Sunday - Media Women

Most of the time they were portrayed as either the dolly bird glamour model — there primarily because they were attractive — or as the hausfrau, and often the hausfrau was portrayed as being rather stupid.

– American journalist Judy Pehrson on the results of a Kiwi survey looking at how women were portrayed in advertising

This whole debate is all about who's got power.

– Allison Webber at the end of her interview with Sunday reporter Lindsay Perigo

When I see chimpanzees in an ad for tea bags, I don't take the content seriously. I'm not intended to. It's not the exploitation of chimpanzees. It happens to be a very effective way of advertising the tea bags.

– Sunday reporter Lindsay Perigo speaking to interviewee Allison Webber

I don't know a single woman in my life who is remotely concerned about whether her bath is yellow, green or pink — it is quite offensive.

– Allison Webber, speaking to Sunday reporter Lindsay Perigo

It's alright for men to have warts on their noses, but women have to be glamorous.

– Gaylene Preston on double standards in the world of cinema