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JadowArcadia t1_ja34zog wrote

Reply to comment by Hocraft-Loveward in Madonna 1980s by steroidamoeba

As much as I see your point, being hot isnt Madonnas job. Her job has always been music. Being hot and provocative was just a supplementary factor. It's not like her career was based around being a model and even if it was, that's not a job you can have forever. Same way you can't be an athlete forever, eventually your body doesn't have it anymore and that's natural and completely ok. Most artists that continue to have lucrative careers aren't managing that based purely around sex appeal. It's their music and often nostalgia that keeps them going.

Also, I feel like your Dolly Parton point ignores how much people like her based on culture, her personality, her charitability etc etc more than just because "they are still hot". I mean a huge amount of Madonna fanbase come from the gay male community. I don't them finding her sexually attractive would be the factor that helped hold onto their support.

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Hocraft-Loveward t1_ja33tfv wrote

Reply to comment by JadowArcadia in Madonna 1980s by steroidamoeba

>I mean why would you expect to be treated as something you no longer are though? Why feel the need to be hot or attractive well into old age?

Because it's their job.
While you can see plenty of old actors (65 or more) and old male singers, their females couterparts are still some exceptions. and most of the time it's because 'they are still hot' (think dolly parton)

madonna's job is literally to be notorious for being provocative. so nothing new here. just let her be.

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ugliestparadefloat t1_ja30vo0 wrote

Reply to comment by kikistiel in Madonna 1980s by steroidamoeba

I think it’s fair to blame society, to an extent, for our collective obsession with vanity and it’s unrealistic standards. That’s always been a thing. HOWEVER, I would now like to shift some of that blame onto the fucking Kardashians. Truly. They have caused, and currently do cause, so much god damn harm. The amount of 20 year olds getting shit done to their bodies and faces has really popped off in the last decade. I was watching reruns of Felicity the other day and was thinking about how not one character in that show had lip injections but they were all so attractive like…how did we get here? Oh…ok yes, the Kardashians. That’s how.

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