Jeniffer Aniston Fails To Understand This Fact
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Summary
It's no secret that sexism in the entertainment industry is rampant, especially when it comes from the male gaze. In this episode, we take a look at some of the most common types of sexism faced by female celebrities, and discuss the ways in which sexism affects them.
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that she's just a rock star and there's no way anyone could deny that especially now after more
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than a decade at the top of the music industry i'm just a rock star number 15 simone biles
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while most of the other celebrities on our list are actors or musicians this olympic athlete is
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also not immune to receiving sexist questions you let out this the signature simone smile after you
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did your trick which was great but that was very authentic there was an authenticity simone biles
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appeared on a season of dancing with the stars and after one of her performances host tom bergeron
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questioned why she wasn't smiling when receiving compliments about her performance i was waiting
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for you to smile at some of the compliments you didn't smiling doesn't win you gold medals come
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on tom haven't we all learned by now not to ask women to smile luckily biles had oh wow oh no
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i don't i just we're looking to be if i swear to god i just keep i keep thinking like like lady from
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the 1920 1900s saying like what sexism do you experience and i said well i was asked why i
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wasn't smiling once like maybe you look sad i don't know i just i just feel like we're so quick in this
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culture to be offended rather than giving someone the benefit of the doubt maybe she looked depressed
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maybe like i mean it's kind of awkward when someone's saying great job and you're like
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you know i i don't know perfect response ready saying that smiles don't win you gold medals ain't
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that the truth the last time i showed emotion it was at the olympics and i got a bronze instead of gold
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number 14 mark ruffalo you know sometimes exactly what i want to hear isn't exactly what i want to hear
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scarlett johansson is used to receiving sexist questions while promoting marvel movies more on
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that later but in this cosmopolitan uk video the interviewer decided to flip the script and let
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johansson take the serious questions while mark ruffalo was offered the queries typically asked of
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female stars feel free to embrace your feminine side mark i do every single day and you've got the
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premiere tonight so mark what are you wearing on the red carpet this evening uh a suit he played up just
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how ridiculous these standard questions are when asked about his red carpet wardrobe the most
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flattering poses for photography and his diet and exercise regimen so did you feel much pressure to
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slim down get in shape go on a diet mark not really i i made a bunch of peanut butter did some push-ups
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yeah i did some push-ups i did my prison i have a prison routine from here on out let's just ask
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everyone the same questions no matter their gender okay number 13 jennifer aniston okay no uterus
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no opinion it seems like there have been jennifer aniston pregnancy rumors on the cover of tabloids
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in line at the grocery store for pretty much decades now another wonderful photograph which i've had
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to sort of live with for the last god 10 15 years of picture of me with a bump and a circle around my
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stomach aniston has understandably tired of the persistent questions she receives about her desire
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to be a mother and explained in an interview with allure saying quote i don't like the pressure that
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people put on me on women that you failed yourself as a female because you haven't procreated i don't
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think it's fair okay it's not fair but that's society i'm i'm sorry it's just if you get to a
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certain age as a woman and you don't have kids people look at you kind of funny and you can try to
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undo the programming you can try to reprogram people to think it's normal and think it's not weird but
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throughout all of human history women have reproduced the majority of women have reproduced
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the majority of men have not reproduced throughout all of human history that's why it's weird
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anyways um you're welcome to do what you want to do but it's like you make your bed lie in it you know
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that that happens and you can't tell me jennifer aniston hasn't had the chance to have children she's
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stunning went on to say that being maternal doesn't simply need to be about having biological children
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and that she is mothering to her friends dogs and friends children yeah but when you're 60 is that
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going to be enough 70 when your looks good i mean don't get me wrong her looks she's kept up her looks
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for a very long time but at some point no one's lining up to date 70 year olds so what do you have
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then myself with my amazing work my amazing partner my beautiful dogs and i tune that noise out you know
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i mean i think it's very sweet that people uh want everything for me i'm so content and so happy where
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i am number 12. you believe that taylor swift it's like you see the sad in her eyes maybe she is what do
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i know what do i know we do oh no taylor swift is like like i'm a t swift fan i think she makes bops
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and i really liked the younger taylor swift but you could see her over the years getting like programmed
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by this propaganda and the older she gets it's like the more the more victim she becomes
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exist in this society where women in entertainment are discarded in an elephant graveyard by the time
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they're 35 while the oh boohoo i made millions throughout my 20s because i'm young beautiful and
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talented and how i might make less money after 35 like guys the world does what it is interviewed
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by germany's dpa taylor swift was asked whether her 30th birthday would prompt her to settle down
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with a man she refused to answer saying quote i really doubt men get asked the same question when
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they turn 30. swift seems like something of a magnet for sexism and while on the grammys yeah because
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men don't have a biological clock okay carpet nancy odell of entertainment tonight commented on taylor's
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physique saying she'd be quote going home with lots of men to which taylor replied that she'd simply
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be hanging out with her friends and going home to her cats you're gonna walk home with more than
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maybe just a trophy tonight i think lots of men i'm not gonna walk home with any men tonight i'm gonna
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i'm gonna go hang out with my friends and then i go home to the cats no men allowed men get me in
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trouble i don't meow number 11 rihanna during a red carpet interview with the launch of her rogue man
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fragrance you know what's crazy all these women benefit off of sexism like they benefit off of
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beauty in a way men don't men have to be talented a lot of these women wouldn't be where they are if
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they weren't beautiful they weren't stunning and they're okay with sexism or an opportunity
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i don't even want to say sexism but like opportunity when it benefits them
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but the downside that comes with it which is as you age there's less
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less than then they're mad it's like privilege is invisible to those who have it and a lot of women
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don't realize how privileged they are and what position that they're in especially like most of
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these women are top 10 20 of beauty you know how lucky you are to be born top 20 of beauty