{"id":3966,"date":"2013-01-17T08:00:32","date_gmt":"2013-01-17T13:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/doinglifetogether\/?p=3966"},"modified":"2013-01-15T13:01:20","modified_gmt":"2013-01-15T18:01:20","slug":"a-beauty-queen-cant-be-called-pretty-love-your-opinion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/doinglifetogether\/2013\/01\/a-beauty-queen-cant-be-called-pretty-love-your-opinion.html","title":{"rendered":"A Beauty Queen Can’t be Called Pretty? Love Your Opinion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sportscaster, Brean Musburger, apologized for his comments about a football player’s girlfriend. During the Alabama\/Notre Dame BCS National Championship Game, the camera found Miss Alabama, Katherine Webb, the girlfriend of the Alabama quarterback.<\/p>\n

Upon seeing her on camera, Musburger commented,\u00a0\u00a0” Wow, you quarterbacks get all the good looking women, what a beautiful woman, whoa! If you’re a youngster in Alabama, start getting the football out and throw it around the backyard with pops.”<\/p>\n

So my question to you is this: Is this inappropriate to comment on the beauty of a woman?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Could we do a little survey here? YES or NO and give me a brief reason why you think this was OK or out of line.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

I find this so weird as football promotes barely clad women to “cheer” for their teams and then makes a big deal about Musburger’s comment. Seems a little hypocritical to me. Maybe we should have the Dallas Cowboy organization apologize for objectifying their cheerleaders and putting them on calendars.<\/p>\n

Personally, I find this to be the height of political correctness. The woman won a beauty contest! Yes, she is beautiful and that doesn’t mean pointing it out makes you someone who objectifies women.<\/p>\n

I had more of an issue with his comment about young boys throwing footballs to get girls. That seems a bit shallow.<\/p>\n

Just my opinions, love to hear yours.<\/p>\n

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