Here are a couple of excerpts if you have taken a vow to never click on a Cosmo link (and if that’s the case, YOU ARE AWESOME and I wish I had your will power.)
Even in the 1950s, Marilyn Monroe’s measurements meant more to studios and audiences than her talent. Americans been slicing, dicing and scrutinizing actresses’ bodies since before the first talkie. There are entire fetish databases that show photos of just famous women’s feet. And these are serious actresses and athletes I’m talking about — Lolo Jones, Dame Helen Mirren, Meryl Streep. The first thing you get when you type Meryl Streep into Google is “meryl streep feet.”
To malign male objectification as condescending and unfair while embracing the objectification of women is a problem. 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. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I am going to go Google “Michael Fassbender penis.”
