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RE: Friday February 2nd Motoring News
This is part of a general reaction to the 'shock news' that women are exploited by our society. I have no objections to seeing a beautiful woman, but the way they are used in many cases as pure 'eye candy' sets unrealistic expectations for young people. Everyone should be appreciated for more than their looks, which you often cannot do too much about. Motorsport is very male dominated and it's no surprise that many do not want anything to change. Of course it's not good for those women who make a living from it, but we do need some changes. I'm not for moving to a puritan culture where women cannot make themselves beautiful, but we do need more equality of opportunity.
I understand we should combat exploitation, but this should be done without removing peoples genuine opportunities to use their talents. If someone male or female has the correct characteristics to fit a career then we should not hold them back.
I agree, it is time to level the playing field.
While I agree that it should be more than looks that we're judged on, a lot of those young ladies used the earnings from that kind of work to fund their education.
So when they are stopped from earning money based on their looks, it prevents them from (or makes it harder to) fund their future careers.
I think they should be encouraged to make money from their looks in order to be able to make a career from their brains at a later date.
I wish I'd thought of it when I was young and fit ;)
Oh.. hang on...