How responsible are women for their sexualisation in the media?
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A recent article in Aftonbladet revealed that the female hockey team the Vancouver Ice-O-Topes are doing a half-naked (and quite highly sexualised) photo shoot in order to financially support their team. Their reason: ‘because they love hockey so much’. The Vancouver Ice-O-Topes are, however, not the first team to do so. For example, in 2010 a New Zealand women’s rugby team produced a nude calendar in order to draw more women to the sport and to disprove the myth that rugby is ‘unfeminine’ (i...
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