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Originally Posted by Itse
Well, it depends a lot on what kind of a model we're talking about exactly, but if your aim is to be a star model or an actress, then you absolutely want to be a favorite of horny teenage boys, dudebros and internet creeps. Those guys bring in a lot of clicks and eyeballs in the attention-centered world of wannabe celebrities.
Which is a huge reason why I really can't understand why some women would want that life.
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Again, while looks may play a major factor in popularity of people in those professions, that's not what models or actresses are selling to the general public.
We do not buy actresses or models. We do not even buy anything they specifically are selling. We may buy movies, or magazines, but any actual "product" being sold by these people is being consumed by those who produce those movies and magazines. That "product" is not being sold to the general public.
People are not products, and to say a lonely boy on the Internet has the right to publicly critique the physical appearance of a model because he feels he is the consumer and she is the product is not only wrong and shows a complete lack of understanding, but crass and repulsive.
Sadly, the "product/consumer" argument is not the only irksome one that people use in their defence of their right to treat women like objects.