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You haven't been watching tv in the last 30 years if you don't think female reporters are told to dress sexy, with too much makeup an cleavage on display. Then

You haven't been watching tv in the last 30 years if you don't think female reporters are told to dress sexy, with too much makeup an cleavage on display. Then you complain that society is being degraded by complaining about this - so you do see the sexy reporter stereotype? Imagine if these standards were applied to men who are programmers. Instead we can dress however poorly we want, bad grooming is basically celebrated.

xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
While I think it's ridiculous for women to have to dress a certain way, we also have to understand that sex sells and it's not illegal to use sexualized images to sell products. News is a product like any other. If the way anchors look and dress are correlated with the number of viewers and the station's bottom line, what are we supposed to do in a capitalist society? Pretend there is no value in aesthetics or provocative imagery? I bet if programmers dressing provocatively was positively correlated with increased profits, we'd see some low-key encouragement on programmer attire. I still think it's bullshit for women, but I can see a case for wanting sexy people in front of a camera. If looks didn't factor into anchors careers in any way whatsoever (for both men and women), I am willing to bet over half of current news anchors would never have become anchors in the first place. However, I do think if stations want their anchors to be glorified models then they need to be upfront about it from the get-go so all people are aware of the requirements and stipulations of the careers/jobs they are pursuing.