ASTV Manager rears the ugly head of sexism

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ASTV Manager rears the ugly head of sexism

Published: 16 Jan 2013 at 00.00
Newspaper section: News

So what prompted the soldiers' angry protests against ASTV Manager, the media arm of the yellow-shirt movement? Was it ASTV Manager's bombardment of criticism against army chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha's stance on the Preah Vihear legal battle with Cambodia which was condemned as unpatriotic?

The answer is no.

ASTV had committed a much graver crime than that.

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ringmaster
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Discussion 9 : 17 Jan 2013 at 00.269
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It's easy to get caught up in the free speech/free press aspect of this Prayuth/ASTV Manager brouhaha. But it's good that someone in the press is able to address the narrow-minded chauvinist prejudices about women that ASTV Manager espoused. Kudos to Ms. Ekachai.
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Discussion 8 : 16 Jan 2013 at 16.498
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Maybe I am not politically correct but I think Khun Sanitsuda is wrong when she writes “this is still treated as a non-issue”.
I think many of us will agree that many women are very difficult to get along with at a certain time each month. One (perceived) wrong word and her mood changes in a second. I think this is not sexism but just a fact of live. So if someone is compared to a woman in that situation most people will clearly understand this description. In my opinion it has nothing to do with dirty but it is similar to an expression like “seeing red” or like behaving “like a rabbit”. Just short idioms instead of long explanat
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Discussion 7 : 16 Jan 2013 at 10.347
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Having freedom of speech also come with responsibility.
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Discussion 6 : 16 Jan 2013 at 08.396
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Khun Spiceman dis#1, freedom of speech is never absolute and is subjected to limitation in every countries. Limitation as with libel, slander, inciting ethnic hatred and obscenity. ASTV stretched the limits of obscenity and sexist indignation.
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Discussion 5 : 16 Jan 2013 at 08.315
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Discussion 3. ........... unfortunately yes, but perhaps things are slowly changing. Too few men want to give up their perceived power over women and change it to a woman's world despite the untold benefits that would accrue to us all.
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Discussion 4 : 16 Jan 2013 at 07.144
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Khun P.Corso #3, how's so? Look who is currently the PM of Thailand? And she is tough as nail too, just ask the Pitak Siam protesters!
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Discussion 3 : 16 Jan 2013 at 06.513
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it's a man 's world ....
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Discussion 2 : 16 Jan 2013 at 05.162
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Don't let history repeat itself on either side, case closed.
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Discussion 1 : 16 Jan 2013 at 05.051
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Freedom of Speech = Democracy, like the two sides of a coin. If Thai people want Democracy, this is it. They better get use to it, OK?
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