Article - Get up Stand up

Date:May 29, 2007

I sent a article to the london paper . A few weeks ago they havent published it yet. I dont think they will. So instead I thought I would it on my blog.


***** Get up Stand up ****

I have to admit standing up for you is hard. I don’t stand up for myself enough in life... I find it hard to get my point a cross everyone has better point of view. Im so easily swayed. I normally end conversations with phrase I will think about it when I have no intention of doing that. That phrase gives hope to the other person.I have bought self help books to help assist with my problem of standing up for myself, But those book sit on the shelf unread. Im writing this column to talk about my experience of trying to stand up for my views. The other day I was walking down the street and I saw something I was so offended by I felt I had to complain. It was outrageous.

It was an advert for a gambling website. I found really offensive the way the advert was so openly reducing women to sex objects. These women were faceless sex objects. Many people would have ignored it or just say sex sells these days and left at that. But I didn’t I made a stand for the sisterhood and myself. My problem isn’t the ad; it’s the decision to have displayed on the side of a bus. I emailed my complaint and clicked on send. . I eagerly awaited a response tell me I was right to complain and they were going to remove this ad from the sides of buses and burn them so that they could never be seen again by the general public again or reduce it to mens’magazines only .

I got response over the weekend and the ad seems to not have been offensive as I thought. An ad has to offend the majority before it can be considered as offensive..But I believe Adverts should focus on selling their product not sex or the idea of sex.I am also trying to complain to everyone who can assist in this matter. I have emailed my local mp, TFL who are display the ad, sex discriminationorganisations.

I am of course appealing the decision by the agency because I feel have to stand up for the sisterhood and myself. But if I honest I don’t think the agency will change their minds. I have to admit I may have lost the plot and be taking this far too personally