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[quote=Anonymous]I really dislike Ellen Degeneres but also this is what talk show hosts do. It's not just Ellen -- I could easily see this being a bit on Jimmy Kimmel or Dave Letterman or any number of talk shows. I think the bigger issue is that we as a society thought something like this was funny and we continued to uphold Ellen as one of the "nice comedians" even though she did stuff like this.

Young women have always been viewed as unserious and disposable in this way. I'm not even a Taylor Swift fan (nothing against her personally, I just don't really like her music) but the idea of forcing her to look at a bunch of photos of her with random men (many of which are just random photos from press events and she didn't even date those guys) and talk about her relationships with them is so messed up.

The one question I have though is whether Taylor has ever exploited the interest in her dating life in order to promote an album or raise her own profile. I don't follow her closely enough to know but I do remember a few years ago when she was dating Tom Hiddleston (which was a weird match) just being inundated with updates on their relationship that absolutely felt like PR plants. I do think if you don't want to be harassed about your dating life this way, you also shouldn't use it as a career boost.

TL;DR: that clip is gross but not unusual for talk show interviews, and I do think Taylor may have played into this dynamic before so it might be hypocritical to complain about it when it hurts you but then silently benefit from it at other times. That doesn't help women who come after her who might be treated the same way.[/quote]

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