Another nude sports figure pointlessly objectified on a magazine cover

[BainsBane]

180. It may be the gold standard on DU

but that's about it. They are all related. Whether they have bikinis, couture ball gowns, or no clothes at all, the images all serve the goals of commodity fetishism and are part of a cultural effort to disempower women (Faludi).

Not only does no one's body look like that, those three models' bodies don't look like that. They are airbrushed and altered. All you need do is look at the old SI cover on the other site. Look at old copies of Playboy from the 50s and 60s. The women look dramatically different from the images today. The standard has gotten thinner and the final media product more artificial through retouching, photoshopping, airbrushing, whatever. You're lying to yourself if you think the only enhancement was placement of a title. You obviously aren't paying attention at all. Google it.

The skill involved in modeling is not simply looking good. Many of the prettiest girls can't be models. There are indeed skills, but it has to do with posing, becoming a chameleon and evoking the kind of feeling the client wants for the final product. My point has nothing to do with denigrating models or their profession. Rather it is about the wider impact of those images on society. You have bought the whole bill of goods, not just the commodity but the fantasy that any of it is real. You yourself are an example of the influence of those images.