This article raises many good questtions that are debatable such as the behaviours and attitudes of Lads Mags and the implications of censoring these magazines to youths such as the need to search elsewhere for sexual content. I thought thia article really relates to my critical investigation question. - http://www.cypnow.co.uk/news/ByDiscipline/Youth-Work/988454/Talking-Point-under-16s-banned-buying-lads-mags/
The Home Office has recommended slapping an age restriction on lads' magazines such as Zoo and Nuts. It is one of 36 recommendations in its report on the increasing sexualisation of children and young people. Described as "soft porn", such magazines often show partially naked women on the front cover and are readily available for anyone to buy.
The report recommends that age classifications, similar to those applied to films and video games, should be applied to lads' mags.
Talk about whether lads' mags should be agerestricted. Consider whether it would be appropriate for a 12- or 15-year-old to buy them. Should those under a certain age be banned from buying them? Discuss how the images in these magazines differ from those on page 3 of The Sun.
Ask young people whether they feel these magazines should be placed on the top shelf with other pornography. Discuss whether it is appropriate for such magazines to be sold at young people's eye level, often next to children's magazines. Have young people ever thought about the positioning of these magazines in newsagents or shops?
Consider the implications of censoring such magazines. Will restricting young people from buying them encourage them to search elsewhere for sexual imagery? Talk about who should take responsibility for censorship boundaries. Do young people think it's right for the government to impose a ban on buying lads' mags? Should teachers and parents encourage young people to buy different magazines? Should young people have the right to choose for themselves what magazines they buy?
Ask young people why they might buy lads' mags. What do they find interesting about them? How many young people buy lads' mags because of the sexy images on the front cover? If they didn't have such images on the front cover, would they still buy them? Consider how much impact exposure to sexual images is having on young people. Are lads' mags influencing their sexual behaviour and attitudes?
It has also been suggested that raunchy music videos shouldn't be shown on TV before the 9pm watershed. Ask young people to think about the last music video they watched. How many of them featured sexy images? How do these provocative videos and lads' mags make young people feel? Consider how differently young men and young women might feel about these images. Do young people feel they need to be protected from hyper-sexual images?
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