One More Feminist Upset Over Unfair Aging Differences

NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

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If you bother to read Joanna Weiss' column in today's Boston Globe, expect to get a sense of deja . . . lu. Like untold screeds that have preceded it, "Hollywood’s burden on aging women" stamps its feet over the unequal treatment of aging in men and women.

You know: male stars are allowed to age gracefully, but women must struggle ever-harder to conform to a youthful stereotype of sex-appeal. Unfair!

The feminist response is to blame the culture, in this case embodied by Hollywood, for promoting shallow, sexist values. But the fault, dear Joanna, is not in our stars but in our ourselves, or more precisely, in our DNA.

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I think that most movies made today feature many more male characters than female.

True. But don't forget that ALL races and nationalities must be represented in movies, television and adverts. You absolutely must have a woman, a black, an asian, a nerd, a homosexual(or three), and a muslim. White heterosexual males are always optional. It must be a bitch to cast these productions these days.