On Thu, 8 Sep 2016 03:29:52 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Wednesday, September 7, 2016 at 7:34:09 PM UTC-4, Cheri wrote:
>> "Janet" > wrote in message
>> t...
>> > In article >, says...
>> >>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > On 7 Sep 2016 00:16:53 GMT, notbob > wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > >On 2016-09-06, > wrote:
>> >> > >
>> >> > >> 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
>>
>> 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

Exactly right!