I saw these specific covers of Rolling Stone magazine in a post on Tumblr recently. It honestly appalled me how I had never seen this pattern until it was compared right in front of me. How can this blatant display go unnoticed for years?
I thank the girl who noticed the pattern and spelled it out for everyone on the internet. Men are treated as people, icons, while women continue to be treated as objects. You could make the argument that women can say no to being posed such ways or displaying themselves in such fashions, but why does that question have to be posed?
Why is it normal for men to do nothing in front of the camera and sell as many covers as half naked women staring provocatively at the lens? Why is the standard so different?
When will it change?
The point of feminism isn't proving that women are strong. Women ARE strong. Feminism is convincing the rest of the world just how strong women truly are.
