Porn for Women

(Thanks, Mr Jender.)

“She’s not so dumb”

Well, thanks. 

The poster below is one of 200 WWII posters prints which have just been found in a pristine, unused condition, according to the Sunday Mail:

Mr Slocombe [senior curator at the imperial war museum] explained: ‘They had a very contradictory approach to women, and lurched from one stereotype to another depending on the needs of the day.

‘At the beginning of the war they were shown to be helpless females in need of male protection.

‘Then from 1941 when women were called to do war work, the images became much more positive.

‘But in the anti-gossip, anti-spying campaigns, women were often portrayed as femme fatales, or as being unreliable, and vaguely untrustworthy.’

One that was never used seems very familiar:

A useful poster indeed, and, oddly, a recurring motto of Tim Gunn’s on Project Runway.

Women work 2/3 of world’s working hours yet earn only 10% of its income

An excellent commentary in the Observer starts like this, “Now, more than ever, we must push for women’s rights
During a week with women’s issues unusually high up the agenda, the lack of progress for millions is frustrating…” Continues here.