Articles on sexualisation
Jan 13, 2019
In previous years, sex shop Honey Birdette Christmas shopfront ad campaigns have typically featured Santa Claus. One depicted the beloved children’s icon on his back being straddled by a lingerie-clad model, another with him tugging at a model’s underwear, and another BDSM-themed scenario shows Santa bound and gagged alongside a...
Dec 19, 2018
Collective Shout campaigns manager Caitlin Roper spoke with Dave Pellowe this week about our campaign against Honey Birdette and how the sexual exploitation of women by companies like Honey Birdette has real-world consequences for women and girls. The evidence is clear. Twenty years of empirical research, 135 studies across 109...
Dec 07, 2018
Collective Shout quoted in 10 Daily article 10 daily forwarded several photographs of Australian Instagram models aged between nine and 15 to Collective Shout. It's a grassroots campaigns movement against the objectification of women and the sexualisation of girls.“I searched for a couple of images and found them on porn...
Dec 06, 2018
Tumblr Apps banned from the App Store after child sexual abuse material was found
Nov 27, 2018
Objectifying Christmas promotion turns heads; stomachs
Nov 06, 2018
[UPDATED] Lakeside Shopping Centre at Joondalup made the decision to blackout Honey Birdette's window advertising for the Santa parade. We welcome this move, but why doesn't Lakeside act in the best interests of children every day? Sexualisation harms children all year round.
Sep 29, 2018
With no enforcement laws in place, South Australians can expect to see this van again We CAN change this - sign the petition here! Wicked Camper Van with South Australian registration S 388 BSU with the words “if you want to toughen up grow a vagina - those things can...
Sep 28, 2018
But with no laws to enforce the ruling, South Australians can expect to see this van again We can change this - Sign the petition today! Slogan includes "I GOT A DIG BICK / YOU THAT READ WRONG / YOU READ THAT WRONG TOO." On the side of the van...
Sep 25, 2018
"We're a target;" Sex shop boss says she will ignore Ad Standards
Exact examples of these poster advertisements cannot be found. For more info about the long history of Honey Birdette's highly sexualised, porn themed shop front windows click here.
Sep 17, 2018
Honey Birdette is a serial sexploitation offender. The sex shop, located in shopping centres around the country, has attracted hundreds of complaints for its sexist advertising. Ad Standards has investigated complaints over almost thirty separate advertisements, upholding half, but Honey Birdette continues to sexually objectify women. Last year, father and...
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