What are your thoughts on beauty pageants? Are you for them or against them?

I believe they are the wholesale exploitation of children. They teach children a horrible set of values, and allow selfish retarded mothers to relive the youth they wish they had had through their kids. The entire premise is sexist and wrong. The children would be far better off learning some valuable skills rather than traveling all over the country putting on a ton of makeup and trying to look sexy at the age of six.

There is only one logical conclusion to this activity: Your child will end up a vacuous, narcissistic whore, with nothing to offer anyone but her body. If you have a girl, fill her mind with ambition to be a doctor, a lawyer, a politician, something useful. Not some sexist stereotype beauty queen with no brain. If you are taking your child to pageants you are committing child abuse.

So to answer the second question, I am against them ;)

Against, because people are not products, they're human beings! Strutting about showing yourself from every angle is just pandering to the male power structure. Some contestants think they have the power through their bodies or their sexuality, but ultimately the ones pulling the (purse)strings are the ones in control.The contestants are just expendable parts of the machine (if I can put it that way!) There is no dignity in being ogled, which IS what's happening..

I am for them, and think that the participants do so at their own free will. I wish I was good looking enough to be in a beauty pageant

If the women are 18 & over I guess its okay..although I think its a little ridiculous these days..and I do not approve of children pagents,waste of money & is derogatory to a childs mind development..not to mention exploitive..

against them. they dont need to show the world whos the beatiful women or men if everyone in this world is beautiful thats is just a waste of time

For older women, young adult women, and teenagers I think it is just sad. Exactly what purpose does this serve to society other than to say, I'm pretty, please praise me and give me free stuff.

For children, like JonBenet Ramsey, its really creepy. Little kids shouldn't be dressed up like that. It really creeps me out. They look like little mannikin's come to life. Weird stuff.

I had nothing to do with them and didnt really care about them....

but....

then I saw that Jennifer Hawkins do the bikini walk.... and it all made sense!! I think she should have won again this year!

... wow, whtecloud ask three same question ... 6 points ! ... ^^

... maybe group dress up games = beauty pageants = fun ... ^^

... maybe other group sports = fun ... more brush and more cuts and more sweaty and ... ah ... more body o u c h i e s ...

... maybe group clean house also fun ...

... fun dress up games = ... fun ... girl t h i n g i e ...

... unsure and sorry and sleepy and silly ...

against them!

I think they are pretty useless. What purpose do they serve?