https://twitter.com/MegasGnosis/status/879441780521005056
The U.N. had an ostensibly legitimate purpose at some point, right? Right? Because we’re finding that pretty hard to believe right about now.
A few weeks ago, a U.N. committee decided to hear arguments advocating making cultural appropriation illegal worldwide. And now, there’s this:
United Nations Moves to Fight Ads That Objectify and Sexualize Women to Sell Products (Column by @kylietcheung) https://t.co/QqcuE38TYA pic.twitter.com/mw10fRrwS4
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) June 26, 2017
More from Mediaite:
Last week, the United Nations announced on Thursday that it will be partnering with companies like Johnson & Johnson, Google, Facebook, and Twitter to launch Unstereotype Alliance, a campaign to fight sexist ads that objectify and sexualize women to sell products.
“Every day, hundreds of millions of people around the world are exposed to the communications our industry creates,” Martin Sorrell, chief executive of major ad company WPP, told Huffington Post. “That influence can either be used to reinforce negative stereotypes or to set new standards of empowerment and equality.”
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Nonetheless, a major goal of the Unstereotype Alliance will be to help transform commercials into a platform to empower young women, rather than the opposite. Television commercials could cast women as scientists for once, or maybe at the office instead of at home, cleaning. Maybe they could even portray women as human beings rather than sex objects, and teach boys to respect them?
Maybe the U.N. could find a less stupid way to waste time and money?
https://twitter.com/myers_marcus/status/879435236479832065
My God, don't you have anything better to do?
— Peter Venkman (@mr_mojo112978) June 26, 2017
Evidently not in their mind. Though we can think of a few things …
Maybe you can work on this, UN, ONCE EVERY SINGLE YAZIDI SEX SLAVE IS OUT OF ISIS SEX SLAVERY
Good Lord, how about some priorities https://t.co/7tHLOTj9j0
— Cameron Gray (@Cameron_Gray) June 26, 2017
Meanwhile, women are stoned to death in Afghanistan, & gay men are hanging from cranes in Iran.
Glad we have the UN for important matters. https://t.co/gusS5MfrZU— The Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) June 26, 2017
https://twitter.com/KC11A18A/status/879433546913509377
And then leave us the hell alone.
It is none of the U.N.'s business. One more reason to leave the UN and defund it.
— Randy Brown (@r_brown_) June 26, 2017
Amen.
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with an additional tweet.
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WTF? U.N. committee hearing arguments to make ‘cultural appropriation’ illegal
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