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Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks
Just a lot of routes that could have been.
It is a shame the editor felt she had to resign.
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It is a shame the debate ballooned that way.
The core of the objectification debate is about power; in the olden days, people irritated, annoyed, or offended by it were powerless to even voice an opinion. Which is why the response sent so many ballistic and ended with the "lady editor" resigning: either she had the power to keep it from spiraling into a mess but saw nothing wrong until it was too late or she saw a problem but was powerless to prevent it.
Either way, moving on was probably her best hope to cool the overheated debate.