Campaign to ban Page 3 gathers momentum

A campaign to ban topless women on Page 3 of British tabloid newspaper, The Sun, has continued to gain momentum reaching 44,567 signatures (at the time of writing) in a matter of weeks.

The petition calls on the editor of the publication, Dominic Mohan, to remove the bare breasts from the self-proclaimed 'family orientated' paper.

The call to action reads: 'We are asking very nicely. Please, Dominic. No More Page 3. George Alagiah doesn’t say, ‘And now let’s look at Courtney, 21, from Warrington’s bare breasts,’ in the middle of the 6 O’ Clock News, does he, Dominic? Philip and Holly don’t flash up pictures of Danni, 19, from Plymouth, in just her pants and a necklace, on This Morning, do they, Dominic? No, they don’t. There would be an outcry. And you shouldn’t show the naked breasts of young women in your widely read ‘family’ newspaper either. Consider this a long overdue outcry. Dominic, stop showing topless pictures of young women in Britain’s most widely read newspaper, stop conditioning your readers to view women as sex objects. Enough is enough. Thank you.'

As well as thousands of members of the public, a number of high profile people have also given the campaign their support. Newspaper columnist, author and feminist Caitlin Moran encouraged her Twitter followers to sign the petition, along with MPs including: Teresa Pearce, Labour MP for Erith and Thamesmead, Caroline Lucas, Green MP for Brighton Pavilion, and Ian Murray, Labour MP for Edinburgh South.