The idea of mainstream media promoting sex is nothing new. Fresh meat, often of the female jailbait variety, is constantly being thrust into the spotlight and slapped on magazine covers to serve as both a burning sex object and a recognizable female icon.
After the act turns rotten, the next 17-year-old suddenly discovers the full potential of her sluttiness-I mean, artistic sexuality-during which time she ditches the schoolgirl outfit, gets another layer of silicone wedged into her chest, and churns out sweaty videos encouraging viewers to fornicate with her.
In fact, young nymphs are the ideal pawns for company profit because they cater to many demographics: confused adolescent girls, teenage boys recently hit with a truckload of testosterone, and 40-year-old perverts with a remote in one hand and a bottle of lotion in the other.
While reasonable adults can discern between media hype and reality, the problem is that the blatant presence of sex in the media grows more and more harmful with each incoming generation of adolescents.
Christina Aguilera is the classic example of a female pop talent taking an unnecessary turn for the worse. In the early '00s she was pretty, feminine, and unlike her Spears rival of the time, had natural vocal talent.
Her debut self-titled album went double platinum, relying on her singing ability alone. So why sell out with raunchy videos and contract pinkeye from excessive makeup?
Aguilera could have served as a respectable face in the media. Instead she just became a tube-socked porn star. Now I just want to take a bath every time I look at that greased hog.
What's more disturbing is that the artists' managers are most often the ones exploiting their clients for a buck.
T.A.T.U., the female Russian duet that was formed at the age of 14, ignited great controversy over their 2003 video "All the Things She Said," during which they unabashedly made out with one another in sopping wet schoolgirl uniforms.
While the video was progressive in that it gave exposure to lesbianism, one has to question what audience the group's manager Ivan Shapovalov was really trying to target.
In fact, Shapovalov even told the UK periodical "The Sun" in February 2003 that he became inspired to form the group after noticing that most people looking up pornography on the Internet searched for underage sex media.
"I saw their needs weren't fulfilled," he said. "Later, it turned out, I was right. This is the same as my own desires. I prefer underage girls."
Their needs weren't fulfilled?!
These pedophiles are emotionally disturbed losers who have to live in their mom's basement because they can't keep a job or form a normal relationship with a woman their own age. They shouldn't be rewarded for that with publicly accepted girl-on-girl pullouts.
Crazy Russians...
Disgust aside, the idea of exploiting girls for album and movie sales is just getting old. Who cares if Lindsay Lohan bears all of her secret fantasies? Who cares if Hilary Duff ditches the annoying Disney Channel facade and becomes the next sexpot sensation? It's nothing new, just another scantily clad body with a slightly different shape.
Photo: Courtesy of Matthew Messina, from the RMBERS' Instagram page
