So we all know that sex sells. That has been common knowledge basically forever. Today I cam across post on Facebook. It is a blog written by the actress, Rashida Jones, that she posted on the Glamour website. She discusses how EVERYONE is getting naked (specifically in the celebrity world). However, this directly influences all of us. It is disturbing that it seems as if the female celebrities on the cover of Cosmopolitan are getting younger with captions like "Your Best Sex Ever!" feature right next to their face. What is the media teaching everyone?!
Having such young celebrities be seen in such sexual ways is not sending an appropriate message to the youth of our society. People criticize and judge these young girls who display themselves like this, yet we as the consumers continue to soak this all in, even if it means redistributing the information in a negative manner. The perfect example is Miley's VMA's performance. I know we have discussed that before, but that seems to be the ultimate pseudo-event. Same thing happened when Britney Spears wore an outfit implying she was practically naked. Or when Madonna and Britney kissed on TV. Or when Justin Timberlake "accidentally" exposed Janet Jackson's boob during a performance. Seriously, how many of these things can we say are an accident when we know just how successful sex is at capturing an audience's attention. An article from North Kentucky University's website analyzes what's a pseudo-event or if these things are actually special events, but that isn't important (it basically just clarifies why these "special events" are actually pseudo-events).
Sexual exposure to the young is something that our society struggles with. Look at this article. It is from The Examiner and discusses whether the stars of the 2011 film, Sucker Punch, are too young to be portrayed in such a sexual way. I definitely think so. Just look at their outfits! They are ridiculously sexy and you know every young girl who idolizes these actresses want to be just like them. Even in one of my favorite shows, Modern Family, they "deal" with the sex topic with the eldest teenage daughter, Haley. Many girls who watch this show may think it's completely fine and casual to have sex, and there won't be any real consequence since that's not how it worked on TV. This is another big problem. People live in this hyperreality and don't think anything bad will happen to them.
At least shows like "16 and Pregnant" try to shoot its viewers with some sense of reality by displaying the hardships of being a young parent.
Any way, I strongly think the media needs to tone down the sexuality of EVERYTHING. They are sexing everything up and it's really sad. Have some dignity people!
