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Kit Harington wants you to know he's not just a head of good hair. (OK,Risa Sakamoto Archives greathair.) 

The Game of Thronesactor recently spoke with The Sunday Times Magazine and admitted that as a male actor, he has faced sexism and typecasting based on his "look." 

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"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." 


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Harington has been one of the few men who has appeared nude in the HBO show, which has mainly featured female nudity in its six seasons -- but has slowly begun changing course after its cast and fans begged to free the penis. 

It's also during photoshoots that Harington has felt judged on his physical appearance. 

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“At some points during photoshoots when I’m asked to strip down, I felt that. If I felt I was being employed just for my looks, I’d stop acting," he said. 

Harington bluntly calls it a "double standard," saying he is also exhausted of questions pertaining to his hair, muscles, and love life. 

"If you said to a girl, ‘Do you like being called a babe?’ and she said, ‘No, not really,’ she’d be absolutely right,” Harington said. "There’s definitely a sexism in our industry that happens towards women, and there is towards men as well." 

We guess Jon Snow does know something...


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