Boobs Aren't News! The Sun has Finally Set on Page Three

Waking up at ridiculous o'clock after an awful night sleep to the news that the infamous Page Three topless models are to be dropped from 'The Sun'  was the morning's cup of coffee sent from above.

On a daily basis, since 1970, page three of 'The Sun' has shown a model stood posing with her breasts out. The controversies and Twitter feuds surrounding this have continued for years, bringing to light many other feminist issues within society. But as of today, bare boobs - no more! 

Evidently, there have been claws out in response to this transition, specifically from models themselves. 
"It's only a matter of time before everything we do will be dictated by comfy shoe-wearing, no bra-wearing, man-haters," said model Rhian Sudgen. (I keep re-reading that quote and laughing at how ridiculous she sounds.)
Fellow 'comfy shoe-wearing no bra-wearing, man-haters' such as Eliza Dolitle, Caitlin Moran, Jennifer Saunders,Tony Hawks, MP Caroline Lucas, and over 217,000 others have signed this petition to eradicate page 3 topless models. Because yes, we are all men-hating, ankle-covered, hairy armpit women ready to impose female domination over the male specie. PUH-LEASE. 

This is not about shaming the models,or dictating what women can or cannot do.

This is about equality.  Feminism is about equality.

When I signed the petition and shared it on Facebook a few years back, the next day a friend said to me "oh come on, you only signed it because you're flat chested." Size AA or not, my pancake chest is irrelevant to why I feel so strongly about this. We have become desensitized Page Three.. Look beyond the boobs on display, what have these images been telling us? What purpose have they had? Women shouldn't be exploited, even if it is their own choice, and be identified as a sexual object. Women are not objects, we are humans, just as men are humans too. 

It may seem that feminists are being contradictory following the 'Free the Nipple' campaign; from liberating the nipple to saying bye-bye to nip on show. Boobs are not the issue. It is what is being stood for that is the issue. Boobs ARE great. Nudity is great, in fact I was considering becoming a naturist... (just kidding), but people seem to have forgotten what the reasoning behind the function of Page 3, and the connotations it has brought. 

Those behind 'No More Page 3' have proved that passion and voice can make a difference, and their effort from over the years should be praised. Now I shall shush my mush and finish with some wise words from No More Page 3 themselves;

"Our work will not be done until women are featured in the papers in the same way and for the for same reasons that men are – for their talents, their abilities and for the things they do."

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