Originally Posted by Big-Arn:
“Still this sexist bullshit exists, pushing forward women as sexual objects rather than talented individuals in their own right.
You do realise this thread contributes to an atmosphere in the media where women get fired when they OMG age at the same speed as men, and get paid less because, well, tits.
Right? You do get that, right?
How it's allowed to continue on a website that's ostensibly about appreciating the media and arts, I do not know.”
I'm sorry to disappoint you but this thread does nothing of the sort.
Of course there are lots of very talented individuals in this world but the reality is, whether you like it or not, how an individual is perceived to look still plays a great part in their success, whether they are male or female. How much do you think Eva Herzigova's wit and intelligence played in her getting the Wonderbra job and how much do you thnk it was purely down to her looks?
How are the comments on this thread any different to the plethora of boybands and girlbands out there? The whole
raison d'être of these manufactured bands is to sell a safe concept of sex to teenagers, looks in that music genre are pretty much everything. In a recent interview Melanie Chisholm said that a requirement to actually be able to sing was well down on the list of requirements when she auditioned for The Spice Girls.
Sex sells. It always has, it always will.
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. She could pull of a bikini scene very well if they let her!
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