Yes... sex sells, but that doesn't mean that someone sexy has to sell it. They don't reject anchorwomen on the televison news because they're too attractive. They dress them up in ways that the network considers to be respectable, and they put them on the air. Certainly, their looks are responsible for many of their viewers, however, they're also competent newscasters.

For someone to say blonde + bikini = nothing to say, they've clearly been affected by the media. The fact is that in the majority of situations, the women were chosen for shows because of their looks. That's because they do studies on who it is that's tuning in to, let's say, Baywatch. If it's males between certain ages, then they're going to get the most viewers and they'll be able to charge the most for advertising if they put young, attractive-looking women on the show. Unfortunately, many people see this and develop their own internal stereotype that attractive women can't be intelligent at the same time. It's got to be one or the other. Unattractive & Intelligent or Attractive & Unintelligent. Meanwhile, girls find out that they get attention through looking good and no_attention from giving opinions, so many of them gravitate towards trying to look good to get that attention... even going so far as to dumb-down their conversation to appear 'the way guys want them to be'.

Beachwalks is clearly about philosophy, or at least ways of being or ways of living. The message is in the conversation. The message would STILL be in the conversation if you turn off the video and listen to it as an audio podcast. If you turn off the video to Baywatch, there's nothing left.

I'm the Phillip that made the call and you gave a great answer to the question. I really like your show because I feel we have similar perspectives about a lot of things.

I will definitely make my kids watch this episode. I hope to come to Hawaii and walk the beaches soon.

Aloha