as "The Twerk-a-lympics".
now
take
some
responsibility
for promoting promiscuity, because in the
Who is there to blame, but the musicians
real world, it could lead to serious conseand performers, such as Miley Cyrus, Rihanna
quences.
and
Nicki
Minaj.
These
women, amongst others, are probably the For instance, an incident was reported were
most influential women in the entertainment two sisters, 11 years old and 13 years old,
business, especially for younger girls. With filmed themselves twerking and uploaded it
Miley Cyrus' shocking video to "We Can't onto Facebook. When the father of these
Stop" and suggestive performances, such as girls found this video, furious about its inapthe 2013 VMAs (how can we forget Miley
grinding on Robin Thicke?), are we honestly surprised that many are following in her
footsteps?
We have become so accus-
Infamous pop star Rihanna released
her video to "Pour it Up", which showcased
herself, other scantily clad women “goin' up
and down that pole”, as the song states. The
video was banned from a number of websites
10 minutes after it was uploaded. That’s how
sexual music videos have become. Men have
also contributed to the epidemic, with songs
like Tyga’s"Rack City", Big Sean’s"Dance
(A$$)", and Juicy J’s "Bandz A Make Her
Dance", and of course the infamous, Blurred
Lines, that only promote promiscuity.
tomed…that we ourselves
are practicing the same thing
propriate nature, filmed himself beating and
punishing these young girls and uploading it
onto the internet.
Of course, child abuse is not acceptable, and
the children should not be blamed for what
their father did, but that is another conversaIn our time and culture, we have become so tion on its own. We should ask ourselves,
accustomed to these themes being displayed why is it girls as young as 11 think it’s acaround us that we ourselves are practicing ceptable to publicise a video like that?
the same thing. So should the quality of mu- We can only wonder what dance craze will
sic be drowned out by the singer’s outfit, or come next. Will music go back to being music
should we accept Katy Perry’s decision to or will it keep being about money, sex and a
perform in a bra as her free will?
bad backing track? Do we just have to accept
However funny it may be to poke fun at these the change?
dances, lyrics and videos, musicians must9