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Unread 03-27-2013, 04:13 PM   #1
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WTF "Celebrities Today Are Bad Role Models" or "Slow News Day"

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To use the language of the masses, WTF?

It’s time to put on the brakes, people. Time to say stop.

But how can we, when the generation of young women in the spotlight is increasingly sexual and sells that fact to their very young fans?

Have you seen the former Disney divas in Spring Breakers? Well, let’s just say those girls are running away from their squeaky-clean images as fast as they can in tiny bikinis.

Here on Monday is one of the biggest bare-it-all stars, the 25-year-old Barbadian beauty Rihanna, who proudly waves the sexualization-equals-success banner.

The show is at Rogers Arena and, make no mistake, it is a show.

But, sorry — no matter how many hits, costume changes or spectacular sets you haul out, I just canąt cheer for a young woman singing songs about a boy “going downtown,” and she doesn’t mean shopping, as thrilled tweens squeal with delight.

Or, how about donning bondage wear and singing to a crowd full of smartphone-waving girls the words: “I may be bad but I’m perfectly good at it. Sex in the air I don’t care I love the smell of it. Sticks and stones may break my bones but chains and whips excite me.”

So why do girls respond to this? Why is there a rush to push girls in this direction?

The answer is simple: The message is understandable, marketable, affordable and the media loves it.

Yes, it sucks that while Facebook COO, and now bestselling author, Sheryl Sandberg is telling women to “lean in,” Rihanna is saying lean back and stick your chest out.

Of course, aside from the over-sexualized songs and skimpy, not to mention horrible (hello-mom-jeans meets Pussy Cat Dolls) fashion sense, Rihanna has been on the hot seat for her choice in men. Or should we say, her choice in spoiled, violent jerks.

Yes, she went back to the guy (not mentioning his name because I don’t want to give him any publicity) who beat the hell out of her.
So I'm not really advocating the behavior of Rihanna, and while it's hard to shield children from every bit of radio and television that you wouldn't consider "wholesome," (or nearly impossible) do we really need it pointed out that these celebrities maybe aren't the best role models?

I'm not going to have my future kid sit through re-runs of Mr. Dressup and Mr. Rogers until they're in their twenties (and because that would result in a creepy effing child) because I know that through advertising, mass media and even their own friends, they'll hear about things like sex, drugs and whatever before I think that they'll be ready to comprehend them on more levels than "it's cool Seb!" (Because my hypothetical kid is named Sebastian.) Hell, I'm not even ready to understand that stuff.

I think my biggest complaint about this article is that the woman ranting doesn't seem to talk to her child. She watches her coloring in a Strawberry Shortcake book, and rants about Rihanna for a page and a half. At no point does she stop, sit down and go "Hey, Camille, (in this article I imagine the kid's name to be Camille.) what are you doing? That's a short skirt that girl is wearing, huh?"
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Unread 03-27-2013, 04:52 PM   #2
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This is a horrifyingly sexist article and I'm not remotely surprised by that.

No, that it was written by a woman doesn't change that.

Policing how women dress is sexist as fuck.
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Unread 03-27-2013, 05:26 PM   #3
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And America continues to get worse. While I know what she's worried about. Too much light, too much control is just as bad as no control.


Simply talking to your kids is enough. If you're parant, do your job and regulate what your kids sees and be sure to talk to them. Forcing the country's media to get kid friendly is a bit too controlling.
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Unread 03-27-2013, 06:03 PM   #4
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Honestly, our ideas of what's "kid friendly" are absolutely laughable.
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Unread 03-27-2013, 06:20 PM   #5
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I think conservative pundits are probably worse role models than pop stars.
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Unread 03-27-2013, 07:18 PM   #6
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But Rihanna getting back with the guy that beat the shit-fuck out of her is a perfect example of What Not To Do for my kids. And as long as we're dissecting other people's personal lives, man, that was dumb as fuck. On the other hand, mini-skirts are awesome. They're almost better than income tax refunds, and you get them around the same time up north!

Shielding kids from the horrors of the world is doing them a disservice. Better to prepare them for it, with education n' stuff.

Or, hey. Maybe breeding at all is a disservice. Maybe the bad role models are any parents, ever, because they bred more humans. Yeah, that line of thinking should please the cynics.

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Unread 03-27-2013, 07:26 PM   #7
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...Has there ever been a time when celebrities have NOT been bad role models?
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Unread 03-27-2013, 08:10 PM   #8
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Unread 03-27-2013, 08:14 PM   #9
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But Rihanna getting back with the guy that beat the shit-fuck out of her is a perfect example of What Not To Do for my kids. And as long as we're dissecting other people's personal lives, man, that was dumb as fuck. On the other hand, mini-skirts are awesome. They're almost better than income tax refunds, and you get them around the same time up north!

Shielding kids from the horrors of the world is doing them a disservice. Better to prepare them for it, with education n' stuff.

Or, hey. Maybe breeding at all is a disservice. Maybe the bad role models are any parents, ever, because they bred more humans. Yeah, that line of thinking should please the cynics.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycle_of_abuse

Here you go Azisien. THis should clarify some things. Also, why is Rihanna the dumb one when she's the victim?

Why nothing about Chris Brown, the man who willingly beat another person?
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This is a horrifyingly sexist article and I'm not remotely surprised by that.

No, that it was written by a woman doesn't change that.

Policing how women dress is sexist as fuck.
That is like, not even the tip of the iceberg on this, in my opinion.

You have the whole 'woman's sexuality is bad' thing progressing well beyond just dress and into how women apparently shouldn't sing songs about receiving oral sex (but no one's complaining about Slow Ride by Foghat). There's the blaming Rihanna for getting back together with her abuser. There's just. . .

I'm pretty sure it actually just hits on every possible bit of misogyny such an article could possibly hit on.
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