On Wednesday, September 7, 2016 at 7:34:09 PM UTC-4, Cheri wrote:
> "Janet" > wrote in message
> t...
> > In article >, says...
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> >> wrote:
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> >> > On 7 Sep 2016 00:16:53 GMT, notbob > wrote:
> >> >
> >> > >On 2016-09-06, > wrote:
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> >> > >> Well there was Susan Boyle - she would never have been known any
> >> > >> other
> >> > >> way.
> >> > >
> >> > >No surprise. Her face would stop a train!
> >> > >
> >> > >nb
> >> >
> >> > Worse than that were her dark stockings with a light beige dress
> >>
> >> Sadly, looks do count if you want to be a famous singer.
> >
> > Looks didn't count in the careers of Barry Manilow, Amy Winehouse,
> > Michael Jackson, Barbara Streisand, Iggy Pop, Johnny Rotten.
> >
> > Janet UK
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> Steven Tyler, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and the list goes on....
>
> Cheri

I'm not one of those second- or third-wave feminists who blames
everything on the male hegemony, but it seems obvious that for
women in public life, looks matter (notwithstanding my earlier
comment which implied without stating outright that I don't care
what a good singer looks like). A man's appearance is never
picked apart quite so nastily as a woman's.

Cindy Hamilton