"Women are useless at this!" said the book for preschool girls ... At first I thought the line reflected more negatively on Mr Labrador, as Mummy Pig's shot on the next page hits the target. "But that only makes her the exception to Mr Labrador's experience which implies a rule," explains my wise friend Ruth. Further tasks in the book are described as impossible, with no reference to gender. "And let's get real, it's archery ... Mr Labrador need a copy of Hunger Games," she adds.
Separated during screenings
"One of the most unusual classifications assigned to a film in New Zealand's censorship history was the film Ulysses in 1967," writes alternative film guru Ant Timpson. "The novel Ulysses by James Joyce was controversial, though not in New Zealand and so was the film, partly because of its sexual references but mainly because the film contained one use of the word 'f***'. The New Zealand film censor screened the film to two test audiences, one made up of church representatives (all men) and the other made up of married couples. The first group recommended an R18 classification and the second felt it could only be shown to gender-segregated audiences aged 18 and over. The Film Censor followed that recommendation and men and women were separated during screenings. In larger theatres the aisle separated men and women, or one group sat upstairs and the other downstairs. In smaller theatres a rope was put down the middle of the cinema."
