Maxim Magazine rates Palin 2nd on their top 10 World's Hottest Politicians list.
I know, I just throw up in my mouth too. Like 5 times for so many reason why this is wrong.
For one thing the list highlights how sexist we truly are. Constant obsession with physical attributes, especially with woman, has kept us from evolving into something better. Being a politician should not be a beauty pageant (I am talking to you Arnold). Politicians should be made fun of (thanks Tina) and not objectified like a celebrity such as Paris or Britney (talking to you MacCain). I don't give a care what someone looks like for getting a job done. When will our culture stop focusing on things like this? Are we truly that lost?
So how do we solve.
This is a form of cultural vanity and is very hard to beat. Anyone can fall victim to these types of things.
If we try and make someones' actions sexy than we might have a chance. Such as, idolizing our Nobel Prize winners for their intellectual abilities, being excited for our athletes because they have tuned their bodies to perfections (not because they look so darn good), and generally worry about real issues, not what's in the trash mags. That's the short solve. It will take alot more to move a society away from the trivial and into the sublime.
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