Three Cheers For Argentinian Town Chivilcoy Which Has Banned 'Sexist' Beauty Pageants
Three Cheers For Argentinian Town Chivilcoy Which Has Banned 'Sexist' Beauty Pageants
The Huffington Post Uk | By Rachel Moss
Posted: 22/12/2014 11:42 GMT Updated: 2 hours ago
Just days after the Miss World competition announced it will no longer run a swimsuit round, a town in Argentina has banned beauty pageants all together.
The town council of Chivilcoy has reportedly chosen to end their beauty contest traditions on the grounds that such events encourage an obsession with physical beauty and illnesses like bulimia and anorexia.
They also aired concerns that pageants can lead to misogynistic attitudes and violence against women.
According to the Argentina Independent, the ordinance approved this week states that beauty pageants “reinforce the idea that women must be valued and rewarded exclusively by their physical appearance, based on stereotypes”.
It goes on to label pageants “a discriminatory and sexist practice”, and “acts of symbolic and institutional violence against women and children.”
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