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PEREIRA: "Finally today let me leave you with something. You know how timing is everything? Take a look at this incredible cover of the "Hollywood reporter." A powerful image at a powerful time in the nation. The magazine holding their roundtable discussion. Mary J. Blige, Jessica Chastain and others opening up about sexism in Hollywood, some of them sharing stories about sexual harassment and how they fought back. They said go ahead call us difficult. The point being women are tired of being overlooked and underrepresented and underpaid, all at the whim of powerful men, tired of being objectified, tired of being sexualized. Remember I said timing is everything? Look at this. The cover of the newest "Hollywood reporter" cover of the new "People" magazine, the sexiest man alive. If we want to be judged on the content of our heart or head or character, do we really need a sexiest anything alive? That's where the timing comes into play. When this condemnation of objectification and equality, Blake Shelton himself will tell you he doesn't think he's the sexiest man alive. But sexy sells and we buy. I am not suggesting we should simply ignore physical beauty. Attraction is part of who we are and how we're wired. But just some food for thought, shouldn't we appreciate the whole package, all that makes a person a person who we are more than what we are? Yesterday we talked about the sexualization of wonder woman. It might be the most recent popular example of what I'm talking about. Shire, gal gadot is a knockout, but she's more that than."