[Appearance_Of_A_Junky]

[rquote=2569824&tid=147625&author=InOne]


Yeah, it almost teaches kids that anyone who is good looking must be perfect and beautiful inside as well. Forgot about Mcmanus actually but she didn't last long, understandable. Yet they put loads of money in to Leona and almost force us to like her. It's not a show for real people it's basically a show for plastics.[/rquote]

I also think that the likes of Sophie, Charlie, Kris etc have been rasied on a diet of this (although not to the extent that todays kids are) being bombarbed with image is everything (something that sadly should of died out in the 80s) looks make you popular. Some of the Disney ones, that promote abstinence and so are considered healthy, but they are still portrayed as sex symbols, the teenage girl mags are full of images and text which contradict the message that is put out, parents just seem to think that everything is ok because its Disney.

Look at Hannah Montana, she's the latest number to suddenly make it big (well they shamelessly self promote, sell all sorts of merch, and if you don't like her then you should be excluded) buy into the brand, buy into the name, buy into the lifestyle.

Not forgetting that she is some 16 year old (I think 16 now, and how long has it been going?) being sold in a sexual way to kids, teenage girls love her because they want to be like her, 16 boys will hate her, but no doubt spend some alone time with her in mind, perverted adults will love her as she's jailbait.

and this is all just accepted.

The Spice Girls were bad enough - girl power was nothing about girl power, but it excused bad behaviour as 'Im looking out for me' (which has only gotten worse and Noirin is a great example of that) is easily abused, managed by males and completely marketed in that way.

There are no female role models for todays kids that aren't a sex symbol in some form or another. Boys at least have sports stars, girls get some dodgy band that sing about love and wanting to be with them.

Again we sell sex to kids and wonder why people like Sophie occur.