Beauty contests are sexist

by Carol Gioia

Beauty contests by their very nature and design are sexist. They are open to only one gender and promote judgement of contestants based on stereotyped criteria and standards. ...read more

by Krystle Murillo

Only women can be in beauty contests, and they absolutely have to partake in stereotypical female behavior. Beauty contests force women to act "lady-like" and "proper," if only ...read more

by Gina Barr

BELITTLING CAPTIVATION Historically, men have enjoyed displaying beautiful women, less as brilliant and more as things of potential sexual gratification. A beautiful woman i...read more

by Marcus Brooks

When thinking about beauty contest, I always reflect back to JonBenet Ramsey. She was a beautiful, blonde girl who died in her parents' basement. Investigators found her bound...read more

by Rae Kerns

I agree with beauty pageants being sexiest. Honestly I don't understand why a woman or any women needs a crowd of strangers who are judging them on everything they say and do....read more

by Costas Chryanthou

From my experiences of watching a bikini beauty contest during the 90's on a television program which I admit I feel like I let myself down by watching, I totally agree that bea...read more

by SOAP

INGNOTUS INDICIUM POTENTIA I agree but I'm sexist. I think men suffer discrimination everyday by women. Did anybody notice that countries in which women have the most freedom...read more

by Scarlett Deckard

I entirely agree that beauty contests are sexist and find it unfortunate that so many young women line up to propagate the subjugation of their gender. It may seem glamorous an...read more

by Michelle Wilkinson

Most people would probably challenge the notion that beauty contests are sexist because if they were then why would women take part in them? Sexism is not just the direct discri...read more

by Carine Nadel

Beauty contests are sexist-definitely. The idea that a woman should parade around in a bathing suit, high heels, gowns and make-up to represent anything is a travesty. It m...read more

by Susan Cronk

It is time for America to put its best foot forward, to check its obsession with outward appearances at the door, and eliminate beauty pageants and body building contests in fav...read more

by Adewale Atewogbade

For all intents and purposes, beauty contests, whether they focus on feminine curves, or masculine biceps, are sexist. I have just finished watching "Calendar Girls", a movie...read more

by Kim Robinson

NOTHING BUT A BARBIE DOLL Despicable. This is the word, which comes to mind when I think of beauty contests. No matter how they {whoever they are} try to disguise these pret...read more

by Jessica Thomas-Langdon

The basic idea of a beauty pageant is to gather up a bunch of women and have them compete to see which is prettier. This is not only sexist but sad. Our society has a habit of p...read more

by William Riker

Of course beauty contests are sexist. LOL. Women literally spend hundreds of billions of dollars just to get attention with clothes, makeup, surgery, hair styling, etc. includ...read more

by Sherri Clark

Beauty contests are so completely sexist! Celebrating women and only women for how great they look in bathing suits and evening wear just reminds me of times when women were pa...read more

by Ken Guy

Beauty contests are sexist. And I have proved it. I'm very slim and just 5' 5" tall. I've always been told I have a pretty boy face and at the time I needed a haircut. I did...read more