It's sort of about feminism but also capitalism and yeah.
Alright so, to begin with this isn't a rant against the merits of Feminism because I would consider myself a feminist and I have no intention of being hypocritical. Now then, I do blame the media and the press and just about every "major" money-making outlet that exists in the world for "brainwashing" generations of people to believe that outer beauty is the main feature of any individual, because they are part of the problem. Also this rant is mostly just something that I've wanted to get off of my chest and it doesn't really have any sort overall goal but I've been waiting long enough to write it.
First off, companies use the imagery of "sex" and "success" to convey the false narrative that if you buy their product then you too can have "sex" and "success". Now you may think that you have no way of stopping them from conveying these images but you do, simply don't buy their products. This act of not buying or watching something from a a company that promotes its self through the use of "sexy" images, can cause the income of that company or TV show to drop. While your minor lack of contribution may seem like something insignificant if it is combined with hundreds if not thousands of other people it can change the way a company is run. This is one of important points of Capitalism, to appeal to your intended demographic through the use of imagery that is considered "appealing" to them.
Now I personally do this on a daily basis, I don't watch music videos or if I do I watch another person's repost and not from the official channel. When I go to conventions I rarely buy anything from a retail outlet booth, preferring more to buy custom made art from artist who have appealed to my/their intended demographic (usually ponies). I buy video games that have imagery I agree with and I go through distribution chains that I feel have the right to receive my money.
That's how this whole "system" is supposed to work, "I like the things you have for sale and you have the same interests as me, here are $50 in exchange for that adorable pony plush." Now granted, that is a small-scale example, but it does apply to everything in the realm of money and products and services, it all boils down to what it is you want and what do you want your money to go towards.
Which brings me back to the original topic, if, let's say, I no longer felt the need to have an adorable pony push and instead I wanted a Wolverine figure from the stand over there. I would then take my money, and instead of giving it to the adorable pony-plush-making artist I would then support the company that manufactures those Marvel figurines. What might have prompted me to go to this new booth? Do I already have a pony-plush and therefor don't feel the need to have another one? or do I perhaps want to add Wolverine to the rest of the figures on my shelf? Is it that the booth with the Wolverine figure has a display case filled with DnD dice, something which would appeal to my demographic except this time the reason I have decided to buy a product isn't because of the product itself, but rather the cosmetic appeal around it. Now what if this chain distributor was the one that got me into DnD? What if since birth I was taught that the dice game of DnD was the coolest, raddest thing anyone could do?! What if I played DnD, not because it was fun, but because I wanted to fit in, I wanted to be seem cool and rad to everyone. So I played DnD. What if I'm no longer talking about dice.