Objectification will always be around, advertising depends on it

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166. Well

maybe it's because the people who run those stores are generally male. Do you know the ratio of men to women CEOs is pitiful? It's worse than the ratio of women in gov't. And do you think there are tons of women sitting on the BOD? Yeah, no. Just because a company uses sex to try to turn a profit doesn't mean it's not sexist.

And I don't think it's my distorted perception...maybe it's an age thing, but my 16 yo daughter and her friends think those magazines are sexist and disgusting. They are far more aware of stuff like than I was at that age. And in all my years on women's only mommy boards, I don't remember one single discussion about feminism where the consensus was that those magazines weren't degrading. But I guess all those mommies were 'distorted' as well?? And all the old high school friends I have on facebook that post feminist stuff about the dangers of those type of magazines and how they are going to teach their daughters different...well their perception must be distorted as well.