Posted on 11/17/2004 7:25:36 AM PST by TheBigB
A beauty contest at Lakehead University aroused sharp protest from campus feminists.
The flap came on the heels of a similar contest at which I applauded from the audience. The contrast made me wonder: "Why are politically correct feminists so upset by beauty pageants?"
"Upset" may be too tame a word. Rage against beauty contests lies at the very roots of PC feminism.
Indeed, a high-profile protest at the 1968 Miss America beauty contest is often credited with bringing the feminist movement into public awareness.
It was a defining moment, with feminist protesters setting off stink bombs and singing, "Ain't she sweet; making profits off her meat."
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In the Lakehead student newspaper, Angie Gollat of the on-campus Gender Issues Centre (GIC) lambastes the event as "sexist" and "heterosexist." It is difficult to imagine campus feminists objecting to lesbian events because they are "homosexist." But hypocrisy aside, it is not clear why a celebration of female physical beauty is sexist — that is, anti-woman — especially when all the women involved are eager to participate.
In the same newspaper, unidentified students state their concerns that "the objectification of women [that is, the contest] leads to violence against women."
There are two problems with that argument. Being judged on the basis of your beauty is no more "objectification" than taking a college exam and being judged on your intellect; yet, as far as I know, every student will take exams. Moreover, absolutely no data supports a connection between beauty pageants and violence against women.
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Few radical feminists are pretty. One of Rush Limbaugh's many key observations.
I think you nailed it.
I think Rush says that the purpose of radical feminism is to give unattractive women more of the opportunities available to those who are attractive. On the surface, that sounds like a good idea. Unfortunately, it's hard to support radical feminist ideas since the leadership is so strident, hostile and humorless.
I agree with Rush. Very rarely do you see a hot, sexy, feminist.
That's because most radical feminists are gay!
I am not a big fan of beauty contests, but I think it's a woman's choice if she wants to participate. It's not up to these psycho feminists to decide what another woman wants to do with her body.
It's just envy. Beautiful women often find that ugly women hate them. I can never figure out why the ugly women don't just fix themselves up.
Because they don't qualify for entry.
Or just too unappealing to most men.
Actually, I think most women can at least attain presentable by putting forth the effort required. However, radical feminists are too lazy to put forth such effort. As far as they are concerned, they expect to be accepted "as they are" without actually having to do anything other than proclaim their right to "be who they are."
It all comes down a victim attitude which consists of "I've been downtrodden, therefore the world owes me a living."
It depends on how you define a "feminist."
I had a few hot female soldiers in my unit.
And Ann Coulter isn't bad either.
It probably has something to do with homosexuality and hatred of men.
This sounds an awful lot like the gay agenda to use the courts and the media to portray their lifestyle as normal so gay folks won't feel bad about their tendencies. Ain't gonna work. Men are expected to be strong and work hard, women are expected to be beautiful and charming. We all aren't. Get over it. That's life. The key is making the most of what you have. Deal with it, but don't dwell on it.
Are these the same "feminists" who voted, monolithically, for Clintoon, a serial sexual abuser?
Tell that to your 12 year old.
Yet, I'm not sure I can agree.
Where I live (small town Indiana), I see vast numbers of women who let themselves get very overweight. It's unattractive, and it's unhealthy (and these people will surely want the rest of us to pay their medical bills during the premature, long and painful decline in their health in later years).
It makes me think that our society needs some more pressure on people to control their appearance. If beauty pageants help, more power to them.
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