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Sexism because Adam Sandler didn't wear a dress
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RE: Sexism because Adam Sandler didn't wear a dress
Quote:You know who wants women to turn up to these events wearing fancy dresses? Other women.

This is so true, but not just women, gay men as well. If a woman rocks up to an awards show "underdressed", straight men might or might not find it attractive but it's not a big deal to them. It's the women and the bitchy gays who will be dragging her through the press about it. The gay community has an appalling misogyny problem, and not enough of us want to talk about it. People who want to have a serious discussion about it (including gay men themselves) are shot down as "homophobes" for daring to suggest it's a problem.

Although the guy who wrote the comment highlighted in the OP, his sentiment remains the same; it's pressure on women by people who are not attracted to women.

I mean, the whole "being thin" thing is from the fashion industry. This particular issue (not all womens' body image issues) doesn't come from straight men. I'm not straight but I'm pretty sure going on how the straight men I know feel, being emaciated is not attractive to guys. It comes from competition between female celebrities and models to be the thinnest, and a fashion industry (dominated almost exclusively by women and gays) which dictates that the standard of beauty is looking starved.
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RE: Sexism because Adam Sandler didn't wear a dress - by Regina - June 17, 2015 at 10:21 pm

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