Media Mythmaking 101

[Richard]

What? The MSM lies? I'm shocked! :eek: But another media myth bites the dust. Burn, baby, burn!

Richard :munchin
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1968 Atlantic City protest credited with kicking off the feminist movement
DAN GOOD
Press of Atlantic City

http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/186/story/253327.html

Ever burn a bra? It ignites after a few seconds of fire contact. The flame saunters along the strap edges before gaining purpose, dancing onto the bra's cups, peeling the polyester, stripping the spandex, sending black smoke upward and leaving a charred, melted mess.

That charred, melted mess has symbolized the Women's Liberation Movement for 40 years - since its beginning on Sept. 7, 1968, when 100 women protested the Miss America Pageant on the Atlantic City Boardwalk. That's when feminists were given the nickname "bra-burners." Only one problem - no bras were burned that day, experts say. :eek:

"The bra-burning label has haunted us," said Susan Brownmiller, a feminist author and activist. "People wanted to believe about the bra-burning, just like they wanted to believe that feminists wore combat boots."

The bra-burning myth, like any good urban legend, was shaped by media coverage and public misunderstanding. :rolleyes:

[ksgbobo]

Reading about Feminists reminds me of these. :D

[Dragbag036]

If you want to do some reading try this book on for size. I read it about 10 years ago.

http://www.amazon.com/Weak-Link-Feminization-American-Military/dp/0895265559

[SF_BHT]

What? The MSM lies? I'm shocked! But another media myth bites the dust. Burn, baby, burn!

Richard
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1968 Atlantic City protest credited with kicking off the feminist movement
DAN GOOD
Press of Atlantic City

http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/186/story/253327.html

Ever burn a bra? It ignites after a few seconds of fire contact. The flame saunters along the strap edges before gaining purpose, dancing onto the bra's cups, peeling the polyester, stripping the spandex, sending black smoke upward and leaving a charred, melted mess.

That charred, melted mess has symbolized the Women's Liberation Movement for 40 years - since its beginning on Sept. 7, 1968, when 100 women protested the Miss America Pageant on the Atlantic City Boardwalk. That's when feminists were given the nickname "bra-burners." Only one problem - no bras were burned that day, experts say.

"The bra-burning label has haunted us," said Susan Brownmiller, a feminist author and activist. "People wanted to believe about the bra-burning, just like they wanted to believe that feminists wore combat boots."

The bra-burning myth, like any good urban legend, was shaped by media coverage and public misunderstanding.

It had to be true because some told me it happened......:D:confused::eek::mad:

See what happens when you listen to the media....

[greenberetTFS]

It had to be true because some told me it happened......:D:confused::eek::mad:

See what happens when you listen to the media....

Wait a minute,you mean feminists really don't wear combat boots?

GB TFS