Crisis averted, for now. Whew!
Millions of European men who buy tabloid newspapers for a daily dose of topless women can relax. The European Union said that proposed EU sex discrimination laws won't ban the "page-three girls" from The Sun of London or their scantily clad counterparts on the front page of Bild, Germany's biggest circulation daily.Posted by Alan at June 28, 2003 09:05 AM"To talk about banning certain aspects of certain publications is not possible," explained EU spokeswoman Antonia Mochan. "The European Union does not have the legal tools to intervene." The measured words from EU head office contrast with a media uproar this week after reports of a clampdown on gender stereotyping filtered out of Brussels.
"I'm supposed to be gotten rid of," proclaimed Bild, pointing to a topless blonde, wearing a tiara and a rhinestone G-string, who appeared Thursday on the newspaper's front page. "The EU wants to outlaw the beautiful girls from the front page," bemoaned the German daily.
via the Sydney Morning Herald