Thanks for the information. Applying that to this situation, how commonly would you say victims employ that approach within hours of being raped?

Well, I haven't been raped (thanks for asking; have you?) but rape is often discussed in our society and it's typically described as a traumatic event. Have you heard of Rape Trauma Syndrome? Does anything in that link suggest an immediate desire for sex hours after rape? (Does it absolutely rule it out- no; but…

Yeah, it's interesting how when you get into trouble - especially 'thanks to' someone else, how the coping can cause a lot of injury. It's a vicious part of the event that a lot of people don't realize: the fallout can cause a lot of additional damage.

I'm sorry that happened to you. Would you say it's reasonably common to have sex so soon; or pretty unlikely? Aside from this woman's allegations and your event, I've never heard of it.

It all starts sounding kind of attenuated to me. First, she doesn't remember the night, except seeing a guy she had recently had a relationship with. Black out nights happen, but they're not very common. Drunk sex with a recent ex? Pretty common. Then she says she noticed bruising on her body and soreness. …

The questioning sounds terrible and offensive.

The US census data states 77.9% white, including latino/Hispanic. As you apparently missed, Jezebel's count also includes latina/Hispanic women as white (at least if those models are relatively light, which let’s face it is pretty much all of them). Thus, 80% versus 77.9% is very close.

I have commented on exactly that annual VF Hollywood post in the past, actually! As I recall, the comment sparked a lot of support, but yes also a lot of criticism.

Wow. Who has the power to do that? The Jez writer, I presume. And perhaps, if your comment is a reply to an original comment, then the original commenter? I don't know. But it seems pretty uncool.

When you say "greyed out" what do you mean? Do you mean your comment started as black but got 'demoted'?

How do you know? And even assuming you're right, then perhaps that goes to show that they're making the right calls on who, when, and how many people of color to employ as models.

That's a good point. I think perhaps a hybrid of yours and my comments is the answer. As is probably the case in most advertising/marketing, there's probably a mix of reaching the market and creating the market. So you want to appeal to your customers ... but you do that in part by associating your product's image…

The bit of research I've done indicates that the industry expects the Asian market to reach 30% of total sales by 2020 or thereabouts. Asian-Americans comprise about 4.5% of the US population, and presumably far far less in Europe. Thus, factoring in both Asia's high growth rate as an emerging fashion market, and…

Umm, because generally depicting your product being used by persons who resemble your consumers makes sense?

Did you mean to write to me? Or did you mean to write to ch06ph15?

So? Like I said, this is not a social engineering experiment. The companies are businesses, in competition, with bills to pay, employees to support.

Are you sure about that? I thought I saw recently something about China making up 20% of Versace or Prada sales, and Italy making up 18%. If Italy alone is 18%, then surely Europe as a whole, and the US comprise the bulk of the market.

Fashion is by no means global. The bulk - vast bulk, I imagine - of the customers for these clothes and the retail versions of these clothes are white Americans and Europeans.

The piece points out that it slotted 'white-looking' models into the white category. Thus, even Brazilians and such are 'white' rather than Latina if their skin is light.

I think it's because: