Most men would rather see a "bodaceous babe" on the silver screen any day of the week. But most women would rather see Mel Gibson's twinkling eyes or Kevin Costner's buns. So Mel and Kevin make big bucks, while most people don't even know who Greta Scacci is because women have hated her ever since her (blush) shower scene in The Coca Cola Kid, and liked her even less in Presumed Innocent.
Whether it's a silver-screen soap opera, or a science fiction adventure, actresses have two strikes against them. First, female movie goers are usually less interested in Sean Young than Sean Connery. Second, while most men would rather see Sean Young or Jennifer Grey, if Sean Connery and Patrick Swayze are the men whom women find sexy, then men will pay dollars to see Connery and Swayze over Young and Grey in the hopes that, by learning to emulate such men, they will become more attractive to women.
If there is any silver screen sexism, it's nothing more than the sexism of supply and demand.
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