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In reply to the discussion: Are there women here who are not offended by the SI cover or Kate Upton's spread? [View all]Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)Seriously, this narrative that people only dislike the SI cover because they "hate sexy" is fucking dumb, an artifact of some collective asshats who can't - or more likely, refuse to - grasp social theory concepts.
Your gripe is that a product is displayed as "for women." The Si gripe is that women are the product being advertised. Neither Kate Upton nor the lady in the vacuum ad NYC_SKP posted below are "bad" or "offensive," but the overal industry creates issues of the female image, women's "roles" and so on and so forth.
I'm a straight young man, I'm the target audience of the magazines, and you know what? I can't say I dislike the sight of Kate Upton's chest, either under half a parka or in zero G. But I can still recognize it for what it is, and realize that it's not a step orward for anyone (Well, maybe financially...)