This new pop sensation is 17 years old. If you browse through Miley Cyrus pictures or her latest music videos, you will see someone who is gyrating and grinding and all decked out as if she is someone much older.
I know sex sells. But an underage girl should not be selling it. It's bad enough when MTV and record companies keep polluting the airwaves with the new next sex tart, but when you put a kids face on that....its just morally wrong.
Why can't kids be kids? They have their whole life ahead of them to be a shitty adult. Let them have their childhood as long as they can hold onto it. Why should there be a rush to become a slut and "doable" in a male's eyes. And why is that such a prize in this society? Many teenage girls are finding out the hard way. Theres no prize at the end. You get boned, and then you get stuck with a child. But hey, MTV markets this as well, with their awesome show "16 and pregnant". Might as well turn that pregnancy frown upside down and make a reality show that glorifies unwanted pregnacies in teen girls. Companies that own our pop culture, rooted in sensationalism, fake boobs and botox, and capital gains, should be held accountable for the damages that they do to society. As much as they would like to argue that no damage is done, rates in teen pregnancy would say otherwise. The United States has the highest rates of teen pregnacy of any other country in the western industrialized world and teen birth rates are on the rise.
Sex and sexiness, for women, is not true empowerment . If women want real empowerment, and want to be "seen" and "treated" like real human beings...then these images need to cease, or at least be put in a specific category, like "porn" and not be mainstream pop entertainment. Empowerment comes from having an education and being percieved as a human being and not a sex toy.
17 years old girls don't belong on poles. In all actuality, no woman belongs on a pole, but that's another discussion.
Are we humans? With the same rights and dignities as men? Or are we bound by appearances, and maintaining a "sexy" image that should start at an early age?
What do you teach your kids?
Who taught Miley Cyrus?
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