Will Bournemouth be joining other universities like Lancaster in their student campaign to stop selling ‘Lads Mags’ on campus?
At last weeks ‘Student Shout’, a meeting held by SUBU to let students give ideas on how to improve their BU experience. Annie Hall, vice president for communications asked the question ‘ Should SUBU reconsider the choice to sell ‘Lads Mags’ like nuts and other page 3 publications on campus, as a statement of our belief that representation of women in media needs to change?’
BU student shop magazine rack
It sparked a big debate amongst students, Lei-Anna Bailey, the ethnic diversity officer, said: ‘If we stop selling these magazines there will be more space to sell specialised magazines relating to particular courses.’
Then the point was raised on whether the university should then stop selling glossy magazines as well, as they too display a bad representation of women.
Which Aaron Newbury, second year business student, then counter argued, ‘There shouldn’t be a glorification of the sex industry, but if we stop selling these magazines then the shop wouldn’t have anything to sell.’
The argument to stop selling these magazines may have been prompted by the current ‘Loose the Lads Mags’ campaign going on across the country, with many of the posters being put up around the university.
However there was no agreeing conclusion made and the motion was put to a referendum, which will be left up to an all student vote on at the beginning of next term.
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