Miss Iraq is...I hope unmarried?
They should all be unmarried; it is the MISS Arab World contest. I think it may be a stretch to assume that a hijab or a beauty contest are necessarily oppressive. But I'm just a terrible sexist, anyway.
I guess I should agree with you, but then what would we argue about?
I don't think either are necessarily oppressive either; I do think of the two, the beauty contest is much more likely to reflect the problem.
Mike,
Yeah, I have to agree, and think it's just absolutely HORRIBLE that there are bands of contestant impressment gangs roving the world whose job is to, at gun point, force liberated women to participate in these cattle shows.
Obviously I have to concede the point you are making. Women do enter these things voluntarily-but that doesn't mean they're entering into a contest that is based on and promotes respect for women's rights.
I don't think the contests have to be forced to be oppressive or sexist. But that doesn't mean every contest is sexist either.