Last night i was watching a program on much music about sexuality in music videos. I will admit i am pretty torn on the subject. On one hand i think it is stupid that there are half naked girls and it portrays unatainable goals for a lot of young women. But on the other hand i feel that everyone should be comfortable with their body so they should be allowed to be naked.
I will say that the naked ness in music videos is bad. I cannot however pinpoint how bad it really is. I cannot put my thumb on the adverse effects our society is witnessing becuase of the typical rap video but i can say they are there and they will grow.
Thongs are perfectly acceptable as underwear. I do not understand how they can be comfrotable but that is just me being close minded. Some people say that thongs have been worn for quite some time, i never noticed. Now it seems like every girl under the age of thirty and over the age of eight wears a thong. The advent of the hip hugger or low rise jeans is the reason why i now notice the thong. Cat eyes are what it is called when your thong raises above you pants becuase of the shape that is made with the straps and the pants. I remember when this used to be a fouxpas. "I can see your cat eyes" used to be something you said in the odd chance that you could see a girls underwear now it should be that you say something when you can't see girls underwear becuase that occurs far less often.
What do thongs have to do with music videos. It seems that not much but the biggest thing that music videoa are teching us right now is that you have to be sexy all the time. Thongs are sexy. So you have to wear them all the time. Just like clevage and tight pants the thong has been adopted for a daily routine.
One of the arguments for the sex in videos is that it empowers women. let me ask you this how much empower ment does a gorgeous women with big tits and a nice ass need. Wouldn't it be logical that the women who need to be empowered are the fat ugly ones. The ones who feel that they are not good enough for our beauty crazed society. I say that the empowerment card is bullshit. Untill you show me some fat girls who are ugly on my music videos. These girls are the ones who need a hand up. They are the the ones who are uncomfortable with their bodies and i don't think we should make them feel ugly anymore.
A funny thing about the program on much music was that they had female artist like Nelly Fertado and Tegan and Sara comment on how it is wrong to sell the sexuality in the videos. This is a murky puddle becuase could it not be said that these extremely attractive women are only famous singers becuase of their looks. Or their sexual attractiveness. I am ashamed to admit it but i have only ever shown interest in their work because i feel they are insanely hot. This is where the murky water comes in becuase even though they still have their clothes on do they not still try to sell their sex appeal.
Is it bad that music videos want you to have sex with the hot female singer or is it bad that they show you alot of clevage. I feel that it is bad to base anything on sex and that how much clothes you wear when you put the image of "buy this album there is a hot girl involved" out there it doesn't matter if you are wearing a bikini top or a turtleneck it is still wrong.
Sex sells is another argument. The people put the sex in their videos so that networks will run them and that people will buy them. This is not a fucking excuse if anything it is a reason to not put the sex in the videos. If people will not watch a music video because it has no sex then putting sex in it is not right. How bout we do something to the effect of not having to put the sex in. They say that the hardest thing for a man from an abusive lineage of men to do is break the cycle but that he should still do it. Sex in videos is the exact same just becuse it is there doesn't mean it is ok.
Alot of you know me as being sexual and talking about sex alot. I am not going to tell you that it is right or wrong and i am not going to blame the music videos for this. I am just going to say that even though i really enjoy sex and do not have a problem with my body i manage to keep my clothes on, most of the time.