Beauty Pageants Objectifying Women

All of these characteristics of the pageant exist, all while there is no equivalent form of objectification in America for men. Advertisements, commercials, and pictures tell it all-women are more objectified than men, and not just even in pageants. Women are almost always exposing their breasts, behind, or a considerable amount of their genital area in advertisements for clothing, or are at least somewhat naked, while men are usually fully clothed. For the rare occasion, in fitness apparel, men might be shirtless at the most, but never anything more. A woman’s body is highly more sexualized than a man’s, but more of women is exposed in advertisements. All of a woman’s body is sexualized, but the main three are the posterior, the breasts, …show more content…
That logic is deplorable and should be rejected at every instance. The monster of patriarchy and gender roles should be destroyed immediately, because beauty pageants are keeping women in the past. The notion of beauty being a woman’s most important aspect is absolutely sickening. With this idea, women are seen as only good for sexual interaction and pleasure, domestic tasks, and aesthetic pleasure. The former pageant contestants that defend the pageant were benefited by the pageant because they fit that narrow mold of beauty. In their eyes, it is a harmless-if not helpful-program, but it does not help the millions of American women that need money and are deserving of a scholarship, but do not fit that absolute mold that the pageant has created. The former pageant contestants also talk about how pageants developed their speaking skills and confidence, but that is simply not true. Those former pageant contestants already had the speaking skills-they just needed to channel those speaking skills by going into an interview and letting nature take over. Besides, having 'personality ' according to the judges’ standards is to be as bland and inoffensive as muzak. The contestants simper and smirk, acting so sickeningly 'nice ' that one would …show more content…
The Miss America pageant takes intelligent, talented, incredibly accomplished women, while excluding many other women, and turning them into sexualized objects in order to see which woman is the most beautiful for a scholarship. This ideology is sexist and exclusive, and it is unfair for the women who are incredibly accomplished, but do not fit the beauty norm that the pageant draws. The pageant draws a line of demarcation between the pageant contestants and the female transgender community, the female intersex community, women of different races and colors, and women of different races and body types. In order to fight for equality and empowerment, women should stick together. The pageant does just the opposite by pitting women against each other for the best Barbie doll resemblance to win the scholarship money that is only based on outer beauty, one question, a 570-second interview, and 90 seconds of talent, when the pageant’s idea of beauty is the basis of the entire competition. Also, if any corporation has been run by Donald Trump for a large amount of time, especially one concerning women’s appearance, it is bound to have deep-rooted issues with xenophobia and exclusion. The Miss America beauty pageant is a mode of exploitation because it reflects on how women are perceived in society. An America women has to jump over gigantic hurdles and wear huge high heels while looking