After reading many comments and a couple articles about the VMA Miley Cyrus and Robin Thicke performance I decided to watch. Here is the warning.... STOP READING this if you are easily offended. I am going to be "thinking out loud" and it could get ugly.
All these people are disgusted with Miley. Others are outraged that Robin Thicke is married and has a son and allowed young Miley to move on him like that.Others feel that they can teach their own kids a lesson from her behavior or his...... and maybe you can. But, I want to know will you first try to learn from it yourself?
BLURRED LINES. That is EXACTLY where our society lives! You have to be a certain age to have a facebook account.... but do you REALLY? You have a dress code you are to follow at school- but it's not really "enforced". Another human being tells you that what you are doing is hurting them in some way- their feelings, their body, whatever.... do you REALLY have to stop? You have to be 21 to buy alcohol- SERIOUSLY? Our food is all approved and safe for us to eat by our government- REALLY? Is that why some of the same things we allow here are banned in other countries? A woman gets raped and then has to turn around and feel added guilt and shame because people insinuate or just come right out and say it's her fault because of how she was dressed?
I have heard adults tell 2 and 3 year old girls they are "sexy". I have been told by 14-19 year olds how common it is for all kids their age to "grind" which, for the record is what it sounds like- moving as though you are having sex while wearing clothes- dry-humping all in some big pile up of a circle....and guess what? Adults are right there allowing it. I have seen little boys applauded for getting girlfriends- and the more the better.
Our media promotes sex everywhere. Not just the act- but the act of selling yourself as sex- being hot, staying up all night to get lucky. What is that? Lucky at what? You know you are worthwhile if you have a boyfriend or a girlfriend. You know you have value if you can squeeze into a size...... How popular are you? That's what really matters, you know. How many "likes" can you get? How many "followers" and "friends". Is that what REALLY matters in life?
So, we allow a young lady to come out and sing about doing what she wants- she can't stop and she won't stop and she is not alone.... she says "we" because she is right. It is COMMON! It's NOT just Miley Cyrus. It's not just Robin Thicke. (Remember Brittney Spears? Lindsey Lohan?) How about the kids at your local high school with underwear hanging out with their main goal in life being how many girlfriends they can get? Or the butt cheeks hanging out for the world to see? Or cleavage exposed so much so that you fear a nipple may actually show? Do you know that our Super Bowl boasts the biggest pro-football event and biggest SEX TRAFFICKING event in our country?????
Where do you think our kids are learning that all of this is ok. Not just ok but good and acceptable.......normal.
So, Miley comes out in a teddy bear costume (representing youth and child-likeness) then RIPS IT OFF to a skin toned colored bra and panty set and then we put her on a stage with a man who is about to sing a song about how even if you are a good girl, he knows you "want it" and your gonna "get nasty"...... and what are the exact moves you are thinking they may come up with????????????????????? Um, I'm sorry, but I am pretty sure someone is in charge about what is on TV still.... funny how the next morning it wasn't acceptable to show on TV because "kids are around". Where were the kids the night before???/ WHAT THE HECK? Are we THAT STUPID!!!????
BLURRED LINES? Get a grip, people. Quit getting all pissy because the exact thing we as a society ALLOW ON A DAILY BASIS is done publicly every once in a while in front of TONS of people instead of just a few! So, you are going to shame one person and act so disgusted when you LIVE in these BLURRED LINES DAILY?!
Now, let me say this- for me.... this has become a REAL wake up call. I teach fitness and I listen to words of songs closely for my classes as I do not want to be responsible for bringing crap lyrics to young lives. However, I liked the catchy tunes associated with both of these songs, but never took the time to look at what they were actually saying......Now that I have, I will NEVER allow them to be played at my house or in my car again- it's a given that they won't be in any of my classes, either. Why would I?? What kind of message do they send? Absolutely NO KIND of message I want anyone to associate with me.
This has been a wake up call for me to be sure that I don't just fall unaware into the blurred lines that surround our culture and society today. Maybe more people need to put some glasses on so things can clear up and not be so blurry any more..... just a thought.......
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