As always, they latch onto the movement dejour , until the next award season. It smacks of egotistical be in the limelight for the moment , Hollywood fakery. That many of them have been subjected to the Hollywood casting couch is horrible but to allow it to go on for so long is insane , like the politicians who will put up with the Don because they'll get what they want speaks volumes . What a choice , to compromise yourself and your sense of right and wrong for a role or a seat . Time will tell how far this me too moment of solidarity goes in Hollywood but not holding my breath . I'm glad Frances Mcdormand won , excellent actress look forward to seeing her film.
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I agree with the general opinion that the women wearing black on the red carpet are showing far too much skin. But in fact, after Google-researching past awards shows, it seems to me that the revealing dresses worn by tonight's stars and starlets are modest in comparison to dresses worn in past years. Many of those gowns barely covered strategic areas of the breasts and some had waist and back cutouts which would have given a male companion very little non-skin area in which to place a platonic hand no matter his intentions.
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The idea of wearing LBD's to protest anything is so far beyond ironic as to be unmockable - so - I guess - job well done.
its amazing to me all the comments seem to be about how women should be wearing "shapless sacks" and "cover up". Isnt the whole point of western society that women dont have to cover up like their counterparts in the arab world? wasn't it a woman taking off her headscarf and waving it around the catalyst for the latest Iran protests? what I see in the comments is flabbergasting, especially with the vitrial that usually comes when talking about the covering of arab women. which is it that is correct? why are both met with condemnation?
Yes, but, my thoughts when I saw some of the fashions were that some women missed the point of wearing black. Mariah Carey and Halle Barry being two standouts, who barred enough skin to look like expensive call girls. Then there were some that covered up so much, and in such ridiculous fashion, they might as well have been wearing sacks. I think women can dress tastefully, proudly, and in a way that doesn't say "I'm for sale".
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A woman can look respectable without dressing like an Arab. Look at all the western men. They don't dress like Arab women, and yet they don't show a lot of skin either. Wear practical clothing. It's not hard.
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I don't see how wearing shapely gowns with plunging necklines accentuating gravity-defying perky boobs, flat tummies and the hipless is in solidarity of anything except the patriarchy. They might as well sit in Harvey Weinstein's lap and tickle his chin. The color of the dress is really beside the point. Why not subvert the male gaze altogther and wear shapeless sacks, or clown costumes? That might actually spark a genuine conversation.
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Because maybe women can also enjoy wearing beautiful gowns for their own pleasure, not to titillate men.
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An outfit can be beautiful without showing off cleavage or bare hips.
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Look but don't touch
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Why black? Why a color that in many cultures is the color of the hidden? Why not flaming red? All this amounts to is women being told what to do under pressure from their peers; that they won't be part of the "club". Please bring back the undeniable strength of individuality!
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How is this fighting back if the lead photo shows a plunging neck-line? Choice of color is pretty superficial. The old problem was that men saw women as sex objects and used their worldly power to get sex, while just as many women presented themselves as sex objects, or used sex to get what they wanted from men. That game goes both ways. Men should stop disrespecting women, but it is up to women to stop showing up half-naked in public if they don't want to be sexualized. Dressing more modestly on the red carpet is responsible, if women truly want to change the culture. But these women just want to blame men for everything, including their choice of. clothes. This is not about 'fight back (while looking sexy)' - this is about 'grow up - be responsible'.
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One night of wearing black in a protest of sexism and sexual abuse is just plain dumb. It's like all women working in the tech industry wearing black for one evening in protest that women still make 80 cents for every man's dollar. This trite response to an ingrained, systemic problem will change nothing. Eva Longoria is portrayed here with the mandatory, red carpet décolletage, full on makeup and hairdo which a stylist working on for hours, and bejeweled fingers; all to make herself "more beautiful" and hirable for the industry she's protesting. In the mean time not one female director was nominated for a Golden Globe.....not even Wonder Woman, who wouldn't be caught dead in black!
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I'm frustrated by the amount of comments regarding Eva Longoria's dress: that it contradicts the movement. Did we ever consider that she wanted to wear that outfit not because it sexualized her, but because she just wanted to? Why does dress negate words and actions? Feminism isn't always about taking sexuality away from women for the sake of safety and equality. It's about letting women do what they want, dress how they want, and say what they feel, without being attacked for it, just like men do. This movement will not be successful until we stop challenging every single woman in the way they decide to speak out.
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For all of you who are posting that it means little when actresses use the platform of the golden globes to build visibility for a plan 300 women are behind because they are still wearing revealing clothing, I think you are missing the point. They are not trying to change the nature of entertainment that the public enjoys. They are trying to change the nature of the industry that generates that content. Maybe the next campaign should be the former, but that is not the purpose of this one.
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Eva is clearly fighting objectification. You go girl.
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Why do we need a red carpet. Walk in, sit down and enjoy the show. That’s the statement. But...what would the fashion designers and glitz merchants do?
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If these industry activists really want to make a statement, wear no makeup, wear no low cut gowns or show side boob! Nothing sheer. No heels.
That is a statement.
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So, exactly how does this dress say: "don't see me as a sex object and don't harass me and treat me as an accomplished intelligent powerful creative responsible sensitive human being"?
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I'm sure Seth Meyers has a quiver of "tired" Harvey Weinstein jokes ready to go "yawn".
I hope to god that someone calls on the members of Congress to release the names of all those who settled cases behind close doors with taxpayer money. We have a right to know. This movement seems to have lost steam behind the latest wildfires and presidential tweet storms. If the leadership is really serious of change it must be done.
Right now it looks like #Metoo is being gobbled up by political expediency. The end result of that is that these animals who prey on women will just slither back into the holes they came from and start looking for more victims. It's time to go "All in Ladies" There are plenty of men like myself that support every last one of you 1000%
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I am a feminist. I support the unity and power of actresses wearing black. However - false eyelashes, heavy make-up and over exposed breast seem to undermine the statement that is being made. If you want to fight the war on sexual harassment, wear it how you want but understand the tactic that is needed to win.
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But....but, isn't it all about power? Sex is not the point. I'm
waiting for Ruth Buzzi to go public with her harassment claim against the old SNL staff!
I am also a feminist. I also enjoy wearing makeup and fancy gowns (yes, gasp, sometimes with plunging necklines), because **I** like wearing them, not for the benefit of the male gaze. A lot of men seem to not realize this fact.
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Perhaps they are all getting it wrong. Many feminists feel that women should be able to wear whatever they like without risking the glares and paws of men in the workplace. Men should be able to control themselves. Therefore, the right message would be to defiantly wear the sexiest and most revealing gowns and challenge the patriarchy to behave appropriately.
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I am a man and I get plenty of female attention if I wear something that turns them on. People are people. Choosing clothes affects what attention you get - each person is responsible for their own.
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If the pic of Ms. Longoria with almost full chest showing is any indication, most people won't be taking it seriously.
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Let’s call a spade a spade here guys - that women is dressed to sell sex. As long as women in general trade in sex as some kind of commodity they will get paid at times in repugnant coin - whether it is merited or not. Weak and oppressed people use any tool at hand to survive but I posit, as a women, that I am neither weak nor oppressed and do not need to trade on sex to show my worth. Really, in a way, the statement being made there is being made by the neckline of the dress not the color of the dress.
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Would a boycott not be more powerful? No women at the Oscars would be quite something.
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Eva - Plunging necklines do not necessarily make the statement you might think you are making.
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While the victim’s dress style never justifies bad behavior on the part of other individuals, it is laughable for women to demand to be taken seriously while wearing gowns that show off their oiled chests!
Here’s an idea...have all the women attending an awards show wear tuxedos & all the men wear backless, chest revealing outfits while wearing 5” heels! Walk a mile in my shoes, gentlemen!
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Exactly what I have been thinking; what would the response be to men if they dressed in revealing alluring ways?
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Huh. Your photo of Eva Longoria in a black dress with neckline plunging to the naval says it all.
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Just a small caution: do not expect the 'Harvey Weinsteins' in Tinsel Town to just roll over and go away.
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