Questions you should like to see them ask in a Miss World Pageant

[Archbob]

So, I don't really watch these pageants because I think they are boring and the questions are simply not challenging enough. So in this thread, I would like to see what other members of this forum would like to see as questions asked in the Miss America Pageant.

I personally would love to them answer the question:

"If you had to execute one other Miss America/World contestant, who would it be?"

And no, they cannot pass on this question.

I think the answer would be interested and they might have to be briefed diplomatically beforehand by their governments as to how to answer or else the animosity would really come out between some countries.

 

[Borachio]

I might like to ask "What do you think about women being treated as human beings in their own right rather than just as so much packaged goods for men to boggle at?"

In the end, though, I'd just be asking them if they'd like to come out to dinner with me. Actually, that wouldn't work. I'd be asking for their mother's (or grandmother's) phone number.*

Or "What do you think of the likelihood of nuclear fission as a practical source of power in the next 50 years?"

*edit: no, I realize that doesn't answer the OP at all. My mistake.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

Definitely something about the objectification of women, and what sort of role model they perceive beauty pageant contestants as being for girls/young women.

 

[Archbob]

I'm not really into those kinds of questions honestly because the Macho Guy thing like Mr. Universe or even sports stars falls into the same category for me. Both sexes do it and quite a lot of people actually live for that stuff. Girls want to be beautiful, probably more so for other girls to be impressed at than for guys.

 

[warpus]

What questions are they asked now?

How about: "What would you be doing with your life if you weren't pretty?"

 

[Borachio]

But look how skewed the interest is from Miss World (billions of viewers) to Mr Universe (a niche market).

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

I'm not really into those kinds of questions honestly because the Macho Guy thing like Mr. Universe or even sports stars falls into the same category for me. Both sexes do it and quite a lot of people actually live for that stuff. Girls want to be beautiful, probably more so for other girls to be impressed at than for guys.

Well you asked about a Miss World pageant.

 

[Archbob]

I know, I just don't think those questions you guys are asking would actually be interesting to me, but thats my opinion.

But look how skewed the interest is from Miss World (billions of viewers) to Mr Universe (a niche market).

Thats because success/money defines a man more than Muscles does now. We've evolved this way as a species and for good reason. To dismiss why we like hotness in women above all other things as "shallow", I've always found to be a stupid notion.

"What would you be doing with your life if you weren't pretty?"

This would indeed be a fun question. However, the winner of this year's pageant would probably still be studying to be a doctor.

 

[Borachio]

Why don't we value women for how much money they have?

 

[Archbob]

Why don't we value women for how much money they have?

The sexes evolved differently and for far better reasons than "shallowness" or "depth" which are arbitrarily contrived notions. It has a lot to do with the fact that women bear and nurse kids. The motherly or Feminine genes in women won out a long time ago.

 

[Borachio]

Nah! I don't buy that. Patriarchy is a comparatively recent invention. You're talking about a genetic component to culture? I honestly don't think they've comparable time-lines.

 

[Kennigit]

Or "What do you think of the likelihood of nuclear fission as a practical source of power in the next 50 years?"

100%

 

[Archbob]

Nah! I don't buy that. Patriarchy is a comparatively recent invention. You're talking about a genetic component to culture? I honestly don't think they've comparable time-lines.

Patriarchy has pretty much been there since the cave man days. In the vast majority of societies, men have always been the leaders. Gender equality, on the other hand, is a very recent invention. Its the reason why generally men are taller, stronger, and bigger than women. That didn't just come by on accident, you know. That difference was augmented because men were the ones who were generally hunting, defending, and providing for the civilizations.

 

[Borachio]

100%

Smart ass.

Solar power, is all I'm going to point to. Fusion, is what I meant. And despite appearances to the contrary it's what I wrote. I just spelled it fission.

 

[Lillefix]

I'd try "What is 12+4".

 

[Borachio]

Patriarchy has pretty much been there since the cave man days. In the vast majority of societies, men have always been the leaders. Gender equality, on the other hand, is a very recent invention. Its the reason why generally men are taller, stronger, and bigger than women. That didn't just come by on accident, you know. That difference was augmented because men were the ones who were generally hunting, defending, and providing for the civilizations.

Er... well, several prehistoric societies seem to have been matriarchal.

And men are bigger because they're the leaders and they're the leaders because they're bigger?

I wonder if there might be a flaw in this argument somewhere.

I don't think you'll find patriarchy is really significant before human culture found the means to transfer wealth between generations. Even then it's not universal.

 

[Archbob]

Er... well, several prehistoric societies seem to have been matriarchal.

And men are bigger because they're the leaders and they're the leaders because they're bigger?

I wonder if there might be a flaw in this argument somewhere.

Vast Majority of prehistoric civilizations were patriarchal, the matriarchal ones like the Amazons were generally isolated societies from everyone else. It was significant far before money or wealth came along. In fact in most ancient societies today(like the ones in the rain forests) where there is little wealth to be inherited, Men are the ones who hold the power and Status. Men were generally the ones who made decisions and fought to protect their societies. Part of the reason wealth was mainly passed to the sons was because originally, the sons were the ones when grown, who could defend whatever he inherited. But we developed Male dominance in small societies early on in the Hunter-gatherer stage.

Women couldn't hunt or provide as effectively as men because they had to have kids and nurse them, so men took up the providers role. Throughout hundreds of generations, that's just the way our species developed. Men and women are wired differently and because of that and its seems stupid to me to try to reverse hundreds of thousands of years of evolution for the sake of feminism or something.

Sure, equal salary is fine(as long as the two have the same qualifications/experience), but trying to put men and women into the exact same role is just plain stupid.

 

[Borachio]

I guess you're right.


Link to video.

 

[Archbob]

The thing about people in the Feminist movement is that they want the two sexes to be treated exactly the same despite the fact that men and women are not the same and there's obvious differences in the way we act, prioritize, and think.

Yes, things like Salary, voting, etc, etc should be equal but saying we should ignore biological differences is just stupid. You can't just wish or will away biological differences, it doesn't work like that.

 

[Borachio]

And the biological differences are relevant to a Miss World Pageant in what way?

Is it a kind of legitimate cattle market for the overwhelmingly male audience to pick out their favourite and say "I'll have that one"?