‘Hottest Olympic Dudes’? ‘Ab Appeal’? It’s objectification when it’s about women. What about men?

Submitted by Mastodon on Thu, 2016-08-11 00:28

Article here. Excerpt:

'One decries the way analysts focus on the appearance of female Olympians, not their athletic accomplishments. The other features a slideshow of mostly shirtless, nearly naked men, with an invitation to “Come, join us on the official horndog tour of Rio.”
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In sports, as in the workplace, men have been privileged, their athletic prowess not slighted in favor of commentary about their bodies. “When we objectify men, their economic and professional power isn’t reduced or threatened,” writes Daisy Buchanan in Marie Claire UK.
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After Cosmopolitan magazine found itself under fire in 2014, when they posted an Olympic bulge breakdown that drew criticism, it defended the compilation of not-safe-for-work images: “Athletes and performers’ bodies are their tools, so I’m not calling for everyone to suddenly stop judging them on their looks or physique. But it’s only fair that both sexes are objectified equally.”'

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This really just proves that feminists just project how they think onto everyone else.

Here, it's, "I love objectifying the opposite gender, therefore the opposite gender loves objectifying me, but it's only bad for me to be objectified because . . . vagina."

Feminist logic in a nutshell (quite literally, this time).

I think that feminists are truly pathetic when they complain of men doing one behaviour then defend women doing it. Why should they be taken seriously if its clear that through these actions, they are actually against gender equality? Why should men be compelled to stop doing behaviours that feminists themselves do? If you don't lead by example, you're just planning to fail. I suppose that's good news for us.

I would also like Daisy Buchanan to explain exactly how women's “economic and professional power [is] reduced or threatened" via their bodies and beauty being adored. Do models and pretty actresses not make a killing on their looks? Is it not true that people tend to hold good-looking people in higher regard--oh wait, I think we hit the nail on the head here. The one's who are upset about objectification of women are the ones who are never objectified themselves and are jealous of the successes of good-looking people. Indeed, it all makes sense now.

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Submitted by xtrnl on Sat, 2016-08-13 19:21