After it was announced that Jodie Whittaker would be the next Doctor on Doctor Who, the same men who likely thought that an all-woman Ghostbusters ruined their childhood began complaining that there's no way the Doctor could be a woman. But then, The Sun ran an editorial dismissing the casting, and both The Sun and The Mail Online ran pieces featuring nude stills of Whittaker in her previous work.

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The Sun's take on Jodie Whittaker as the new Doctor is as repugnant as you might expect: "SHE STRIPPED! SHE'S GOT TITS AND SHE STRIPPED!" pic.twitter.com/69YhbnikRU — ryan john butcher (@ryanjohnbutcher) July 17, 2017

Yes, Whittaker is an actress who has taken her clothes off in past roles, and newspapers are absolutely allowed to reference that. But the fact is cis men's talent, careers, and even existence are not reduced to the fact of their bodies in the same ways as women's. The newspapers could have focused on what a landmark casting this is, how this will open up Doctor Who to new people, and confirm for women fans around the world that they are seen (even though it took them since 1963 to get to "cis white woman").

Anyway, here are some reminders about Doctor Who:

It's fiction.

The Doctor is an alien from the planet Gallifrey and we don't know how their genitals work.

It's fiction.

The Doctor can take literally any form. (In fact, the 11th Doctor was convinced he was a woman for a second.)

IT'S NOT EVEN REALITY-BASED FICTION, IT'S ALIENS.

Jaya Saxena I'm a writer and author from New York City who covers everything from sex to culture to witchcraft.

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