abalk · 09/19/07 03:50PM
"A website that asks viewers to rate a woman's body would hardly be a new phenomenon in the voyeuristic world of the lads' magazine market. But what if the girls being rated were as young as 10? Or that the people judging them were not leering pubescent boys but their peers; other young girls? That is the startling reality of modern girl's magazines as they go online. Titles such as Mizz and Bliss are taking their website cues from an unlikely source: the 'lads' mag.' A report has investigated this relationship, particularly citing one magazine website that encouraged girls to upload photos of themselves so 10 of their body parts could be subject to scrutiny and online rating." You know what the problem with articles like this is? They NEVER give you the link to the magazine websites. [Independent]