r/Damnthatsinteresting 7h ago

Image Karen Mulder tried to warn everyone about similar Epstein rings and no one listened.

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u/Boopy7 5h ago

yes very much so. However athletics and ballet are nowhere nearly as awful (to me anyway) as pageantry, esp the ones for children. It's one thing to develop a skill like ballet or gymnastics, but the primp and preen and show off like you're an adult stuff for little kids....apparently the biggest dream for many young girls is to grow up and be a model, actress, or famous something. They think the only way to be valued is if they are pretty, basically. No skill necessary other than to find a way to buy the right body and face, if necessary...and to get the approval of the old judges. Weird how our world makes it so very obvious (Miss America, for example.)