If some women want to participate, why do you want to stand in their way? Isn't this their choice, which is what the feminist credo is supposed to be about?
2007-12-19 15:37:16 · 19 answers · asked by JD 4 in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
It is what the "credo" is, at least that's what it's supposed to be. Lately the word feminism has come to mean dominating the world, not being given a fair shake and a choice in life.
I'm an old school feminist, right now I'm a stay at home mom, that's my choice. My husband would support me in anything that I want to do, I have recently finished my BA and I'm going back for my Masters and he is behind me all the way. He wants it to be my choice whether I work or stay at home...that's the only way I would have it.
I don't mind beauty pagents, if you want to be in one then so be it. I also think prostitution should be legal and that pornography is fine for consenting adults....it's all about choices=)
2007-12-19 15:42:31 · answer #1 · answered by paganmom 6 · 8⤊ 2⤋
Obviously, for one they sexually objectify women. Then they give them names like Miss world which makes all the girls believe that particular girl's beauty should be the standard for everyone else. Then it is the bikini parade in which they are judged on their boobs and azz and overall figure. Really? Oh, the irony is that they even have an age limit for girls to apply for that competition, i believe it's 16 to 22, not sure. But you see what they are doing. Telling everyone that only young women are beautiful. Then they have a separate contest for married women, and a separate one for unmarried women. Gee seriously, i'm sure you would love it if you had a 5 inch P and media would plaster photos of 10 inch P all over the television channels. Tell me then if you could happily live with objectification.
2016-05-25 03:12:13 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suppose this is a right to choose issue. Some women need to walk a stage in a swim suit to feel validated as an attractive woman, I suppose. I am not against beauty pageants, if that's what you want to do go for it!
2007-12-19 15:43:08 · answer #3 · answered by browneyes 2 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Feminists aren't against beauty pageants, but they are irrelevant. The most recent Miss American pageant had its lowest ratings ever. You can't blame that on us.
Miss USA was fun until Trump took it over. When he talks about it, he sounds like a pimp.
2007-12-19 17:07:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
fem·i·nism – noun 1. the doctrine advocating social, political, and all other rights of women equal to those of men.
It's that simple. Feminism has nothing to do with hating men, or bras, or beauty pageants, or whatever else you think it does. It's simply the belief of equal rights for men and women. I'm a feminist, and I have no problem at all with beauty pageants, so you're question is null and void.
2007-12-19 15:42:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 2⤋
I'm not against beauty pageants. Why do you assume that all feminists are against them or that we think as a unit?
2007-12-19 16:06:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
I'm a feminist. I don't like beauty pageants, and would never be in one and I don't associate with people that do. People that do, vs people that don't are very different people altogether. I won't be rude, and I'll just leave it at that. I do however, believe that all people should be free to, in this case, be in a beauty pageant if they so wish to.
2007-12-19 15:59:31 · answer #7 · answered by [Rei] 5 · 3⤊ 4⤋
I am not against beauty pageants. Feminism is all about equality and choice. If a grown woman chooses to participate, she has that right and I support it. However, I take issue with the fact that the largest scholarship program for women is based on physical beauty, which is subjective.
2007-12-19 15:41:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 4⤋
I'm only dead set against them if the participants are children who are being forced to enter by their parents. Otherwise, if they're adults and know exactly what they're getting into, then I have no problems with it.
2007-12-19 15:48:01 · answer #9 · answered by RoVale 7 · 8⤊ 0⤋
I was in a state pageant, Miss USA, and I thought it was kind of stupid. But, if I get to wear an evening gown - I'm there. It's really no more exploitative of women's looks than the modeling business, or acting. There' IS a lot of pressure to have sex with the judges, and since they were ugly old trolls, I presume the girl that won was very near-sighted.
2007-12-19 17:21:04 · answer #10 · answered by La Belle Dame Sans Merci 6 · 0⤊ 6⤋