Comments on: YUSU accused of sexism

By: Jon H

Jon H — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 10:04:22 +0000

Oh for crying out loud. The 40 people who complained are probably the 40 feminists on campus. My housemates found the bags hilarious. When will people get a grip and start worrying out something important? Things like this just enforce the hypersensitive, humourless, politically corect moronic stereotype that Universities carry nowadays. And we wonder why.

By: Lyn Haskell

Lyn Haskell — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 17:32:01 +0000

I am assuming that these bags were an optional thing to take. That way, if people were offended by them, surely it would be easier just to boycott them? I can understand this sort of outrage if they were forced upon people. Maybe it’s immoral to distribute FHM or cellulite cream, but surely you could just ask for it to be taken out of the bag?
This is PC taken a bit too far.

By: Rinky Stingpiece

Rinky Stingpiece — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:53:40 +0000

So no “fag bags” either?

Gutted.

By: Ric

Ric — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:15:22 +0000

Excellent article, well done Nouse.

This would p*ss me off happening on the street where we can’t control corporate power of crappy stereotypes. This should certainly NOT be sponsored by union officers, who are supposed to be seen as an approachable group of representatives. It’s not the Unions job to provide free tintilation and the risk of offending people far outweighs the “pleasure [people might get] out of these magazines”.

YUSU’s ability to claimed that the bags had no gender connotations is hilarious. Do Matt Burton and his Sidekick-Sam live in a world with no gender stereotypes? Last time I looked, barbies were pink, shampoo adverts were aimed at women and FHM was called For *Him* Magazine.

Ric Lander, Angry Alumni

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:30:46 +0000

I think this whole thing is blown way out of proportion…

If you didn’t want to take a bag on moral/ethical or other grounds you weren’t forced to and i’m sure you could have just given it back after you had taken one.

Being gay I am a little more sensitive to discrimination I guess, but I agree with Dave.

It seems more a case of students being political for the sake of it.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 01:38:53 +0000

Manchester Met also gave away FHM in there male goodie bags.

By: Dorothy Nyamnyam

Dorothy Nyamnyam — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 23:07:15 +0000

If I handed out my fresh turds in a brown paper bag to everyone there’d be less of a fuss.

By: Dario Fo

Dario Fo — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 00:50:03 +0000

Look at that photo. Can you get any more shifty? Raving spit-flecked chauvinists, make no mistake.

By: Amy

Amy — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 18:18:18 +0000

Dave,

If you’ll refer to the article, you will observe that YUSU have received complaints from Dr Sasha Rakoff, the director of OBJECT, which acts as an advisor to Amnesty International UK; Yvie Holder, the head of the University’s Equal Opportunities Office; the current Women’s Officers, LGBT Officer and Environment and Ethics Officers and yes, various students, both undergraduate and post-graduate.

Why student’s views should be considered inferior is beyond me…

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:23:28 +0000

I can’t belive this is even a problem. Is it not true that men read men’s magazines and women care more about cellulite? I bet all of the complaints are from female students studying English and History who needed something better to do with their first few weeks of uni, having 2 hours of lectures and all.