He suggested to Cindy and the audience that she should compete in the Miss Buffalo Chip contest. What’s so bad about that?
Miss Buffalo Chip isn’t a beauty contest in the traditional sense — it’s a relatively debauched topless (and sometimes bottomless) multiday contest where women dance, jiggle and reportedly even perform blow jobs on bananas for the titillation of the spectators. And John McCain offered up his 54-year-old wife as a contestant.
And, let be frank, he didn’t do it just because she’s pretty or has an enviable body for a 54-year-old woman or because he’s proud of his wife’s brand of socialite beauty. He did it to pander to the crowd’s idea of appropriate masculinity, and that apparently includes over-sexualizing your wife and the mother of your children for the amusement of a few people in a crowd. McCain offered up the thought of his wife objectifying herself for the sexual gratification of others (at his suggestion) in order to get a couple of chuckles, inspire some male fantasy and make a few “friends.” Fun!
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John Mccain And Sexism: John McCain Will Pimp Cindy For Your Vote
I actually like McCain, even though I will vote for Obama (besides my little rant about Ferragamo shoe ridiculousness in the previous post). But between McCain’s solid anti-choice stance and his reportedly very sexist behavior, my opinion is sinking of him.
Honest question: will this kind of behavior disenchant women voters? Will those women voters help decide the election? I wonder if the McCain campaign is thinking about those issues, and how they plan to woo American women voters. I doubt even conservative pro-life women would think it’s “funny” John McCain is basically pimping out (yes, I said it) his wife for a few cheap laughs.
(via jgh)