Women and "Sexism" in Movies

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Women claim that a lot of female characters are hyper-sexualized in movies and other forms of media. On Comcast there is a movie category called "Men with Muscles". Is not also a form of sexualized men for women? I don't see a movie category called "Women with nice tits".

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@alabama989,

If you did a google search on that title I think you will find one or two movies that seemingly fit the bill.

I'm off to investigate some more.

Purely in the name of scientific research, of course.

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@Lordyaswas,

I'm purely commenting on Comcast. I'm not saying that, that category doesn't exist, I'm just saying on a service such as Comcast or Netflix etc... you will not find a category about the attractiveness of female characters. Apparently it is fine to have an entire category attributed to men with muscles. Also there are categories about strong female leads but I see no such category for males.

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@Lordyaswas,

Also say I do a Google search and find "one or two movies that fit the bill" that is not the same as an entire category. Google also finds results based on the entry written by the searcher but to have an established service provider offer this as a category is an entirerly different matter.

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@Lordyaswas,

I honestly look forward to the results you find based on your research and am looking forward to a good discussion. The basis of my post was to point out a double standard and nothing more.

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@alabama989,

If they had a "woman with muscles" category too, would that make you happy? (Women do, in fact, have muscles.).

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@alabama989,

alabama989 wrote:

you will not find a category about the attractiveness of female characters. Apparently it is fine to have an entire category attributed to men with muscles.

That's because a category featuring attractive women would be redundant, since most movies with women in them already feature attractive women.

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Also there are categories about strong female leads but I see no such category for males.

That's because a category featuring strong male leads would be redundant, since most movies with male leads already feature strong male leads.

You might as well ask why there aren't categories called "color films" or "talkies".

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@Kolyo,

Do most films not already feature attractive men? It is the same concept.

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@maxdancona,

It wouldn't make me happy because I'm not upset. I was just pointing something out. I know women have muscles also, everyone has muscles in fact. I was just saying that there is a movie category pointing out physical traits of men but you will find no such category for women from a service provider.

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@alabama989,

Are you saying that men are the victims of sexism?

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@alabama989,

alabama989 wrote:

Do most films not already feature attractive men?

nope

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@alabama989,

How many mainstream American action films have female leads?

How many mainstream American films have female leads?

How many mainstream American films have male frontal nudity?

___________

You can argue this any direction you want and prove anything you want and still just be here to argue.

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@alabama989,

alabama989 wrote:

Women claim ...

always an excellent clue to intent

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@ehBeth,

Would it make you happier if I phrased it differently?

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@maxdancona,

I was just pointing out that there are no such categories for women and there would a huge outcry if there was. There is such a catgory for males and no one thinks twice about it.

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@ehBeth,

Attractiveness is subjective and varies from person to person. That was just a reply to someone elses comment asking about attractive female leads. I just stated that you would not find a category of movies from a service provider that is based one the physical traits of the females jn the movie.

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@ehBeth,

A quick google search shows quite a few movies exist on each of those categories.

Species (starring Natasha Henstridge) is the first one I could find that fits all three. I am sure there are others.

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@alabama989,

alabama989 wrote:

I was just pointing out that there are no such categories for women and there would a huge outcry if there was. There is such a catgory for males and no one thinks twice about it.

Ohhh you are on the other side of this silly argument. I think both sides are rather silly.

What's the point in having this argument? (On second thought, I obviously find it amusing).

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@maxdancona,

There is really no point. I was just looking to discuss this. I'm not offended by the subject. I just thought it would be an interesting discussion. (I find it amusing also.)

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@ehBeth,

Women claim...
"Always an excellent clue to intent".
I disagree. It is just a discussion, there is no inherent intent implied by the opening words of my first post. Also how you could think to know my intent? Do you assume I'm sexist or mysoginistic just by those two words?

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