How far have we come?

Not a millimetre.  That's the obvious answer when you look at the daily "Sunshine Girl" picture in any 'Sun' across the country.  Absolutely nothing has changed.  To get these models, the photographer must have to stalk the streets of the cities in which 'The Sun' appears, pick up "chicks" that look like this and offer them money to pose.  A couple of years younger and these girls would be illegal.

Does anyone want his/her daughter's T-ts and A-s to be splashed all over the country via a huge, full-colour photo that will be leered at by thousands of strange men?  The fact that parents and the young girls themselves are willing and eager to participate in these displays is, frankly, disgusting.  Such parents must be bringing up their daughters to admire and aspire to the role of sex symbol, instead of doctor, lawyer or professional.

Well-reared women with self esteem don't do this.  What is the objective?  Money is the obvious answer, but sadly the men who buy 'The Sun', read the sports section and oogle the girls must also have been brought up to think this type of woman is the ideal.  I guess they don't want to be caught reading 'Playboy' in the local cafe, but 'The Sun' is fine.

With a daughter, a stepdaughter and two granddaughters, I would never, ever have let mine do this -- but nor would it ever have occurred to them to even consider it.  My husband, son and stepson would have agreed.

What does it tell you about Canadian values and educational levels that 'The Globe and Mail' no longer has distribution anywhere in the Maritimes, but you can bet 'The Sun' is everywhere.

But we must not forget the role of the female sports editors who seem to be willing accomplices.  A few years ago, there was a triathlon in Ottawa, which my daughter happened to have won.  Coverage, however, was only of the men.  Checking to see who the sports editor was, I learned it was a woman.  When I called to speak to her and ask why the female winners had absolutely no coverage, I was told by the male who answered that the sports editor had been having her hair done and hadn't covered the event.  I KID YOU NOT!!!!!

As I always say, women are their own worst enemy.

Your average Calgary Sun Sunshine Girl in 2020.  Basically, she is saying, "Come get me, big boy."  Sad.