pages upon pages of beach-bound misogyny, footnoted for modern readers, below.
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Sears “Busted Moms” Contest Perhaps Ill-Conceived
Sears is currently holding a contest encouraging mothers to share their worst recession stories in the hopes of winning “a $2500 Mommy Makeover Package.” The promotion is titled “Busted Moms.”
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New GPS Chastity Belt Very Unattractive
The UK’s Daily Mail is reporting that “Feminists around the world have reacted with horror” to a new lingerie product that attaches a GPS tracker to a very unattractive underwear set. The bra and panties set, which includes a hideous faux-pearl choker along with a high-tech global positioning system, sells for 500 pounds and is extremely ugly.
“It is outrageous to think that men can buy this, programme it and give it to their partners and then monitor them,” Berlin feminist leader Claudia Burghart said about the unfortunately designed lingerie. “It is nothing more than a chastity belt for insecure men.”
Also offensive to women are the disgusting maroon rose print, the trashy sheer bodice, the inexplicable white strings emanating from the vaginal area, and what appears to be a set of satin wings attached to the woman’s arms by elastic straps.
Brazilian designer Lucia Lorio defended her lingerie, describing it as a product for the “modern, techno-savvy woman” who has no taste. Lorio added that the collection “is a wink to women and a challenge to men because, even if she gives him the password to her GPS, she can always turn it off.” Women should note that they may also take off the lingerie, and never, ever put it on again.
