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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:27 AM Original message |
What kind of a message do we as a society send our children when we treat women like this? |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
1. Come on, Pussycat, smile a little. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:30 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Yer lucky you're in another country bub! |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:31 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. thbhtbhtb |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:33 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Tis true. |
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Sebass1271 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:37 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. sorry about the change in subject, but how do you feel |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:40 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Not to change the subject "back" but please start a thread with your questions. |
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Sebass1271 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:44 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. sorry.. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:45 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Ripping women for not being perfect objects is troubling indeed. |
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momster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 03:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
121. Enormous Yellow Head |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
9. i know... |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
10. Maxim, I used to read that when I was 13 because it was the closest I could get to porn |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 04:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
199. Sears catalog, bra section was as close as I could get. nm |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 01:45 AM Response to Original message |
11. Personally I don't find her all that attractive |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 01:56 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Yes. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 11:09 AM Response to Reply #11 |
34. Men are not held to the same standards. |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:12 PM Response to Reply #34 |
64. "trophy women" syndrome |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 01:04 PM Response to Reply #64 |
73. Yep, and that would be the beginning of a beer commercial aired on Sunday's football game! |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 03:07 PM Response to Reply #34 |
115. Men are not as threatened by their appearence; we just don't care as much. |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 03:20 PM Response to Reply #115 |
117. becuase you don't have to |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 04:11 PM Response to Reply #117 |
126. Wrong. Because I don't WANT to. |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 05:15 PM Response to Reply #126 |
133. hee! hee! I lvoe your wife! |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 04:36 PM Response to Reply #34 |
127. As I mention below... |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 05:17 PM Response to Reply #127 |
135. And that is the result of societal standards thrust upon us. Thus my point. |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 05:19 PM Response to Reply #135 |
137. "societal standards"? Well, hell, then...TOO BAD. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 05:23 PM Response to Reply #137 |
139. Will you teach her before or after you put down your Maxim? |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 05:32 PM Response to Reply #139 |
144. Don't read Maxim. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 06:11 PM Response to Reply #144 |
148. Again, this is a serious issue for everyone. |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 06:26 PM Response to Reply #148 |
153. But it WAS a serious issue for black people. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 06:37 PM Response to Reply #153 |
156. You don't get it. |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 06:47 PM Response to Reply #156 |
160. Your judgement ends our conversation. As long as YOU understand |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 11:45 PM Response to Reply #34 |
180. I don't watch football games... |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 11:20 AM Response to Reply #11 |
38. She is the unsexiest woman who Hollywood is trying convince us is sexy |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 11:22 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Sheesh, that's enlightened. |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 01:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
87. 90% of your post is right on, except this one statement |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 02:43 PM Response to Reply #87 |
110. i have such a geek hubby |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 04:07 PM Response to Reply #87 |
124. I love my (former) engineer guy!! |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 11:53 PM Response to Reply #87 |
183. I'm married to a geek... |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 12:55 AM Response to Reply #183 |
184. they do need to learn social skills. |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 07:57 PM Response to Reply #11 |
204. The unsexiest man in the world??? |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:09 AM Response to Reply #204 |
205. Not Dick Cheney? n/t |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 02:00 AM Response to Original message |
13. most women don't base their self esteem on how many juvenile men want to fuck them |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 08:23 AM Response to Reply #13 |
28. You clearly don't work where I do |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #13 |
35. Unfortunatley, many young girls do have their self esteem impacted by the constant media |
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otherlander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 07:25 PM Response to Reply #13 |
168. Well said. |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 10:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
171. Thank you for being a role model for my daughter. |
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napoleon_in_rags (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 02:10 AM Response to Original message |
14. Hasn't anybody seen Sex in the City? |
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Tinksrival (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 03:16 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. I thought it had more to do with the show also |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 11:13 AM Response to Reply #17 |
36. I don't watch, but I don't think SJP and/or her husband |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:01 PM Response to Reply #36 |
56. Really and do you think SJP or her husband |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:03 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. I've never watched. |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:11 PM Response to Reply #59 |
63. Its not a guy friendly show |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:56 PM Response to Reply #63 |
70. This is the kind of world we women live in every day. Is it possible that the show |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 01:05 PM Response to Reply #70 |
74. Like I said |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 01:07 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. Maxim didn't take issue with the show. |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 01:21 PM Response to Reply #75 |
80. Way to completely |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 01:38 PM Response to Reply #80 |
84. I'm not sure that she is a hypocrite. |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 01:49 PM Response to Reply #84 |
89. She made her money on sexist humor! and it was more than one film |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 01:52 PM Response to Reply #89 |
91. No. |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #91 |
93. Right reverse sexism is good..... |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 02:08 PM Response to Reply #93 |
96. What about actors who play violent characters in an attempt to provoke thought? |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 02:15 PM Response to Reply #96 |
100. Most of Dineros roles are not thought provoking.. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 01:01 PM Response to Reply #63 |
72. hence, why i have never been interested in watching the show. no desire to watch men |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #72 |
118. I don't think it was about bashing men. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 08:28 AM Response to Reply #118 |
192. Indeed. The men may have gotten off better than the women, in fact, because |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 11:18 AM Response to Reply #192 |
193. thank you very much! |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 11:20 AM Response to Reply #193 |
194. The show was about relationships - and a few other things. It was pretty |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 11:27 AM Response to Reply #194 |
195. I agree. Often shows about 30-somethings are about growing up. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 11:30 AM Response to Reply #195 |
196. I agree. For all the silliness, it was very thoughtful and willing to be |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 11:33 AM Response to Reply #196 |
197. oh, absolutely! Without the silliness, everyone would have been bitching about the whining as if it |
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napoleon_in_rags (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 01:26 PM Response to Reply #17 |
81. Yeah, it was very sexist. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 01:29 PM Response to Reply #81 |
82. so ultimately it showed the very ugliest of what a woman is..... |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 01:40 PM Response to Reply #81 |
85. This mindset is PROMOTED for men in our culture. |
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napoleon_in_rags (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 07:16 PM Response to Reply #85 |
167. That's right, its promoted all over. |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 10:11 PM Response to Reply #81 |
172. Holy shit that was an amazing post. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 08:26 AM Response to Reply #17 |
191. Sexist against men? Are you kidding????? |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 10:24 PM Response to Reply #14 |
174. I only watched that show a couple of times |
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usaftmo (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 11:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
178. Haven't seen it; don't care to. |
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lukasahero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 07:42 AM Response to Reply #14 |
188. Umm, didn't that show end like 4 years ago? |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 02:16 AM Response to Original message |
15. WTF?! |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:02 PM Response to Reply #15 |
57. No, she is not... |
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Thickasabrick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 06:25 PM Response to Reply #57 |
152. "Sexy", like "Beauty" is in the eye of the beholder. Different strokes |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 11:37 PM Response to Reply #152 |
179. So then nobody can or cant call anybody else sexy... |
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Thickasabrick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 07:40 PM Response to Reply #179 |
202. Sure they can....or can't. It's all relative. What you think is sexy |
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HuffleClaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 03:13 AM Response to Original message |
16. HOW much of prime time TV is devoted to these 'popularity contests'? |
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BuelahWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 03:25 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Personally, I feel sorry for any *human being* held up to ridicule |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 03:26 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Its not about her |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:30 AM Response to Reply #20 |
30. man |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 11:21 AM Response to Reply #20 |
39. She's also a staunch liberal who grew up in poverty and worked her way |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 11:15 AM Response to Reply #16 |
37. This is not about a celebrity. It's about the larger societal impact of this |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 03:22 AM Response to Original message |
18. Yeah I know |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 11:25 AM Response to Reply #18 |
41. "I don't know what to do about it though." |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 06:49 AM Response to Original message |
21. Well since the beauty industry is largely driven by women... |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 08:13 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Yeah isn't it funny how men get blamed for the entirity |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 11:29 AM Response to Reply #24 |
44. Sorry, |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 06:54 AM Response to Reply #44 |
186. I don't read Maxim |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #21 |
43. I do believe I said "society" in my OP? |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 06:58 AM Response to Original message |
22. They let Sarah Jessica Parker's face on TV and she looks like a foot." |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 11:31 AM Response to Reply #22 |
46. And he IS in a position to judge. |
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Hottest Housewife (25 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
23. Parker has been the face of our credit card consumer culture. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 11:32 AM Response to Reply #23 |
48. I've never watched the show. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 03:16 PM Response to Reply #23 |
116. That's ridiculous. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
25. it's her mole... |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 11:40 AM Response to Reply #25 |
49. Another attempt at dismissive humor I see? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:23 PM Response to Reply #49 |
68. with sarah jessica parker, it's the mole. but she didn't come on the scene until the 80's. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 01:08 PM Response to Reply #68 |
76. I think you misssed the |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 01:20 PM Response to Reply #76 |
79. no, i didn't miss it. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 01:37 PM Response to Reply #79 |
83. Then you are choosing to add to the problem? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #83 |
106. you're certainly entitled to your opinion. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 02:39 PM Response to Reply #106 |
108. Yes, you think SJP's mole is ugly and I have a problem with a society |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 05:17 PM Response to Reply #108 |
136. i'm not placing it on my children- i just think it's a physically unattractive attribute for her. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
26. It's time for the "Two Minute Hate!" |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 11:31 AM Response to Reply #26 |
47. I love your Brainwashing sig....nt |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 11:48 AM Response to Reply #26 |
50. That is awesome! |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
27. She's not the "unsexiest" at all. This one is: |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 02:40 PM Response to Reply #27 |
109. I'd tap that. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
29. Worry about what Maxim magazine (or its readers) has to say only elevates their position |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 11:49 AM Response to Reply #29 |
51. Unfortunately this mentality is not limited to Maxim. |
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Mugu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
31. We were discussing this in the lounge just the other day. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 11:52 AM Response to Reply #31 |
53. The conversation was funny. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
32. You want me to weigh in? What am I supposed to say? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 10:22 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. my F*in' goodness, it has been a lot of years |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 11:59 AM Response to Reply #32 |
55. Why are a few men here overlooking my mention of "society" in the OP? |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
42. I don't find her attractive...but that's just me..un-sexiest is a bit harsh though... |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
45. I can not bring myself to read |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:02 PM Response to Reply #45 |
58. "How does it feel?" |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
52. Gee, I wish I was as "unattractive" as Sarah Jessica Parker |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
54. There are way too many women that participate in this behavior as well... |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:06 PM Response to Reply #54 |
60. Indeed. |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 10:16 PM Response to Reply #60 |
173. You let her off easy. |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:18 PM Response to Reply #54 |
65. I was one of those |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:25 PM Response to Reply #65 |
69. As Joan Rivers proves, that catty behavior doesn't stop at adolescence. |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
61. Definetly not unsexy |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:19 PM Response to Reply #61 |
66. ouch. don't do that without a "graphic ugly" warning. |
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Sheets of Easter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
62. Th '00s pop culture has definitely seen a backlash against the |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 01:10 PM Response to Reply #62 |
77. Thanks for sharing. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
67. I'm not exactly sure why, but a couple of my make friends have always said |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
71. (Man here.) Frankly, I think that's ridiculous. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
78. The message is that almost nobody can live up to the ideals set for us by TV |
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knight_of_the_star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
86. Did you miss the pun you made here? |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 01:44 PM Response to Reply #86 |
88. Nope, I caught it. |
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knight_of_the_star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 02:26 PM Response to Reply #88 |
104. Just wanted to bee sure |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
90. Women's obsession with their looks baffles me |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 02:07 PM Response to Reply #90 |
95. The cultural shift needs to happen among women AND men. |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #95 |
128. I don't know many men or boys who have image issues. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 05:16 PM Response to Reply #128 |
134. And have you pondered why? Also you do have "image" issues if |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 05:25 PM Response to Reply #134 |
140. Yeah. It is because most men and boys do not concern themselves with their appearances so much. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 05:27 PM Response to Reply #140 |
141. Not all cultures breed this mentality. Egyptian men wore makeup too. |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 05:47 PM Response to Reply #141 |
146. Yeah. SOME men wear makeup these days as well; doesn't help anything, does it? |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 06:03 PM Response to Reply #146 |
147. What bothers me is unenlightened people like you who assume |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 06:20 PM Response to Reply #147 |
150. Instead of lashing out at you; some answers. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 06:37 PM Response to Reply #150 |
155. I've been married - with the same partner for twenty years. |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 06:44 PM Response to Reply #155 |
158. I never assumed that; I asked if that were the case. It was rhetorical |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 06:49 PM Response to Reply #158 |
161. My remark was in the context of "if" |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 06:53 PM Response to Reply #161 |
163. Ok. So no apology; I wouldn't make that remark near my wife, though... |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 06:56 PM Response to Reply #163 |
164. Ok. |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 06:57 PM Response to Reply #147 |
165. "unenlightened" |
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futureliveshere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
92. Bah, ignore the idiots who know not the true worth of a woman (or a man) |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 02:11 PM Response to Reply #92 |
97. I don't care about "such trash". |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
94. I've always thought Jennifer Love Hewitt was stunningly beautiful |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 02:14 PM Response to Reply #94 |
99. Nice post Uncle Joe. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 02:16 PM Response to Reply #99 |
101. Peace to you, mzmolly. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 02:33 PM Response to Reply #101 |
105. Backatcha Uncle Joe. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
98. I think she's terrific |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
102. "we" don't treat women like this, if YOU do, knock it off |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 02:25 PM Response to Reply #102 |
103. Nice post other than the assertion that "we" don't treat women like this. |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 04:51 PM Response to Reply #103 |
129. "We" meaning, largely, females, right? |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 05:11 PM Response to Reply #129 |
132. What should men do? |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 05:28 PM Response to Reply #132 |
142. Wow. I can do both of those things! |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 06:19 PM Response to Reply #142 |
149. I'll leave any implications to the academics who've looked at this issue. |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 06:30 PM Response to Reply #149 |
154. So what is the implication? |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 06:39 PM Response to Reply #154 |
157. Did you read the link? |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 06:49 PM Response to Reply #157 |
162. I did read it, but I will not be a sheep about it. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 06:58 PM Response to Reply #162 |
166. OUR issue. |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
107. Why was her husband angry? |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
111. Yeah, but it's Maxim |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 03:00 PM Response to Reply #111 |
114. Great analysis, spot on. |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
112. I have found women tend to care more about their own and other women's |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 02:59 PM Response to Reply #112 |
113. and the men will merely say , .... i would "do" her, ..... |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 03:51 PM Response to Reply #113 |
122. Well, I mean in the context of judging appearance. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 05:22 PM Response to Reply #122 |
138. Somehow it seems though that the most stylish women |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 05:37 PM Response to Reply #138 |
145. Well, style is like music...taste is taste...I don't think there is a such thing as |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #138 |
198. The lead in Greek Wedding wasn't noticed because she was more stylish but |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 03:27 PM Response to Reply #112 |
120. but the magazine in the OP is a young men's magazine |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 03:59 PM Response to Reply #120 |
123. Great quote. |
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zorahopkins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
119. O.M.G.!! |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
125. But its not racism |
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NaturalHigh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
130. While I've never found SJP even remotely attractive... |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
131. A very similar message to one SJP sent in "Sex in the City" |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
143. She's a butterface but hardly the least sexy woman in the world. |
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Fox Mulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
151. She's not the unsexiest woman in the world. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
159. Apparently Maxim's only reader is Peter Griffin |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
169. Random thoughts from a gay dad of two daughters: |
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Medusa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
170. The media |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
175. I feel no sympathy for Ms. Parker. She plays the game. She portrays herself as sexy |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 10:42 PM Response to Reply #175 |
177. Poor Camilla. After all, she only contributed to setting up a very young woman in a sham |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 11:50 PM Response to Reply #177 |
182. I wasn't comparing the personalities of the two. Ms. Parker uses plastic surgery, makeup and |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 07:33 AM Response to Reply #182 |
187. If Sarah Jessica Parker had plastic surgery, she should have paid more. I don't |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 04:48 PM Response to Reply #187 |
200. I am terrible at making a point. Bare with me one more time. I don't care if SJP has plastic surgery |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 05:33 PM Response to Reply #200 |
201. Sorry if I misunderstood - or am still misunderstanding. |
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smoochy (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
176. It's disgusting to say the least |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
181. Maxim, feh, a watered down version of Playboy. |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
185. Question, mzmolly: Why is she asking journalists to judge her? |
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Mad_Dem_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
189. I don't think she's attractive at all, but |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 07:51 AM Response to Original message |
190. It's human nature to compare and discuss people's looks. |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
203. I'm sorry, but her face looks like a foot. |
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