Why haven’t beauty pageants, those ancient holdovers from the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s ‘50s and 60s’ been relegated to the dust bin where they belong?
What purpose do such pageants as Miss America, Miss Universe, Miss Teen USA, etc., actually serve?
All they do is objectify women and judge them on how they look. The contestants have to be tall, thin, have big boobs, big hair, and huge white smiles. And why in the world are contestants required to parade around in high heels and bathing suits?
I find the entire premise of beauty pageants to be offensive, to say the least. At a time when women still struggle to have equal opportunities, to be taken seriously, to be paid commensurate with their skills as are their male counterparts why are these reprehensible events allowed to continue?. Women continue to battle to be taken seriously, so why in the world do we put up with beauty contests that do nothing but sexualize the contestants? And why do women sign up to be contestants? The beauty pageant world has been rocked recently by the resignation of Miss USA and Miss Teen USA because they claim their values no longer align with those off the organizations. Maybe we should have beauty contest for a minute and let them parade around wearing Speedos.
As we continue to fight to protect our reproductive rights and other hard-earned rights, why do we allow these anachronistic, sexist contests to continue? Maybe we should have beauty contests for men and make them parade around in public wearing Speedos.
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