Women in beauty contests are treated like specimens in a meat market. Their appearance is the only thing that matters.
If they can conform properly to the artificial standards imposed on them by male voyeurs, they are rewarded. Not for their intelligence, not for their character or virtue - they are judged solely on their physical features. For the chance to wear a crown and the title "Miss" for a year, contestants will go to great lengths to meet the impossible standards of beauty imposed on them. They will virtually starve themselves to fit the "correct" form. They will even go under the knife to augment their breasts and noses and to make their eyes round instead of oval. They will try to package themselves like boxes of cereal or detergent, at the expense of their own inner selves.
The entire process is silly, degrading and false.
Discussion points:
1. Who enjoys beauty contests the most, a man or a woman?
2. Why do you think they enjoy them?
3. Who complain the most about them?
4. Do you think the sharpest critics are merely jealous?
5. How far are some women willing to go to in order to win a beauty contest?
If they can conform properly to the artificial standards imposed on them by male voyeurs, they are rewarded. Not for their intelligence, not for their character or virtue - they are judged solely on their physical features. For the chance to wear a crown and the title "Miss" for a year, contestants will go to great lengths to meet the impossible standards of beauty imposed on them. They will virtually starve themselves to fit the "correct" form. They will even go under the knife to augment their breasts and noses and to make their eyes round instead of oval. They will try to package themselves like boxes of cereal or detergent, at the expense of their own inner selves.
The entire process is silly, degrading and false.
Discussion points:
1. Who enjoys beauty contests the most, a man or a woman?
2. Why do you think they enjoy them?
3. Who complain the most about them?
4. Do you think the sharpest critics are merely jealous?
5. How far are some women willing to go to in order to win a beauty contest?