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OPINION: The treatment of Britney Spears was truly toxic, all because she’s a woman

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It’s impossible not to feel uncomfortable while watching Framing Britney Spears. The lack of respect, the absence of love and the outright misogyny shown to both the girl and woman is bad enough, but particularly as a female, I viewed much of it through splayed fingers.

I know, I know, I’m a journalist. I should be eyeing a show which by its very title indicates its one-sidedness as objectively as possible, but it’s really, really difficult to do, as you watch this girl who seemingly had it all be picked apart and left with nothing.

For example, I felt myself flinch when a talk show host mortified a teenage Britney by drawing attention to her breasts. Sorry, but that’s just wrong.

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