I agree with you – I am not a fan of ranking women, especially when cis-gendered straight men are the ones who are dictating how and why women are “the most desirable.” It’s uncomfortable (to say the least) that we play into this type of social interaction in order to deem ourselves worthy – or not – of affection and acceptance. It can also add to the rift and conflict between women, pegging each other against their female peers because some fit that type better than others, making women with different bodies, sizes, and colors social pariahs. I also agree with your point that men “have become less intimidated by, and more appreciative of, stronger women” – I very much believe that feminism, the women’s movement, and younger generations with progressive views have helped to bolster this opinion. Hopefully, as we move forward, there will be a trend normalizing all types of women, and showing how being desirable comes in a variety of types and bodies. This will most likely come with an equalizing of gendered roles, gender identity, and sexual identity being more accepted. I understand that there will always be outside forces that will influence how we think of ourselves. I grew up in a time where I never saw someone who looked like me in films or TV, which definitely gave me an interesting complex. Do I belong? Am I normal? As an adult, and someone who has held several jobs in the entertainment industry, what the media portrays as “normal society” and “desire” are almost never accurate of what my everyday world looks like. But, as an impressionable kid, that doesn’t matter – what matters is to fit in. Thankfully, casting has become a lot more diverse, inviting actors of many colors, shapes, and sizes to portray characters who fall in love, are in healthy relationships, and have the respect of the people around them. We’ll always have labeling and categorization. It’s in our nature to name things, label them, and put them in a specific place in our minds-eye. It is how we process the world around us. But it is our job now to find better, equal, and inclusive ways of doing this. Women’s ability to express themselves without the oppression of men is at the highest point in our history. Hopefully, confidence, self-acceptance, and self-love will continue to trend as we redefine “sexy,” “desirable,” and “beautiful.”

I found this story from different website. The writer of the other article had different opinion. Your article is titled as ‘“Fat Actress” Is Most Desirable Woman’, and talks about how views on woman are changed. I once again think how important that culture and society influence people. Because the articled talked about the reason why this actress was top ranked is because she hasen’t had any kind of scandal for four years. The country I came from expects pure and innocence from actress. If actress were in some kind of scandal with a man, she is most likely to lose a lot of fans. I found it very interesting that how different culture and society can see things in so totally different ways.

**This might seem revolutionary after the wave of extreme anorexia in women that continues to permeate the media; however, Jennifer Lawrence, Christina Hendricks, and Kim Kardashian still have very idealized bodies. They are still slender women. It’s nice to see that anorexia isn’t being totally praised, and I think this definitely could be a step in the right direction. Or it could be a step in the direction that women are expected to have idealized bodies in another way, like Hendricks, Lawrence, and Kardashian, who are all thin, but have curves in the right places, like curvy hips and breasts. Most women I know gain weight in their stomach or legs, unless they’re lucky enough for their bodies to naturally fit the standard of beauty.**

When we take a real step forward is when we start acknowledging that there is no real ideal, there is nothing to be attained because everyone is different, when we can recognize that striving to be identical to someone else is ridiculous, especially to the point where it compromises one’s health. And living in a time when movie stars have to defend themselves from being called fat when they are still a billion times more suited to an ideal than most people, still eons from being even near overweight, we have a very long way to go.