I'd especially extend this to the sickening beauty pagents for little kids. Those parents (who I can only guess are living vicariously through their children) should be locked away.
(perhaps an overstatement ... but not by much)
XON
· 2 years ago
The comment points out the uncomfortable truth that Genarlow Wilson is in jail because the prosecutors, judge, and jurors are nothing but jealous. . .
We must turn the blind eye to the nigh-sexual aspect of this display. It is an extreme, and yes, once out of earshot, inspired men, (and some women), will comment about "how sweet it would be to get a piece of that", but the fact remains that it isn't for those not of that age range. Young women get dressed up, and either go in public to the beach or to the mall, or even, god forbid, to the high school, hoping to look attractive on a regular basis, hoping to impress upon others an implied availability for a relationship, as custom permits a social rank associated with this. They exist naturally, without this pageant, roaming freely all around the country, and, get this,
WITHOUT BURKAS(sp)!
Or even without a male escort.
Seriously, there must be safe havens where women, whether they be young girls or adolescents or at any other age, can be safe from the mantra that beauty must be sexual and it must be consumable. No, beauty pageants aren't all about showing off the latest piece of meat for all butchers with a sharp cleaver to weild. It can be about pride. It can be about recognizing achievement. It can be about young women choosing their own reasons to express themselves, and they just might never look back afterwards.
Let them have their space. Let them have their game. Let them have their practices, their young would be paramours to challenge each others over them. But, most of all, let them be safe from the worst stigmas of our society, that "temptation must be courted, or else sequestered."
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I completely agree with that statement!!!
(perhaps an overstatement ... but not by much)
WITHOUT BURKAS(sp)!
Or even without a male escort.
Seriously, there must be safe havens where women, whether they be young girls or adolescents or at any other age, can be safe from the mantra that beauty must be sexual and it must be consumable. No, beauty pageants aren't all about showing off the latest piece of meat for all butchers with a sharp cleaver to weild. It can be about pride. It can be about recognizing achievement. It can be about young women choosing their own reasons to express themselves, and they just might never look back afterwards.
Let them have their space. Let them have their game. Let them have their practices, their young would be paramours to challenge each others over them. But, most of all, let them be safe from the worst stigmas of our society, that "temptation must be courted, or else sequestered."
In any case, food for thought.
-=Timm=-