Protesting Miss World
Caught my eye in the Guardian. I thought about it, quite a bit, and decided that in the end I didn’t agree with the protesters- all the contestants chose to be there. I don’t know, our society’s concept of beauty and good looks above all is not a good thing- but women are always being told what not to do, in a way that men never ever are. Don’t enter a beauty contest- don’t decide to wear a burka- don’t go out at night- don’t sleep with too many men- don’t be too thin -don’t be too fat. Both men and women have rules for women, but no-one has more than very basic rules for men.