TO coincide with International Women’s Day, Caroline is launching a call on Twitter today – with a new hashtag #sexistpress – along with other social media for people to send in their examples of sexism in the press.
A selection of the examples received will then be compiled into a report on the issue, which the MP will present in person to the Government’s equalities and media ministers later this year.
Caroline Lucas MP, who will meet with women’s groups in Brighton and Hove today for a roundtable discussion about media sexism, said:
"Sexism in the media is everywhere, with newspapers and broadcasters serving up women as sex objects on an almost daily basis.
"Whether it’s the Sun’s embarrassingly regressive Page 3, the Daily Mail representing women as merely the sum of their ‘curves’ or ‘pins’, or rape cases being reported next to pictures of half-naked women, the media constantly sends out damaging messages about women and girls.
"As we celebrate International Women’s Day, we should also challenge the cultural context which allows violence against women and girls to take place on such an alarming scale.
"That’s why I’m launching a social media campaign for women and men everywhere to send me their own examples of #sexistpress, which I’ll put into a report to take to the government ministers for equalities and the media in order to push for change."