'Women don't need shoutouts from serial sexist mags like Maxim"

This week Collective Shout ambassador, Kerryn Baird, spoke to Andrew West on radio regarding her concerns about the pornified culture that young people have to navigate. 

Girls as young as six years old want to be sexy because of the pornified imagery they are bombarded by in their daily life. 

Kerryn is concerned for her own three children and says communities, government and corporates are all responsible. 

Click below to listen. 

For some time now thousands of parents have been calling on McDonald's family restaurant to implement a policy regarding family friendly TV content after many of their children were exposed to sexualised music videos in their stores. 

For a long time, I have been troubled by the mere presence of TV screens in public areas. It seems that these days every restaurant, cafe and shopping centre virtually adorn their walls with them.

In early April we wrote about youth retailer Jay Jays selling 'porn tees' - T-shirts with porn inspired images of sexually objectified women printed on the front. The T-shirt range for young men shows women as faceless, headless and labelled "Dirty".

Perth's Indi Bar has taken down an image from their Facebook page after a barrage of complaints from Facebook users accusing them of promoting rape culture and violence against women. The image, referencing an act of sexual violence common in pornography, was an ad for their hot dogs and beer.

                             

Media release: Collective Shout, Good on You and STOP THE TRAFFIK Criticise Just Group for Letting Customers Down 

*content warning* porn inspired advertising images

Here are some examples of how Ja feel (clothing label for guys) advertise their brand

Over the last few weeks, there have been various news media articles documenting the harmful impacts of pornography on young people.

A few months ago, we were alerted to Perth based coffee bean distributor Fresh One, a brand that was posting pornographic advertising on their Facebook page to promote coffee beans.