People’s general comments about male public figures:
- He’s so gorgeous. Talented, too!
- He’s so gorgeous.
- He’s so talented.
- He’s a douche.
People’s general comments about female public figures:
- She’s so gorgeous. Talented, too!
- Gorgeous? She’s an airhead.
- Who cares if she’s talented if she’s fugly?
- She’s a douche. Fat and ugly, too. What? If she can’t handle the criticism, she shouldn’t put herself out there.
Discuss.
Vickie Diablos is a postgraduate student in Health Informatics, a hardcore gamer geek and a socially awkward logic and science nerd. She thought keeping a "cool blog" would make her a cool person. Alas. 
Melinda
22 Sep 2009
6:46 pm
IA. It’s so annoying to me that the way you look- if you’re a male celebrity- is of a secondary nature. Have to admit that I am one of those “They shouldn’t put themselves out there if they can’t handle criticism!” types. Not just with women, though.
Although this changed things for me when I met a guy (My age) who acts in an Australian (Where I live!) TV show and he was so… Normal. He was just a normal teenager like everyone else. It wasn’t like he had grown this sort of veneer that made him impervious to the public and I couldn’t help but be surprised. I know it’s juvenile of me to think that, but he was the first ‘famous person’ I became actual friends with
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Vickie
22 Sep 2009
10:59 pm
To me it depends on whether the criticism is relevant. Why is a woman’s physical appearance or fashion sense always of so much importance and interest, regardless of who she is, where she is? Why does it matter if a model is the stupidest person on Earth? Why are both men and women so harsh on women? Why aren’t men getting the same treatment? It’s the double standards between the two main sexes that madden me the most.
Tara
23 Sep 2009
2:16 am
Good points. I can’t really think of any reasons why this is the case except for the fact that . . . well, I dunno. I want to say maybe women are more sensitive so they take these comments as insults, whereas men might brush the same comments about them aside, so nothing is really said about it.
Then again, what I’m thinking currently probably makes no sense. I shouldn’t be commenting on blogs these late at night . . .
But you are right. It sucks. It is double standards. Personally, I think people should stop obsessing over looks, but that’s easier said than done! Me included.
JoeTaxpayer
23 Sep 2009
6:38 am
I understand people are attracted to beautiful women, a woman’s beauty changes over time, I mean over the centuries. In the middle ages, paintings of beautiful women were full-figured, what today is called chubby.
To me, intelligence is an attraction. 1 IQ point worth about 25 milli-Helens. (A milli-Helen being the unit of beauty sufficient to launch one ship, named after Helen of Troy.) A woman who smokes, loses more than looks or IQ can even make up.
Vickie
23 Sep 2009
8:32 am
But putting your sexuality aside, would you feel the same way about men who smoke? Why do women who smoke (and let’s assume they’re not pregnant, not going to get pregnant and won’t smoke when they’re pregnant) carry a heavier stigma, while men who do that are just “being men”?
kenwooi
24 Sep 2009
12:57 am
i think there are more stuffs to talk about when it comes to ladies..
there are a lot of category when commenting on ladies..
but for men – it’s either handsome or douche.. probably nice abs too..
for ladies, there’s the buttock, boobs, waist, eyes, lips, hair and the list goes on..
thats why ladies get more variety of comments..
Vickie
24 Sep 2009
1:18 pm
I disagree. The male body can also be very sexualised if we try.
Scholastica
12 Nov 2009
3:44 pm
Vickie,
I agree totally with you too. The men body is also interesting as women’s. But women so often jealous towards others so the negative statements come out from their mouth to cover their jealousy for what they do not have but she does.
Arwen
24 Sep 2009
3:18 am
Women are catty.
fyzal
25 Sep 2009
9:55 am
erm.. i think somehow, at one point of view, male and female is quite similar – because sex and gender are two different things.. person might be “male” in “sex” but “female” when it comes to “gender”.. hardly to understand right?
Z
25 Sep 2009
8:56 pm
Heh, I agree with you. For some reason, female public figures are almost always judged by how they look, while male ones are usually only so if their look is somehow out of the ordinary. And this is so much more frequent than people seem to understand. And also, for some reason, people fail to understand why this is a problem.
Ugh, this reminded me of a silly article (that pissed my dad off. Go dad!) around some sport event. The article was about an athlete lady (I think it was high jump, but AMG I’m straying from topic now) and about half of it was spent describing how pretty she looked, with very little space reserved for her actual performance.
Ace blog in general btw ^__^