Once again, Judge Judy's sexist attitude reared it's ugly head.
There was a male defendant on one of the cases (11-7) in which he was had a button down shirt with the top 2 buttons unbuttoned, which you could see some chest hair and a silver chain. Granted he was smug - but in a cute way. Within a minute, JJ yelled at him to button up his shirt, because "this was not an audition".
Why did he need to button his shirt?
Now, the female plaintiff had a low-cut top on which showed more of her skin than his did - but nothing was said.
How many times have women been on her show - especially minority women - with very low-cut clothing, most of their breasts hanging out and tattoos everywhere? And they come in 'with attitude'?
Not once has Judge Judy told them they were dresses inappropriately*, or told them this was not an audition.
Just last week we had the tall blond woman (who fraud the insurance company) with a wide open blouse showing all her tattoos across her chest from shoulder to shoulder. I don't recall JJ asking her to button up her blouse to her neck.
*A few times - and I stress very few - in past seasons she has asked a woman to cover up because they're wearing very skimpy clothing. But she hasn't done that in many years. There have been plenty of times this season and in last season where she should have said something to embarrass these women - as she did to this poor guy.
Pvd, I don't think this is a fair jab by any stretch of the imagination. Judge Judy probably doesn't insult women as much with regards to their looks because she is culturally in tune with society: heterosexual women are judged much more strictly and harshly on their looks than are heterosexual men by the media and society at large. It's looked at as ok for a heterosexual man to be a quite a few pounds overweight, but such is not the case for a heterosexual woman.
A lot of times how good a heterosexual man looks is never the determining factor, but it's often the determining factor for a woman's success when it comes to the media and non-media jobs. A lot of women are hired for jobs in the media and non-media jobs based upon youth and looks like that's their only worth. And it's often heterosexual men who are responsible for hiring these women at the expense of much more qualified candidates who are female and male.
Society is harshest on black women most with regards to looks because they differ most from the standard of beauty that the white man in Hollywood has dictated is blue eyes and blonde hair and white skin.
Another important point to consider is the fact that men suffer from cockiness and narcissism much more so than women, so it's more appropriate for Judy to knock them down a peg in the way she does than say a black woman of whom society already tears down for her hair, skin color, attitude, etc. Women suffer more from catfighting, maliciousness, and manipulation than men. So, she goes after women in ways that will address those quality flaws. Judy has even stated on a recent episode, "Men are just messy, but women are manipulative and conniving." So, she gets on women, just in ways that are more appropriate.
Homosexual men receive the same harshness as heterosexual women with regards to looks because as with heterosexual women, we are being judged heavily on looks as it's all guys in our community. Guys tend to care about looks more so than women so homosexual men have a similar road as heterosexual women. And a lot of arrogance, diva, and stuck up behavior comes from younger gay white males because of course they determine themselves as the standard of beauty. So gay white males are probably the worst when it comes to arrogance as they can determine themselves as the standard of beauty unlike str8 white men who have the power to determine what the standard is, but not determine themselves as the standard.
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jmichael3387
8 years ago
There's only ONE 'attitude' in Judge Judy's courtroom....and that's HERS.
So this smug guy comes strutting in with his shirt unbuttoned like he's at an audition....and you're against JJ putting him in his place?? I'm not. She conducts her court like it should be. And she's very fair to both men and women.
Other TV judges allow their litigants to get-away with too much, and they sometimes make bad decisions. Judge Judy is BY FAR the best at getting to the truth. She hammers people and gets them off of their game. Which helps at getting to the truth.
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Tatmanlulu_BACK
8 years ago
There's only ONE 'attitude' in Judge Judy's courtroom....and that's HERS.
So this smug guy comes strutting in with his shirt unbuttoned like he's at an audition....and you're against JJ putting him in his place?? I'm not. She conducts her court like it should be. And she's very fair to both men and women.
Other TV judges allow their litigants to get-away with too much, and they sometimes make bad decisions. Judge Judy is BY FAR the best at getting to the truth. She hammers people and gets them off of their game. Which helps at getting to the truth.
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