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Why is it that People magazine can pick sexiest man alive?

But when a magazine picks the sexiest woman alive it is concerded sexist? Why the double standard?

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  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    I am a woman and i don't think it is sexist to have a sexiest woman....can't wait to see the sexiest man!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Because People came up with the idea and it sold.

    Has a magazine ever picked a sexiest woman alive? Which one?

  • 1 decade ago

    That's life! There is always a double standard when it comes to the sexes. And People magazine should call it The Sexiest Man/Woman In The Music/Movie Industry. There are some really sexy people who are not in the industry. They are not picked. I always thought that list was silly cause being in the industry and being popular at the moment shouldn't dictate if one is sexy!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I dont quite consider them sexist, maybe they objectify people more, but it's not quite sexist. Plus, Maixm, FHM, Stuff, Playboy, whatever- they all pick out the sexiest woman of the year, along with calendars, pin ups, and more.

    theres no double standard, it seems to be the same all around

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Who says it's a double standard? I don't.

    As far as I'm concerned, Sean Connery is the sexiest man alive. And, he IS James Bond. There are no inferior substitutes.

  • 1 decade ago

    Both I consider to be sexest. It's just made more of a public fuss over the "sexiest woman" because women have historically been objectified in magazines as nothing more than sex-toys.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    that all depends on the woman if she feels like it sexist. People magazine ain't the only one that does that!

  • 5 years ago

    2 Scorpio men that i might been with did have arm and leg hair yet almost no chest or returned hair. One had a receding hairline the different an entire head of hair. To be straightforward i think of it ought to be extra genetic that astrological.

  • kja63
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    No double standard at all. Pick away!

  • 1 decade ago

    Who says it's sexist ? I haven't heard that.I don't believe so.

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