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In Perspective, Planet: Making a Woman Anchor to be a Honey Pot!

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
James,

Just go back above to find threads for the direct link to her own statement! Not hard to do!

No hearsay, her words!

Asher
 

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
"My theory is my body should never be more important than my body of work – and I’m not done building the latter. Quite frankly, I’ll never be. I may not be the most popular on social media – or voted the sexiest – but at the end of the day, I’ve wanted to be one thing – a journalis"

Brooke in Ad Week
 

James Lemon

Well-known member
Golden Hand-Cuffs

James,

Just go back above to find threads for the direct link to her own statement! Not hard to do!

No hearsay, her words!

Asher

Sorry but the only links that I see are one that refers to a talk show host Conan Obrien regarding one

Jenna Lee. and one provide by myself. I do not see any link in your original post or any other link except the ones mentioned.

Regardless I have made my points in regards to her attire, footwear, accessories and her own choice of being a willing participant.

There are great female reporters out there who are known for there journalist integrity. Brand awareness is big business and so is fashion and accessories. Especially with the "Hollywood Movie Stars" and the MSM stars as well.


James
 

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
I give up, James, you keep returning to the same talking points. The quote is exactly as I typed it. Her word, go find them!That's all that's relevant!

Asher
 

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Clarity

Don gave the link to AdWeek, in post # 9 above.

Here it is again:

http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/no-conan-fox-news-jenna-lee-is-not-a-porn-star/271905


That has the key quote from Brooke. Please read her words

There are three components to my argument.


1. She is very talented and professional and has good dress sense: See Charlotte's post above

2. She wants to be be promoted for her brains not for her curvy body.

3. She is umnlikely to have worked out the complex shot lists that feature only her great legs and thighs and I doubt she even realizes the extent with which CNN management is controlling that unwanted image of her.

Asher
 

Jerome Marot

Well-known member
A beautiful image, but it only attracts my esthetic sensibility, as a precious child or gracious floral bloom would. I am neither excited, annoyed or threatened, just so appreciative of this woman's skill and the models perfect form.

That portrait of Roi Partridge was taken by Imogen Cunningham, a woman photographer, hundred years ago in 1918. It was scandalous at the time but nobody would have said that only women were the attractive sex. Actually, the very fact that Imogen Cunningham took that image demonstrates that she found the male body form visually attractive.

Fast forward 100 years and male nudes only market are gay men, as if only men and no woman could enjoy them. They probably still do, but our culture pretends otherwise.

On your screen capture, I see a scantily clad female journalist but I also see a male journalist wearing a suit and tie and quite a bit older. You and others in this thread simply ignore that part of the picture, while it is just as important to the story. The picture would elicit quite different responses if the male journalist was 20 years younger, with a gymnast body and dressed like a dancer from the chippendales.

That is the part everybody ignores here.

chippendales.jpg

Chippendales review poster, for comparison.
 

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Jerome,

I like you example. Of course it should go both ways.

Still, I would have the same opinion.

If the journalist wished to go shirtless, I'd be surprised but would welcome the individuality. It would take some getting used to. If the camera kept zooming in on his crotch bulge, for no reason related to the job as a news man, then I would also consider the shot sequence might be again exploitative.

Asher
 

Jerome Marot

Well-known member
If the journalist wished to go shirtless, I'd be surprised but would welcome the individuality. It would take some getting used to. If the camera kept zooming in on his crotch bulge, for no reason related to the job as a news man, then I would also consider the shot sequence might be again exploitative.

I am not saying it should happen, just noticing it does not.
 

James Lemon

Well-known member
Don gave the link to AdWeek, in post # 9 above.

Here it is again:

http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/no-conan-fox-news-jenna-lee-is-not-a-porn-star/271905


That has the key quote from Brooke. Please read her words

There are three components to my argument.


1. She is very talented and professional and has good dress sense: See Charlotte's post above

2. She wants to be be promoted for her brains not for her curvy body.

3. She is umnlikely to have worked out the complex shot lists that feature only her great legs and thighs and I doubt she even realizes the extent with which CNN management is controlling that unwanted image of her.

Asher

Asher

Excuse me but this article is written by Brian Flood based on the opinion of Jena Lee there is not any quote from Brooke? Jena Lee talks about setting an example for young women. The median age of the people who watch CNN, Fox, etc is 60 to 65 years. Young people don't watch this crap.

It would be difficult to image that a professional "Television Anchor" would not be aware of camera angles. Where are the camera angle police? You really need to check four facts. This is just more recycled gossip.




James
 

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Yes, James, you caught my mistake. My apologies for a senior moment! Appreciate the important fact correction!

I had this late 2017 incident on Brooke's show on my mind and conflated the two reports. In the Variety report Brooke cut off a so called First Amendment, (of the USA Constitution), advocate who was sexist.

That is the strong vision that controlled my argument and is a fair indication of her wish that women are not treated as sexual objects for gratification of men.

Still the two TV woman support essentially the same position.

Sorry for my "senior moment"!

Asher
 

Doug Kerr

Well-known member
I think that in discussing <newsreader> we should absolutely not be concerned with, nor mention, her fabulous legs, so long and shapely, often so visible courtesy of her short skirts, nor her marvelous large breasts, so lush, their ideal shape nicely delineated by her tight blouses.

Best regards,

Doug
 

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
I think that in discussing <newsreader> we should absolutely not be concerned with, nor mention, her fabulous legs, so long and shapely, often so visible courtesy of her short skirts, nor her marvelous large breasts, so lush, their ideal shape nicely delineated by her tight blouses.

Best regards,

Doug


On the contrary,

She is indeed an attractive mother, intelligent news anchor and a respectable person. But she is, like a sunset, a vineyard of grapes, a mother with her infant and a other god made matters of beauty, a great sight to behold. It is enjoyable noticing a beauty and healthy too! Men who are treated by nurses dressed attractively heal and ambulate after surgery faster than those treated by nurses in official shape-hiding starched uniforms! Patients of the latter are more likely to linger in bed, being sorry for themselves 2-3 days longer!

Still, the crass extra camera moves focussed on the presenter's sexually attractive features is an unnatural and in appropriate manipulation from her bosses. While she has a perfect right to dress attractively, the producers should be satisfied with that!

Asher
 

Jerome Marot

Well-known member
I think that in discussing <newsreader> we should absolutely not be concerned with, nor mention, her fabulous legs, so long and shapely, often so visible courtesy of her short skirts, nor her marvelous large breasts, so lush, their ideal shape nicely delineated by her tight blouses.


Especially when the newsreader is a man. ;)
 

Peter Dexter

Well-known member
Sex sells.It is used by media to make money. Why does that work? Because reproduction is the principal goal of the estimated one trillion species of life forms currently occupying the planet. Why would anyone want to make a fuss about that?
 

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Sex sells.It is used by media to make money. Why does that work? Because reproduction is the principal goal of the estimated one trillion species of life forms currently occupying the planet. Why would anyone want to make a fuss about that?

Peter,

You are correct, it is expected, given the sex drive of all species.

I personally celebrate the female form.


I have no issue with a man or a woman being used for lurtng folk to buy stuff. It's entertaining ans as long as the model is not humiated and is working within their comfort zone and is paid, then that is fine. It is no different from a PH.D. in chemistry working for a pharaceutical firm to design lipstick as compared to doing whst he was trained for, makeing drigs to cure human disease. Both are a form of repurposing ones gifts.


However, we do have a porblem with crass, un negotiiated and unpaid for exploitation, all outside of the permission and worht of the vicitim of harassment.

However, having said that, all the complaints I have posted in connection with the first picture of Brooke as an anchor, being "used", are really dwarfed in importance to the real serious matters involving men mistreating women. Although TV and entertainlent exploits are inappororiate, the socaial damage is limited because the women are mature adults, They may be woulded and suffer, for sure, but they have the rtools to comprehend what has happened.

The real issues are far more devastating for the groups that are vicitimized.


In truth the biggest issue is trafficing of minors from poor countries to rich countires for forms of slavery and, at least in the USA, (and likely elsewhere), of sexual exploitation of the 65% of the daughters of single mothers who cannot seem to protect their daughters from being ravaged.


The rest is just the luxury of an over indulgant society and hardlly of the same measure of social concern we should have compared to the rape of vulnerable women from poor backgrounds and unprotected young girls in single mother households.

Asher
 
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