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Raunch Power |
30 Dec 2005 |
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Should we worry about the rise of raunch?
The Pussycat Dolls went to number one with their first single Don’t Cha, in September. Their spirit according to band founder Robin Antin “is about using the Pussycat Doll mentality in your everyday life, putting on a little bit of gloss, mascara, a little blush and looking cute. It's a religion."
The Pussycat Dolls are just the latest in a long line of bands who dress in leopard skin bras, micro skirts and purr about girl power. A recent mobile phone survey suggested that young girls now are more likely to want to become glamour models than any other profession.
So when young girls wear T shirts proclaiming I’m a Porn Star, is this simply post modern irony or a real set back to feminism? Enter a new book - Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture. Its author New York journalist Ariel Levy argues that we should worry about porn culture becoming mainstream.
Ariel talks to Jenni along with former Sun journalist, Emma Jones about the rise of raunch.
Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture by Ariel Levy is published by Simon & Schuster, ISBN:0743249895
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