hollywood double standards...

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  • rinkaaa
    rinkaaa Posts: 7
    awkward :P
  • craigers13
    craigers13 Posts: 241 Member
    It gives bigger guys hope! lol

    and speaking of double-standards....why are men allowed to walk around in public topless and not women????
  • i_love_vinegar
    i_love_vinegar Posts: 2,092 Member
    I think that is true in real life too.

    A woman's value is often placed on her: appearance, youth, sexual ability, "feminine" persona

    A man's value is often placed on his: wallet, personality, coolness
  • Nopedotjpeg
    Nopedotjpeg Posts: 1,805 Member
    it's not really a double standard when you realize that most things are written and directed by overweight men for other men :laugh:

    another thing ive noticed is that in many movies and tv shows involving teens (i just watched the remake of fright night last night) it's usually the girl (who also way hotter than the boy) who's all about seducing the boy. :laugh: so these guys are not only rewriting their present, they are also rewriting their past :laugh:

    *Generalize overweight women*:
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    *Generalize overweight men*:
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  • unmitigatedbadassery
    unmitigatedbadassery Posts: 653 Member
    And Beauty and the Beast....it's ridiculous.

    LOL THIS.
  • dovesgate
    dovesgate Posts: 894 Member
    No one can ever think of another hefty girl with hot guy example, though. I asked around. :/

    Last Holiday
    Circle of Friends
    My Big Fat Greek Wedding
    Bridget Jones
    Titanic (Kate Winslet was 165lbs and had a BMI in the overweight category)
  • escloflowneCHANGED
    escloflowneCHANGED Posts: 3,038 Member
    Titanic (Kate Winslet was 165lbs and had a BMI in the overweight category)

    She was gorgeous, I would have never put her in that line up lol it was a period piece also, women would be considered underweight back then.
  • dovesgate
    dovesgate Posts: 894 Member
    She was, and still is, a stunning woman. "Titanic" was released in 1997. I remember how the magazines went on and on about Kate's weight and celebrating a woman who wasn't a size 2 getting the leading role opposite a really hot guy. So yeah, gorgeous or not, period or not, she was still overweight and still belongs in my list. :)
  • misskerouac
    misskerouac Posts: 2,242 Member
    Oh I missed the beach comment too. I've never heard anyone say "ohmigosh the nerve" because an overweight girl was wearing a bikini to the beach.

    Really? I have, many times
  • chanstriste13
    chanstriste13 Posts: 3,277 Member
    Oh I missed the beach comment too. I've never heard anyone say "ohmigosh the nerve" because an overweight girl was wearing a bikini to the beach.

    Really? I have, many times

    true dat! and what's weird is - i hear it more from women than i do from men. big meanie heads! :tongue:
  • EmCarroll1990
    EmCarroll1990 Posts: 2,832 Member
    It gives bigger guys hope! lol

    and speaking of double-standards....why are men allowed to walk around in public topless and not women????

    In Ontario, women are allowed to as well.
  • grinch031
    grinch031 Posts: 1,679
    When you see an overweight woman on the beach, its usually the women making the comments. The guys just look the other way.

    When it comes to hollywood, the guys doing the production only care about what they think will attract a larger audience. They know that nobody cares too much what the guys look like (unless maybe its a romantic chick flick), and that guys will tune in if the females look good.
  • grinch031
    grinch031 Posts: 1,679
    It gives bigger guys hope! lol

    and speaking of double-standards....why are men allowed to walk around in public topless and not women????

    In Ontario, women are allowed to as well.

    When I was at South beach in Miami, they had topless beaches, and only the middle-aged women went topless.
  • SwannySez
    SwannySez Posts: 5,860 Member
    And don't forget BJ and the Bear. That chimp was naked constantly, it never shaved or waxed and no one said boo!
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    And don't forget BJ and the Bear. That chimp was naked constantly, it never shaved or waxed and no one said boo!

    Also, Clyde in Every Which Way But Loose and Any Which Way You Can. Unfair! :angry:
  • MrsLVF
    MrsLVF Posts: 787 Member
    Even Disney has done it!

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    ...Spoiler alert they kind of switched it up at the end....
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  • SwannySez
    SwannySez Posts: 5,860 Member
    And don't forget BJ and the Bear. That chimp was naked constantly, it never shaved or waxed and no one said boo!

    Also, Clyde in Every Which Way But Loose and Any Which Way You Can. Unfair! :angry:

    OMG! Exactly! Why are these apes exempted from the bare minimum standards of decency that any resonable person would apply. What is next? Kathy Bates naked in a hot tub?
  • The_Enginerd
    The_Enginerd Posts: 3,982 Member
    No one can ever think of another hefty girl with hot guy example, though. I asked around. :/

    Last Holiday
    Circle of Friends
    My Big Fat Greek Wedding
    Bridget Jones
    Titanic (Kate Winslet was 165lbs and had a BMI in the overweight category)

    Phat Girlz as well.
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