Are women hypocritical?

The discussion today was controversial as it usually is. I do not buy into “The Beauty Myth” epidemic. There are enough women in the United States to take shows depicting unrealistic ideals for a woman’s appearance out of business. Matter of fact, women are the reason these shows exist and are becoming more and more popular in the media, specifically television. I strongly believe women want to watch “extraordinary” looking women. I do believe some women watch because they admire these women appearing on shows such as “America’s Next Top Model”, but at the same time I feel a lot of those women do not have expectations of ever being able to look like a runway Victoria’s Secret model. Competition sells. Attractive women sell. The media is an industry working off supply and demand just like any other business. If women did not want to see shows with supposed “beautiful” women with no fat whatsoever than all they simply have to do is demand it. There is something that reels you in when you are looking at something that is not considered normal. A lot of women know most models do not have normal nutrition and know the amount of make-up that goes into fixing these seemingly flawless females.
Products of Victoria’s Secret, for example, would not sell if their models looked like an average American women. Women like to believe certain products enhance their beauty and appeal. The vast majority are not stupid enough to believe they will look like the models simply by buying their product, but sex sells and if women did not want to make themselves look “sexier” than Victoria’s Secret would not have many customers. I believe a lot of women are constantly complaining about how men view them, but I think the majority of females want to give off a sexual vibe. At the same time, they whine about being looked at objectively when the products they buy, which can be seen in many television advertisements, are clearly selling sex. I really do not think women will ever be satisfied. I find it hard to believe that most women would rather be looked at asexually than have a percentage of males look at them objectively. I am not arguing that the men who view women in a shallow way are to be respected, but at the same time a lot of women would be very unsatisfied to have never received that type of attention at some point in their lives. Sexual harassment is a terrible thing, and I think a lot of men need to establish a higher respect for a woman’s intelligence and skills. What I am arguing is that throughout our history women have been described as objects of beauty…a beauty a man simply does not obtain in the same way. Women can seem very hypocritical in my eyes when they demand not to be viewed sexually by men because I believe it is a part of a male’s human nature to have sexual impulses and sexual thoughts about women, even women they have never met before. Our population is so large as a result of that natural attraction.