Letters to the Editor
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It's The Money, Honey
She's at the top of her form, both professionally and personally and we can be certain that she's not posing for free. It's called 'making hay while the sun shines'. Such is the nature of capitalism and she'd be a fool not to cash in while she can.
That said, yes, we live in Patriarchy and women are still 'less than' and 'chattel' in numerous subtle and not so subtle ways. Capitalism is part of that. The defensiveness of many women about how Ms. Bread et al are 'exploiting' their own bodies stems from that, and that attitude is self defeating in my not so humble opinion. But then, for women in Patriarchy, you're pretty much damned if you do and damned if you don't.
Of course, the only way to truly end Patriarchy is to end The Male, but I doubt anybody here wants to deal with that paradigm.