I was just telling Zod at lunch today how I pity nuns… they really don’t know what they are missing out on:
BRIGHT pink pencil cases, erasers and notepaper bearing the logo of soft-porn empire Playboy have made teachers at a Catholic girls’ school see red.
Staff at Coloma Convent, in Upper Shirley Road, Croydon, are angry that the stationery is being sold to schoolchildren at WHSmith and are demanding that the store removes it from its shelves.
Teachers have started a petition in protest at the adult entertainment firm’s logo appearing on material clearly aimed at young girls.
Although the stationery does not display any pornographic images, it does feature a picture of the famous Playboy bunny.
English teacher Eleanor Kirwan explained: “We are worried that the girls are buying the stationery, perhaps seeing a pink fluffy rabbit and not knowing what it means. In that case, they are being exploited to advertise pornography.
“When you’ve got girls aged about 12 and 13 years, that is pretty horrible. And if they do know what Playboy is, then the children are promoting an image which they are too young to be sold. They shouldn’t be encouraged to believe a perfect woman should be a size six.”
The problem with being overly religious is that you have nothing better to do than ban things and speak out against them. If only God would just provide these poor ignorant nuns with some vibrators, perhaps we could all live happier more individualistic lives.
First off, there is nothing wrong with having a pencil case or notebook that has the Playboy logo on it… the girls did not buy the stationary to promote pornography, they bought it because of current fashion trends. Similarly, people don’t buy Nike products because they wish to promote child labour, they buy it because Nike is fashionable. Do I see any nuns getting offended over seeing girls wearing Nike products? I highly doubt it. Unicef reports that “An estimated 246 million children are engaged in child labour”, don’t you think that this is a much more serious problem than worrying about the promotion of adult concentual pornography?
Secondly, who says that these products are specifically meant for children? They may be on sale in the general stationary section of WHSmith, but that is because they are not considered pornographic material. Also, the products may be coloured pink and black, but that is because those are the Playboy colours, not because they are catered for children! In fact, children are not the only ones using stationary and going to school… there are people who go to school well into their adulthood, they are called university students. Therefore, it is unreasonable for the school to blame the store… if the high school wants to ban the products from their premises, they should have the right to do so… but they should have no right to decide what WHSmith can and cannot sell.
Thirdly, the last part of the statement is completely ridiculous… Recalling that this is a school in the UK, the last paragraph says that “They shouldn’t be encouraged to believe a perfect woman should be a size six”, well, in North American terms a UK size 6 is equivalent to a size 00… my size. I do not recall ever seeing a woman in Playboy as tiny as me… often, Playboy women tend to be more buxom. In fact, the first Playboy playmate, Marilyn Monroe, wore a UK size 16 (since 10-12 by North American standards). However, it is true that the women in Playboy are not usually this big, but they certainly aren’t small either! The only difference from the women in Playboy to women in regular clothing advertisements is perhaps the breast size, but the nuns make no mention of this… they mention the whole package.
In conclusion, those nuns need to get laid… soon.
Link: ‘Ban the bunny…’ - full article
Link: Unicef
Link: Marilyn Monroe