The Girl Guides battle the mighty power of the massive breasts:
The initiative also follows a recent survey of teenage girls which revealed that 63 per cent would rather be a topless model than a doctor or a nurse, while one in four considered lap-dancing a good profession. Only 3 per cent aspired to be teachers.
The Teen Emotional Health Survey 2005, commissioned by Bliss magazine, found that Jordan, the glamour model, was a role model for more 15 to 19-year-olds than Rowling.
And here I thought it was amusing when “hard currency prostitute” was the dream profession for schoolgirls in the former Soviet Union some years ago. This is perhaps a lot funnier if you happen to know what a cheeseball Katie Price is.
At least feminists can console themselves that they haven’t taught young women seek marriage and motherhood like their poor oppressed predecessors. The irony of Shirley Manson being the face of this initiative is particularly sharp, given how she fronts a band comprised of extremely accomplished middle-aged men who write all the music. But hey, at least she looks all right in a corsette….