The inherent problem with trying to go too far back on the timeline is that it is unfair to people who are not now behaving badly (and perhaps *never* have). I object to being punished for the sins of someone else's grandfather. And I don't say that to be dismissive of the very real abusive behaviors that still exist in some of today's workplaces. It also doesn't help that the hill being defended in this TED talk is the fashion industry, which absolutely *does* treat both women and men as bodies, and that *includes* this fashion designer. I just don't see it as particularly virtuous to use runway models that simply represent the shapes of the customers they're making the clothes for; that act doesn't suddenly make the models all exemplars of "Beauty". Whether or not it's good marketing remains to be seen. I mean, for example, there are *reasons* (very non-sexist ones) why the food you see in an ad for a fast food restaurant looks way better than anything you'll ever get served. a57fcf1d6c3fd5d0f4cef918fe07cf2284a4a979aff8adfd9cab709942027d39