In Defense of Beauty Pageants

Fox News Online ^ | 11/17/04 | Wendy McElroy

[TheBigB]

I really have yet to figure out what about beauty pageants arouses the ire of radical feminists.

[Taliesan]

Few radical feminists are pretty. One of Rush Limbaugh's many key observations.

[68skylark]

Few radical feminists are pretty.

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.

[DTogo]

I agree with Rush. Very rarely do you see a hot, sexy, feminist.

[Bigh4u2]

That's because most radical feminists are gay!

[Wonderama]

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.

[SMARTY]

I am not a feminist of any description, but I can agree that young girls do not need to be brought up with the idea that there is a genetic blueprint for feminine beauty and that they must strive to duplicate this in themselves, in spite the genetic hand they got dealt. It's demoralizing for young girls who aren't in the 'mold' and it reinforces the wrong values in young women who are fortunate enough to, through no effort of their own, possess this year's full compliment of attributes. (By the way, this year's full compliment of stuff is the same every year, usually a 7' tall frame and yellow hair) Too bad, some really beautiful girls look nothing like that and will feel inadequate till their 30's when they finally see the banality of it all.

[Capriole]

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.

[Camachee]

"Why are politically correct feminists so upset by beauty pageants?"

Because they don't qualify for entry.

[DTogo]

Or just too unappealing to most men.

[theFIRMbss]

>In Defense of Beauty Pageants

[FreedomFarmer]

I was looking for recipes for thanksgiving...

[stylin_geek]

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."

[MeanWestTexan]

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.

[Porterville]

I really have yet to figure out what about beauty pageants arouses the ire of radical feminists.

It probably has something to do with homosexuality and hatred of men.

[H.Bowman]

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.

[danno3150]

Are these the same "feminists" who voted, monolithically, for Clintoon, a serial sexual abuser?

[gopwinsin04]

I think most beauty pageants should have Denise Richards in them..mandatory

[SMARTY]

Tell that to your 12 year old.

[68skylark]

I appreciate your comments -- you're very articulate.

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.