What’s Wrong With This CNN Article? (21)

Why isn’t CNN condemned by feminists for publishing photographs that clearly sexually objectify women?

Yesterday CNN posted an article, Rihanna’s fluffy bathrobe, part of CNN’s Look of the Week, “a regular series dedicated to unpacking the most talked about outfit of the last seven days.”

There are two things wrong with the article. Do you know what they are?

First, here are the two photographs accompanying the article that covers — or more accurately, uncovers Rihanna’s body.

These two photographs clearly demonstrate CNN’s misogyny, as it allows a young, naive woman to be sexually objectified to an international audience of “toxic”, misogynistic men.

Why isn’t CNN condemned by feminists for regularly publishing photographs that clearly allow women to be sexually objectified?

It’s because women themselves WANT to be sexually objectified:

“Most women have a problem with being seen as a sex object by men, or so they claim, but do not have a problem with benefiting from, or even exploiting, their being seen as a sex object by a man.” — author Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I said that there were TWO things wrong with the article. The second one is that CNN helps women to sexually objectify themselves in extreme, selfish, self-absorbed and increasingly ridiculous and desperate attempts to get the world’s attention.

All the while accusing men of treating women as sex objects!

For more on this hypocrisy, see “Stop Treating Us As Sex Objects!”.