Sexist and offensive front page

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This week, the Daily Mail gave the newspaper buying public yet another reason why they should never soil their hands with this steaming pile of crap – the sexist and demeaning front page that focused on the legs of two of the UK’s most prominent female politicians.
When Theresa May met Nicola Sturgeon, the open sewer of a paper that once supported Hitler thought its readers would prefer to ogle at their legs instead. But the accompanying article didnā€™t just talk about their pins, dear me no, it went on to discuss their jackets too.
I have no idea whether the article was intended to be a light-hearted piece or set out to be deliberately offensive, but it had no place on the front page let alone in the 21st century. Sturgeonā€™s legs were described as ā€œmore flirty, tantalizingly crossed.ā€ What theā€¦!!! How utterly moronic to concentrate on their looks when they were talking about critical issues that will affect our future. Mind you, should we be surprised. The paper has a long history of looking at women through the lens of their appearance rather than their intelligence and accomplishments.
The Mail accused its critics of having a sense of humour failure over the front page. But there is nothing particularly funny about sexism. Seemingly, there are no depths to which the grotty rag won’t stoop and I despair of anyone who buys it.

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