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I haven't watched the ceremony, so I will accept other people's word at face value about its "lameness." Let's say it was stupid. But I do indeed feel like asking people's opinions: what exactly is sexist in the fact that a woman's body attracts viewers? Are women here offended, as women, by the fact that Ms Klum was undressed (not totally, had a dress under another one, etc.) as part of the ceremony? Would the similar undressing of a man be equally offensive/sexist? And why?
In other posts I had already said I find this 'objectification' question interesting--in my head, it is more directly linked to sex being seen as demeaning by our society (i.e. to be lusted after, or to lust after someone, is to engage in something 'shameful', 'bad', etc.) than to actual sexism (i.e. unjustifiable discrimination).
