• scrion@lemmy.world
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    The comic highlights the differences in the portrayal of women and men in media, often oversexualizing women in any number of contexts.

    A medieval maid milking the cows would probably not have looked (or smelled) like a supermodel.

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      my peasant wife may not have regular access to soap but shes still the most beautiful piece of property i own

    • gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de
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      tbf humans are the most intensively bred species on earth

      i mean, humans have selected favorable animals in their livestock since the beginning of domestication, but the same applies to humans as well. it’s very probable that humans have selected for hot-looking women since the very beginning of humanity. it’s only logical to assume that we’re seeing the results today, i.e. hot-looking women in general

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        20 hours ago

        Unless you’re claiming ugly people don’t get laid, that makes zero sense. And at average historical childbearing ages, in the late teens - early twenties, youth is a great beauty potion.