Kit Harington Is Tired of Being Shirtless for Your Female Gaze
Male sexism is thing too, guys! (Er...kinda.)


Kit Harington wants you to know that sexism is real, because he deals with it on the daily, ya dig? Game of Thrones has gotten a lot of flack for its one-sided depiction of nudity, and the world "objectification" gets thrown around quite a bit—but guys, what about the guys?
"I think there is a double standard," Kit told The Sunday Times Magazine (opens in new tab). "If you said to a girl, 'Do you like being called a babe?' and she said, 'No, not really,' she'd be absolutely right. I like to think of myself as more than a head of hair or a set of looks. It's demeaning. Yes, in some ways you could argue I've been employed for a look I have. But there's a sexism that happens towards men."
Before your eyeballs affix themselves to the top of your head, Kit did acknowledge that women deal with sexism, too. "There's definitely a sexism in our industry that happens towards women, and there is towards men as well," he said. "At some points during photoshoots when I'm asked to strip down, I felt that."
Of course, men aren't dealing with unequal paychecks or being denied jobs based on their gender, but we'll give Kit a pass since it's well documented that his alter-ego, Jon Snow, knows nothing. The internet, however, doesn't forgive so easily.
"Kit Harrington says male stars are suffering the same sexism as female stars"Me: pic.twitter.com/YI4cGBW2KKMay 30, 2016
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Mehera Bonner is a celebrity and entertainment news writer who enjoys Bravo and Antiques Roadshow with equal enthusiasm. She was previously entertainment editor at Marie Claire and has covered pop culture for over a decade.
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