* as defined by my favarites, Seinfeld's use of the English Language! LOL. Even them belong to this group, sorry :)
Posted on 12/01/2006 9:23:25 AM PST by meg88
Perhaps youthful celebrities like Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan are more to be pitied than blamed. Certainly, one branch of their education has been sadly neglected: No one has ever taught them how young ladies climb out of vehicles -- knees together, both legs lifted simultaneously, torso swiveled, feet placed firmly on the pavement.
In recent days, this oversight has evolved into something of a public spectacle. Websites devoted to celebrity gossip have featured plenty of pictures of Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan climbing out of cars.
The problem is this: Young women like Lohan and Spears are, in fact, serving as role models to girls all over the United States. A poll conducted last year by Teenage Research Unlimited found that Lindsay Lohan was the person most envied by teen girl respondents.
What's most remarkable is the deafening silence from the larger culture that has greeted the antics of the young starlets.
It's hardly admirable that adult males say nothing about the exhibitionism, but perhaps it's understandable; while they may not respect young women like Lohan and Spears, the visuals are doubtless intriguing. But older women who fail to speak out about why Spears' and Lohan's behavior is inappropriate and wrong become complicit in it on a much deeper level.
By their silence, they are allowing little girls (like they once were) to absorb the destructive message that vulgarity is the same as sexiness, that exhibiting oneself to be stared at or drooled over like a prime cut of meat constitutes "empowerment," and that it's "cool" to flaunt one's sexuality indiscriminately, rather than sharing it with a man who's shown he's interested in more than just another female body.
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Can I use a mace?
--No one has ever taught them how young ladies climb out of vehicles -- knees together, both legs lifted simultaneously, torso swiveled, feet placed firmly on the pavement.--
Depends on the car. I always opened the door to my XKE coupe for the lady.
You're right
Personally, I don't want hair in my mouth.
No one said it was acceptable.
I was simply pointing out that this was not an accidental slip by a classless young celebrity, but a deliberate PR strategy.
If it were merely an isolated bit of drunken foolishness, it would be less worrisome than the reality: that it was done deliberately in order to coarsen public discourse to generate cash.
One can only hope the ploy completely backfires and that her next record is a flop. If she is monetarily rewarded for this behavior, the coarsening will continue unabated.
It was disgusting... and to think she has two very young children and is out cavorting like this. I heard an satirical editorial the other day pleading for Madonna to take pity on those kids and adopt them to save them from Britney and K-Fed....
* as defined by my favarites, Seinfeld's use of the English Language! LOL. Even them belong to this group, sorry :)
And so, I tell my students, hold your heads high as you wear your skirts long. For you are the truly liberated women.
Well no one respects her at all, and even worse, she has no respect for herself or her two children. Truth is she couldn't be any more unattractive. Sad for her because now everyone knows it. Skank Queen.
I think that was Paris Hilton who started the 'climbingoutofcarswithoutpanties' trend....
I'll see if I can find the picture again.
BUMP
BUMP
And to think, I never imagined I could feel sorry for Kevin Federline.
Unfortunately, no -- not just liberal femals, very young, impressionable girls who are not mature enough to know the difference and don't have parents with the good sense to guide them.
Actually, they were perfect for each other.
Her baby is only two months old... probably had to shave her for the C-section.... but still, ewwwwww
On FR at that! Anytime a woman says something bad about an "I'd Hit It" girl, she's instantly called fat old hag....
Sheesh....
I wouldn't if I were you. It ain't pretty, sexy or in any way attractive. Someone on this forum blindsided a bunch of us the other day with that pic and it's disgusting.
Hope you love the C-section scar!
I rest my case.
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