NJ High School’s Hot Girl Contest Hits Close to Home

At my old school in Montville, NJ, a senior was suspended for partaking in a May Madness contest, and he thinks that the punishment was too harsh. In this contest, boys rate girls on their appearance in a March Madness-style bracket.
Normally, I wouldn’t write about a story like this, although it is highly sexist. However, there’s a catch to it that really gets me: my own brother’s started the contest about five years ago. This story has been on websites for USAToday, ABC’s Eyewitness News, and others. It is quite humiliating that not only are people actually sympathetic to the kid who got in trouble, but my own brothers are proud of their newfound “fame” and the attention this story is getting.
As a feminist, this is very hard for me to deal with. Both of my brothers are older than me, and despite my many attempts to tell them why some of their beliefs and actions are misogynistic, I feel like nothing I say will change them and they’ll only further isolate me more for speaking out.
I write this as not only a feminist, but someone in need of advice on dealing with this negative attention. Here’s an article about the story.