I disagree. I do think this type of lecture about how unattractive/less attractive women are just as beautiful as more physically attractive women is a pointed criticism of objectifying women.
We always hear criticism of men because they make women sex objects and don’t pay attention to the woman under the skin, but that isn’t our fault, and it is what makes the differences between sexes exciting for men (and women)
The REALLY important thing in all of this that highlights the real power of women is not that a younger, physically beautiful woman makes a man want to be a younger man, or a man that stands up straighter, because that is simply a hard-wired, biological thing.
The real magic that a woman can have on a man is that if she is the one he loves regardless of the shape of her body, the attractiveness of her face, or the smoothness of her skin, she makes him want to be a BETTER man. It is that civilizing influence that women have on men that is the magic.
I know this is going to be difficult for some of you to accept, but the fact is that women objectify younger men, too. On internet forums where women talk to each other, they pass around photos of young men with cobblestone abs and full heads of hair. They don't care how much money the guy makes. They want him to look "hot." So, men and women are really not so different in that regard.
And whoever released this photo of Crawford more likely did so to be vindictive. That is, if someone released this photo without Crawford's permission, that someone wasn't making a statement against the objectification of women. She (or he) was just being catty.
Some famous women have been releasing their own make-up-free, un-retouched photos in response to criticism that photoshopping is making little girls feel bad about themselves. So, at first, I thought Crawford had released this photo. But, as it turns out, she didn't release this photo. Someone else "leaked" it. IOW, someone was being very catty. But Crawford might be smart enough to play along.