Hot Conservative Men And The Men Who Could Have Been

by Melissa Clouthier | June 7, 2010 1:38 pm

Well, there’s one way to get a male’s attention: make sure he doesn’t make the Top Twenty Hottest Conservative[1] guys (in case you guys think you don’t want to see that nonsense, I would suggest that you look at the judges). I have received direct messages, emails and got regaled by the bitter Matt Lewis on his podcast[2] this morning [30 minutes of hilarity]. Somehow I doubt that John received the same sort of hew and cries from the women[3]. Women are stoic that way.

If nothing else, objectifying men in this shameless way has revealed the gender differences. Women are unsure of their beauty and few would dream of nominating themselves, much less complain when they don’t make the list…it would be a confirmation of what they secretly suspect.

For men, who all seem to view themselves as incredible specimens no matter the package, it’s an affront to not be nominated and worse, to not be on the list.

As my friend Stephen Kruiser[4] says, if men weren’t confident like that, men and women would never hook up.

Anyway, the women judges were all kinds of wonderful. They had diverse tastes and some of the people who didn’t make it scored well–they may have just inspired strong feelings both ways.

The list of men is great from the perspective of getting to know what people are up to in the movement. There are many great men and women doing impressive work.