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...debate about the objectification of women, one could hardly have chosen a less worthwile example than SI. Not because it has nothing to do with these questions, but because an examination of this particular American "institution" adds little to any comprehensive social debate...
...SI swimsuit issue "objectionable"? Yes. Is it "harmless"? Yes, on the surface at least, as an isolated example of the fulfillment of the "American male adolescent fantasy...
...course, some feminists would argue, we cannot ignore an example of pornography simply because others exist which are more offensive. New extremes will always outstrip the old. But drawing lines isn't the point; I'm not interested in rating SI on any absolute scale of offensiveness...
...didn't hear a word last month when Paulina--SI's cover girl for the two years before this one--showed up on the cover of Life's relatively new venture into the world...
...fact of the matter is that the swimsuit issues have become institutions, and none is bigger--or better--than SI...