My brothers used to call me a prude when I go after them for the bad language and nasty “jokes”, and it made me feel terrible, but when I looked it up, it is a good thing, when the original meaning is used… just an FYI.  Society has made it into a bad thing.

I do not like the “hottie” thing for any situation/gender.  That is not an important thing and so many are using this as a basis of who they are, including really little girls.  It is so sad to me.

Aaaand we wonder why they don’t take us seriously.
Though I must admit my first thought was, “They chose Pamela Geller over Laura Ingraham?”

Erin, I’m on the same page as you! My first thought was “Yuck!” and my second was, Where the heck is Rachel Campos-Duffy?!”

Thanks for sharing your opinions, Danielle. Nice job!

Danielle~
Obviously, not a list that’s complete since you’re not listed on there, hot mama!!

Everyone has a different idea of who’s “hot”. How weird that they feel the need to do this.
Hugs~

Steven, would you appreciate your daughter being included on a “hot” list like this with anonymous strangers debating her attractiveness?

Steven, I appreciate the intent of your participation in that ‘contest.’ Seems like good intentions gone very awry, and you know what they say - the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

When I snooped around on that website, I saw several pictures on the landing page of women barely dressed (from other stories not associated with the ‘contest’). I can’t access the site now as it appears to be on overload, so I can’t quote the caption on one of the pictures, but it could of been classified as soft porn. You choosing to befriend folks associated with a site containing such objectifying material is very perplexing!

My first thought was well let them have their fun.  But then I wondered, why don’t men have something better to do than to lust after women on the internet??  Some of the comments weren’t very clean, and I’m sorry but this does not make our side look better.  Even if there was a myth about conservative women being ugly (which their isn’t) so what??!  Do looks really matter that much that you have to worry about breaking that stereotype?  Even if we were all hags, we’d still be better than people who support planned parenthood because they are ugly on the inside.

Reached your “reply” as I was scrolling down, and that is exactly what I was thinking when I read Steven’s response.  Not sure if the list totally offends me, tho I’m not to up with it either.  But if one cannot see that beautiful and hot are two completely different adjectives with completely different meanings, than our vocabulary, if not our mindset, certainly needs a tune up.  Think about it in these terms: if your husband tells another woman who is all dressed up she is looking beautiful, would you consider it the same thing if he told her she is looking hot?  The 20 Most Beautiful Women is entirely different, and one cannot believe that those naming this contest did not decide to use hot as the term casually.

“Hot” as in “hot pants” (for example) or when rating women’s attractiveness is define by Google as “sexually exciting”.  True beauty is not skin deep, so to encourage people to rate beauty or “hotness” on a physical scale is just wrong. I have a healthy dose of testosterone flowing through my veins and I know a beautiful woman when I see one but as a Christian and a TOB fan I instinctively know it’s wrong to rate “hotness”. What happened to the concept of “custody of the eyes”? As a man, if I’m asked to rate hotness I’m forced to make judgements on a scale of sexual excitement which includes the size and shape of all the curvy bits. Men are wired to be sexually excited by visual stimuli. I’m a healthy man (thank God) so, I’m not going there.  “But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” Matthew 5:28

I agree that the term “hot” is what makes the whole thing ugly as it reduces the women to sexual objects to feel warm in the groin over.  Saying “beautiful” or “gorgeous” implies a physical beauty that both sexes can appreciate.  “Beautiful” particularly speaks of beauty across the spectrum- morally, mentally, physically, spiritually, emotionally (at least to me).
  All people are drawn to attractiveness of any variety.  I can look at an attractive woman in an admiring and non-jealous way, and I can even look at an attractive man and admire his good looks without lust, the same as if I look at a fine example of a horse or a rose - are men not capable of doing the same?  And if they aren’t, maybe it’s because we are constantly catering to their basest nature.

Totally agree, Danielle.  It seems to me that the intentions were good, but misguided.

I am a prude.  Always have been, always will be.  However, the only thing that offended me about the list was the word “hottie” as in “sexy.”  If it had said “10 beautiful conservative women” I would be fine with it, especially since “beautiful” can be refer to both inward and outward beauty. But rating women’s sexiness is definitely not compatible with TOB.  And I have to agree with Beth that we really shouldn’t be publicly calling our spouse sexy either.  But then I am a prude.

Check out New Advent’s post on “Top 10 Reasons Women Should Dress Modestly.” Just sayin.

and the follow up to the article at the same site: “Top 10 Reasons Men Should Practice Custody of the Eyes.”

Is there really no better way to “promote the numerous pro-life women in social and new media” than by having such a contest? What if the person who had the most articulate, best-written blog was ugly (by the judges’ standards, anyway)? Would her blog not be worth promoting? What a waste of time.

Wow!  “Hot” topic!  Pardon the pun. :0)  I have to share my story of dealing with the term ‘hot’ with my 3rd grade daughter.  She came home from Catholic school using the term to describe a boy classmate.  In shock, I asked how she knew that word.  “I heard it in line”.  Needless to say, we had a long talk about the inappropriateness of that word being used in that context.  Haven’t heard it since, thanks be to God!  If we grownups use it, the ‘trickle down’ theory will eventually reach them.  Is that what we want?

Does Steve want his wife and daughter to make the list? My husband changed his nickname for me to initials to hide its content. And enjoying our spouse is God’s gift to our marriage. But encouraging otehrs to gawk at our sister’s, moms and daughters? Not Acceptable. Period.

I think by the title of ” 20 hottest women” there is already a subtle statement that somehow these women have more value because of their appearance, and that this is what a woman’s value is based on.  The corollary to this is that women who are unattractive or old have less value.  In other words, the whole idea is inherently NOT pro-life.  I find the whole thing offensive.

As I read the replies, there is one thing that is very clear; each one of us has a temperament of our very own, such as melancholy, sanquin, etc, or a combination.  There is a great book out there, “The Temperament God Gave You: The Classic Key to Knowing Yourself, Getting Along with Others, and Growing Closer to the Lord”, that might be very helpful in all parts of our lives.  Much about modesty, chastity, etc is taught to us at home, yet our temperaments steer us, too, and the trick is using that temperament for what God wants of us, and steering it, when needed, instead of us being steered.  Enjoy and Christ’s peace!  (There is a paragraph on the link that is a great “teaser”) http://www.amazon.com/Temperament-God-Gave-You-Yourself/dp/1933184027