We should all be so unsexy

Again, Lugs, it's really no worse than what appears on a daily basis on Page 6 or anywhere in the NYP or weekly in Us Weekly or any of that ilk.

 

To me it's yet another example of the Estrogenization of the male gender.

These days men seem to LOVE being hypercritical of women. In the past, that area was reserved for us women.

Sometimes I long for the cavemen days when men weren't all that picky.

ETA: I'm talking about Maxim magazine and its readers generally, not any poster on this thread.

 

Which is fair. I guess I was just responding to you singling THIS out as being mean.

My point was that EVERYTHING'S mean now.

 

It was mean, shallow and stupid...but what do you expect for a magazine that targets the fratboy demographic? SJP is an attractive woman. (She also used to be a hell of a good guest on talk shows, because she's pretty bright and she's been in the public eye for 25+ years so she's got a few stories)

 

Here are the original threads:

http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/posts/1443879/

This one includes writing irish's short, but HOF-worthy, 2-post rant about Maxim.

http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/threads/48768/

 

What?! NOT...COOL!!!

 

First, while Maxim is within its rights, it remains an extremely tacky and tasteless thing to do.

I've never really understood the need for media to trash celebrities just because they can. There seems to be a growing mean-spiritedness to public behavior in recent years and I think it's more a reflection of the way people feel rather than media-driven thing.

As for SJP, I've always considered her among the most visually overrated women on planet earth and was dumbfounded as to how she got a lead role in a show called "Sex in the City." It was a reach. I hope she doesn't read this post, though, because I'm sure she's a very nice woman.

 

Cran - Well said on point #1. As for point #2 - I dunno - good actress who connects with women??

Thanks for posting, DD. I didn't know.

Irish is my new hero.

EmbR: I think I'd rather do that guy than a metrosexual.

 

You think that's really changed or is it that the expression of such sentiments are more visible today?

My guess is men being hypercritical of women has always existed; perhaps on a more localized level with the venue for those types of discussions eons ago being behind country club or office doors or at the local watering holes.

 

Physically attractive, facewise? No.
Cute petite figure? Absolutely. Man, she rocked those tighty whities in one episode SATC.

Conventionally speaking, no, she's not pretty. But I always found her confidence and ebullience pretty darn neat. That confidence, though, takes a serious hit in that story, where both she and her husband are 'hurt' by what a rag mag says about her.

 

I think the whole point of Sex and The City is that Carrie Bradshaw is supposed to be relateable to the women actually watching the show. I don't know that it plays quite as well if Kristin Davis is the lead actress. Oh no, the gorgeous WASPY-looking brunette can't find happiness in love? Boo-hoo.

SJP is one of those women who isn't traditionally gorgeous, but she's very sexy. As I said on the Charlize thread, smart it sexy. Funny is sexy. Classy is sexy. And she's all those things. Barbara Streisand isn't particularly gorgeous. But you know what? She worked with what god gave her. And her nose doesn't make The Way We Were a less believeable movie.