What is she doing that is different from the rest of the fashion world? Models now days start working at 14 or 15, and no one- when talking about Adriana Lima or some other SUPER HOT, exotic model-seems to care when they blast onto the scene. No one cares when under-age, gorgeous, models strut their stuff in front of millions wearing bikinis and thongs. No one wonders about the extreme conditions these women are subjected to: the photoshopping, the makeup, the work hours, the demanding public, the pressure to be thin. No is asking questions about the fashion world's youth -fetish, the demand for young, skinny girls; the stringent diet guidelines that seem to be correlated with models' deaths. No one is saying, "you know, that model there is too young, her parents shouldn't be allowing that type of stuff and shame on them".
When the majority of pop culture considers models, they reduce that model's worth down to the way she looks - "She is Hot". There is no thought about who her parents are or whether she should be wearing a string bikini.
So what is with the outrage over Jenner? She seemingly meets all the topical requirements to becoming a successful model: tall, skinny, photogenic, exotic, white looking- but not too white- and she's well connected (thanks to her mother ). Suddenly there are comments popping up all over the net asking if her cleavage is too much in these pictures and if she's too young and too sexy. Why does everyone suddenly care?
Oh, I know. Because Jenner "grew up before our very eyes". She started out on TV as a young woman , and you know, viewers feel somehow connected and emotionally invested in this young girl turned woman. Suddenly they are seeing her posing half naked, photo shopped up and with heavy, street walking (their words, not mine) makeup and think "that's not okay".
Its not okay because Jenner is not supposed to be degraded and sexualized in such a way, according to how those who have spoken out perceive it. She's too young to be an object of anyone's attention , subject to society's base sexual desires. Not Jenner, not our little girl.
The truth is that were she some unknown girl from Paraguay, most of the same people standing up in protest of Jenner's sexy photos , would be slobbering all over them and wondering where they can sign up for automatic monthly catalogs so they can beat off to the pictures.
So save the faux outrage, its overdone and no one would give a shit if she weren't famous and linked to other famous people.
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2 comments:
It's amazing how selective outrage is in society. One would think that the cognitive dissonance would become too much to bear at some point, however, never underestimate people's ability to hold multiple standards.
~Nathan
indeed, It is all about perception.
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