Ron,
Who said anything about denying an artist the right to do whatever he pleases? Bob Dylan can do anything damn fool he chooses to, and I'm not claiming the right to regulate him in any way. I just said I don't respect his choice.

And who said anything about hiding sexuality? Where do you get these ideas? I like sexuality, and I like it when it is front and center in our media. I was objecting to the massively pervasive message that women stop being sexually appealing when they pass forty years of age. I stand by my assertion that objectifying women as sex toys helps create a culture where violence toward women is possible and expected. Please note: I'm not saying that women of any age shouldn't be sexual, or sexy, or shouldn't revel in their sexiness, or shouldn't dress in sexy clothes if they want to.

And if you couldn't figure out what I meant when I said that ads don't use adult women, given the context of everything else I said, then you need to work on your reading comprehension skills a bit.

Please respond to what I actually say, not to some strange spin you decide to put on it.

John Peekstok