Julia Roberts is the latest woman to be subject to sexist headlines. Why can’t we wear skirts without being accused of ‘flaunting’ our legs?
What of the accompanying article, I hear you ask? The usual tropes we’ve come to expect, to be honest. Think multiple references to Roberts’ age – and feigned disbelief over the fact that she looks “ageless”. That she looks “as good now as she did three decades ago”. And that she has a “perfect physique and toned legs”, of course.
Naturally, this wasn’t the only article to run with a “JULIA ROBERTS SHOWS OFF LEGS” headline: plenty of other tabloids followed suit, all of them acting as though they had never seen a woman wear a skirt cut just above the knee before. As if they’d never laid eyes on a pair of tights before, even. And all of them shoehorned in a reference to Roberts’ “age-defying” looks, too – because, y’know, why not? Every little helps when it comes to perpetuating toxic beauty standards, after all.
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