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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MM and GP try to draw attention to themselves v. Diana and Kate drawing it to others.[/quote]

Yes, women get punished for not being self-effacing and modest. Men don't get punished for this. Women who are rich, famous, and successful, are supposed to act as though they don't deserve it and only use their fame or wealth to help others, selflessly. Women are also expected to be personable and everyone's best friend -- the "likability" factor. A famous woman is supposed to be likable, otherwise where wealth and fame is undeserved.

None of this gets put on famous or wealthy men. When they are criticized, it's never for not being nice enough or not being relatable enough. You have to be a really terrible person as a successful man to get even a tenth of the criticism that someone like Meghan Sussex or Goop get just for saying something in a slightly off-putting tone of voice. Like you have to go full Elon Musk and even then people will defend you as smart and "just trying to help" because you are a man and people automatically think that makes you more qualified to be famous or have money.

At the end of the day, we live in a very misogynist society and a woman who dares to act as though she is important or her ideas matter or that she deserves is viewed as uppity and threatening.[/quote]

There's no shortage of misogyny in the world, but I don't think the comparison is here.  Paltrow and MM are trying to create a self brand of being relatable so they can sell us shit - but then that shit is out of touch with what most women can buy.  So its the disconnect of "oh i'm so down to earth and just like every woman.....here buy $500 vagaina steamers just like me!"  George Clooney isn't trying to create a relatable image - he wants to be seen as glamerous and rich and aspirational and sell us hermes or whatever he's shilling....he's not trying to appeal to the average suburban guy as just like them[/quote]

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