There were auditions this weekend for a new “reality” show called America’s Hottest Mom. This promises to be the next step in a line of moves degrading women.

Now I utter the occasional chauvinistic word when making a joke or a valid point, but I come from a home headed by a very strong woman and can appreciate the whole 76 cents for every dollar type arguments. But women, the problem at this point is just as much within as it is from men.

Take Flavor of Love, which provides ammo for both sexists and racists. We have 20-25 women, the majority minorities, vying for the affections of Flavor Flav, a man who resembles a large roach with developmental disabilities. This is different than The Bachelor or even Joe Millionaire because those shows picked men with either solid credentials on paper or decent looking. Flav is neither. And these women are fighting and kicking their way to him. Why? Fame and money. Where are the protests and the marches and the burning of bras?

Now for the newest show – America’s Hottest Mom. One Mom who auditioned in NY was a 35 yr old cop with 7 kids, which she started popping out at 17. I wonder if fighting crime is hard when you have to take breaks every 3 hours to give birth. My problem is with the term Mom. and MILF. This show is pretty much going to be a MILF contest (“Mother I’d Like to F–K”).

The problem is there is no set criteria for a MILF. Here is one I would like to start with – age 40. If you have kids at 16, you cannot consider yourself a MILF at 22, just because you have a 6 year old. At that age you should still be an ILF and not a M.

Furthermore, if you are married to someone famous or who makes 7 figures you should be automatically disqualified because you are contractually obligated to maintain your hotness and thus lose your amateur hot status.

Lastly if you are a good Mom and a self respecting person having Lorenzo Lamas or Simon Cowell or some other person of that ilk stare at you with a laser pointer you are in the wrong place. You are going to embarrass your kids. Like Pam Anderson’s kids, no matter how much love and affection you show them, the kids at school will never let them forget what you did on tape.

So that said, I can’t wait to see who the hottest Mom is. And after the show is done, perhaps we can repeal women’s suffrage.