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Originally Posted by Quoth the Helm
A football player's physique serves a clear and distinct set of purposes (although the purposes of those purposes seem kind of pointless), whereas an anchorwoman's physique does not.
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Bullshit. Media in a capitalist environment is a product more than a service. It sells advertising. If Joe Schmoe has a choice between 3 channels for the news, and one of them has an anchorwoman that he has the hots for, which one is he going to watch?
At the same time, they aren't going to give you the news via the sluttiest looking girl they can find either, because it still has to come from a face you feel you can trust.
Point is, in visual media, appearance serves a very clear and distinct purpose.