Swiped from GD: Rachel Maddow reports "100%" of her hate mail is about her appearance.

[BlueIris]

What a shock, the hateful focusing on (surprise!) looks:

http://www.gay.net/tv/2011/10/23/rachel-maddow-100-my-hate-mail-about-my-appearance

[laconicsax]

1. I recently remarked to myself how obvious it is if you just look at Brit Hume.

[seabeyond]

2. have you noticed anytime a woman is insulted, it is on her looks or sexuality

over the years on du, what i learn consistently is that when i address what i see as the degradation, objectification of porn and other related issues, it is my sexuality that is always attacked, like anyone knows a damn thing about my sexuality, which makes the attack absurd in itself. i am getting it a hell of a lot more than most, attacking.

but the argument of women being sexually degraded is to resort to sexually degrading me by being asexual, prude, pearl clutcher, insecure.

[redqueen]

3. Of course it is.

Looks are what society uses to determine a woman's worth, so of course most people think this is the most effective way to insult women.