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Related: About this forumMiss USA contestant blows the question of gender equality
Like Miss Teen SC all over again. Completely misses the point.
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Miss USA contestant blows the question of gender equality (Original Post)
WhoIsNumberNone
Jun 2013
OP
Brought to you by the center for kids who cant read good and want to learn how to do other stuff
AtheistCrusader
Jun 2013
#4
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)1. Pardon me for a moment
WhoIsNumberNone
(7,875 posts)3. Don't beat your head too hard...
You'll want to save something for next week when she goes on Good Morning America and "proves" she can answer the question intelligently.
getting old in mke
(813 posts)2. Deer in the headlights much?
AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)4. Brought to you by the center for kids who cant read good and want to learn how to do other stuff
good too.
dballance
(5,756 posts)5. Begs the question: "Why is there still a Miss USA Pagent?"
Talk about one of the worst bastions for objectifying women.
rwsanders
(2,614 posts)7. Its like QVC for wealthy men and politicians looking for wives.
Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)11. Most things that humans strive to excel at
are ridiculous pursuits. Look at all the accolades slathered on top jocks. For what reason? We're THE least practical species on the planet.
Xipe Totec
(43,892 posts)6. When you breed selectively for one trait, you tend to lose other traits. nt
Botany
(70,639 posts)8. " ..... figure out how to create eduction better."
Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)9. Another U.S. American at work. n/t
iamthebandfanman
(8,127 posts)10. people still watch these things?
I didn't even know they aired them on TV still :p
LadyHawkAZ
(6,199 posts)12. On the bright side,
she is representing her home state just perfectly.
midnight
(26,624 posts)13. I have always thought that when women's work, and I mean all of it, is valued on the GDP, then
we will see improvement for women's pay....