So, Playboy came out with a list purporting to rank “America’s sexiest CEOs.” The 10 women include one porn producer, two lingerie company bosses, and the head of an L.A. gym called “Flirty Fitness.”

All proper meaningless entertainment fluff so far. Then, Huffington Post puts up a link to it. The link item led to a comment thread that runs the gamut from “objectification” gripes to “homely” gripes.

Why do the dumbest bits of media draw the dumbest responses?

Look: There have been plenty of women in business. A few of them, too few, have reached positions of leadership. Of those, several have had, or acquired, faces and figures that conform to commonly held notions of physical attractiveness. Yawn.

I do concur with one HuffPo commenter, who noted the Playboy list didn’t include any women who ran really big companies (other than Victoria’s Secret). There haven’t been enough females atop Fortune 500 companies; those who have could use more recognition, even if it’s for their more peripheral achievements.