Double Standard

I absolutely hate double standards. How is it ok for a man to pose nude but not for a woman to pose nude? The new Massachusetts senator, Scott Brown, posed nude (or almost nude) as a Cosmopolitan centerfold while he was in college. Ok, fine, he’s a good looking guy. He won a “Sexiest Man” contest. That’s not my problem. My problem is that no woman who has posed nude would ever get elected to public office. Beauty queens have been forced to resign over nude photos, or at least one that I know of. Let’s be honest, nude is only two pieces of cloth removed from the swimsuit competition. If Michelle Obama, Laura Bush, or Hilary Clinton had posed nude when they were 22, their husbands would not have even been able to get elected. This is not France. There would have been an uproar about “family values” and “decency.”

Do not misunderstand this as a political statement. I don’t care if he has an R or a D after his name, and I’m not upset because the woman didn’t win. I’ve never even been to Massachusetts and only know a little bit about this Senate race. I am just pointing out the double standard because it doesn’t seem like anyone else is. Or, maybe I didn’t get the memo and this kind of thing is ok now regardless of your gender. I hope that’s the case.

Here is a video of Scott Brown embarrassing his daughters. He seems like a pretty average dad.