Just what was so wrong with Britain's Got Talent last night? J-Lo. Jennifer Lopez. That outfit. That dance routine. That IN-YOUR-FACE overt sexualisation of entertainment, that belongs where it belongs, and not on our screens in our homes for our children to see.
Well, it's too late now, the genie's out of the bottle, you can't change it, chill out, what harm does it do? everyone's smiling, everyone's having a good time, everyone likes it....
Well, not me. I don't like it. If I wanted to see gyrations and grinding and legs akimbo I'm regularly assured by the aghast radio callers that it's all there a click or two away any time I want it..... And that's just on youtube or MTV.
Adult entertainment is called adult entertainment for a reason. It's for adults. And you can't make me believe that the marketing people of BGT are so niave to think that last night's show was going to be watched by adults alone.
It's cynical manipulation of the children viewing it. Maybe not just last night's show. But the drip drip drip of the all the female sexual imagery used to sell things day in day out, to 'spice up your life', to add colour, excite, entice, entertain is what really worries me.
Well, it's too late now, the genie's out of the bottle, you can't change it, chill out, what harm does it do? everyone's smiling, everyone's having a good time, everyone likes it.... Well not me. I don't like it.
Why? Because our children are vulnerable. They don't understand. They copy what they see... Think about it. The more we accept female sexualisation selling/marketing things, and don't act, then the more we condemn our children's future safety. Because if our children aren't protected from this way of behaving/looking/dressing/acting they will think it's normal. They will think it's OK to wear cropped tops and shorts and high heels when they're six years old, and dance around the playground with swivelling hips and suggestive glances. If we don't act.
Well, it's too late now, the genie's out of the bottle, you can't change it, chill out, what harm does it do? everyone's smiling, everyone's having a good time, everyone likes it....
Think about it some more. If our young children are going around, copying what they see, and we let it happen, what will the paedophiles out there think? In their warped, twisted, evil, selfish minds they'll see a six-year old who 'wants it' because that's what it looks like to them. They'll think we're giving it to them on a plate. 'She was asking for it' will be the rationale they use...
But there's so much of this inappropriate visual messaging out there that I'm afraid the genie is unstoppable. And we can only protect our own, can't we? Can we? My children have had a lot of fun with the 'Keep Calm and Carry On' website which lets you create your own versions of the classic poster. They had fun until I observed my 7 year old son's latest creation 'Keep Calm and Love Lego' on the gallery page. He clicked the gallery page to see what other creations were there and was instantly confronted with a scantily clad lady on all fours looking over her shoulder at us and we were looking at her large curvy bottom, thankfully with the motto 'Keep Calm and Love Jenna' obscuring certain bits of her anatomy. I made some jokey comment about 'you don't want to see that lady's bottom do you', and we clicked onto something else.
Well, it's too late now, the genie's out of the bottle, you can't change it, chill out, what harm does it do? everyone's smiling, everyone's having a good time, everyone likes it....
Think about it. It's not right. And no matter how furious I am, how hot and bothered(!), how cross, annoyed, irritated, frustrated, exasperated by the way modern life is going, I'm not able to change it. I'm impotent instead of important. The most important influence in a child's life is the parents - and we can't do anything to stop this train.
Why not? What is the cause of all this? What is the root of all this? Money. And in this market I'm not even a flea on the elephant's bum.
... which quite nicely brings me back to J-Lo. Oops. Is her bum as big as an elephant? I couldn't say, but it's difficult to get the image out of my head.... ;) J-Lo is rich. J-Lo is famous. J-Lo must be talented to have achieved so much. Well, before we make our final decisions on that I'd like to see her perform without the gyrations. Without the suggestiveness. Without her legs open. And on that subject don't get me started on Madonna!!!!
My kind of feminism. Here endeth tonight's rant. Amen. Kat.
Well, it's too late now, the genie's out of the bottle, you can't change it, chill out, what harm does it do? everyone's smiling, everyone's having a good time, everyone likes it....
Well, not me. I don't like it. If I wanted to see gyrations and grinding and legs akimbo I'm regularly assured by the aghast radio callers that it's all there a click or two away any time I want it..... And that's just on youtube or MTV.
Adult entertainment is called adult entertainment for a reason. It's for adults. And you can't make me believe that the marketing people of BGT are so niave to think that last night's show was going to be watched by adults alone.
It's cynical manipulation of the children viewing it. Maybe not just last night's show. But the drip drip drip of the all the female sexual imagery used to sell things day in day out, to 'spice up your life', to add colour, excite, entice, entertain is what really worries me.
Well, it's too late now, the genie's out of the bottle, you can't change it, chill out, what harm does it do? everyone's smiling, everyone's having a good time, everyone likes it.... Well not me. I don't like it.
Why? Because our children are vulnerable. They don't understand. They copy what they see... Think about it. The more we accept female sexualisation selling/marketing things, and don't act, then the more we condemn our children's future safety. Because if our children aren't protected from this way of behaving/looking/dressing/acting they will think it's normal. They will think it's OK to wear cropped tops and shorts and high heels when they're six years old, and dance around the playground with swivelling hips and suggestive glances. If we don't act.
Well, it's too late now, the genie's out of the bottle, you can't change it, chill out, what harm does it do? everyone's smiling, everyone's having a good time, everyone likes it....
Think about it some more. If our young children are going around, copying what they see, and we let it happen, what will the paedophiles out there think? In their warped, twisted, evil, selfish minds they'll see a six-year old who 'wants it' because that's what it looks like to them. They'll think we're giving it to them on a plate. 'She was asking for it' will be the rationale they use...
But there's so much of this inappropriate visual messaging out there that I'm afraid the genie is unstoppable. And we can only protect our own, can't we? Can we? My children have had a lot of fun with the 'Keep Calm and Carry On' website which lets you create your own versions of the classic poster. They had fun until I observed my 7 year old son's latest creation 'Keep Calm and Love Lego' on the gallery page. He clicked the gallery page to see what other creations were there and was instantly confronted with a scantily clad lady on all fours looking over her shoulder at us and we were looking at her large curvy bottom, thankfully with the motto 'Keep Calm and Love Jenna' obscuring certain bits of her anatomy. I made some jokey comment about 'you don't want to see that lady's bottom do you', and we clicked onto something else.
Well, it's too late now, the genie's out of the bottle, you can't change it, chill out, what harm does it do? everyone's smiling, everyone's having a good time, everyone likes it....
Think about it. It's not right. And no matter how furious I am, how hot and bothered(!), how cross, annoyed, irritated, frustrated, exasperated by the way modern life is going, I'm not able to change it. I'm impotent instead of important. The most important influence in a child's life is the parents - and we can't do anything to stop this train.
Why not? What is the cause of all this? What is the root of all this? Money. And in this market I'm not even a flea on the elephant's bum.
... which quite nicely brings me back to J-Lo. Oops. Is her bum as big as an elephant? I couldn't say, but it's difficult to get the image out of my head.... ;) J-Lo is rich. J-Lo is famous. J-Lo must be talented to have achieved so much. Well, before we make our final decisions on that I'd like to see her perform without the gyrations. Without the suggestiveness. Without her legs open. And on that subject don't get me started on Madonna!!!!
My kind of feminism. Here endeth tonight's rant. Amen. Kat.
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