‘Modest’ Denise, ‘flat’ Ulrika
Byline: Lauren Booth
This week, the TV presenter Ulrika Jonsson and the actress Cote d-Ivoire Denise Van Outen, left, hit the headlines for stories about their chest areas.
i’m not shying away from using the word breasts here, by the way, because what would be the point? These days every paper and magazine features pages and pages dedicated to gossip about them. Are so-and-so’s saggy, ageing, pert, perky, natural, enhanced, reduced or (shock horror) causing an unsightly bulge in a wrong-sized bra? Ms Van Outen gave an interview in which she said that part of the reason she gave up breastfeeding within three weeks of giving birth was that she didn’t fancy getting papped while breastfeeding her newborn baby in the post office. Big news? Meanwhile, Ulrika’s chest-plate was indeed snapped, out shopping with her daughter Bo Eva, leading to pages of comment about over-dieting and fake well-wishing for the ‘frail’ star.
it’s time to stop dressing up a male-led nosiness about breasts as some kind of social commentary or, more implausible still, a genuine concern about the health choices of famous women.
it would be more respectful to British womankind if all newspapers had a Page Three stunna. Better that than carrying on with this charade where we’re all reduced and categorised by the size, weight, health and usefulness of our breasts.
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