Having a crush on celebrities is a part of growing up. Seriously, I still joke about having celebrity crushes. But I pray that my daughter sticks with Justin Bieber, Taylor Lautner and so on; the clean cut, "nice" guys, and not a porn star.
Yes, you read that right. Teenage girls apparently now have crushes on porn stars...or more specifically one porn star. 25 year old James Deen, who now has American teenage girls following him, searching him up on his blog, Twitter, and Tumblr, and trading pictures with him like he was, well, Justin Bieber.
What makes him so special? Apparently he seems to be the "guy next door" who is approachable, and not the usual porn star, who according to one girl interviewed by ABC News are "guys I am not even close to being attracted to" (and I just wonder how many porn movies has she watched....??).
Deen, who has starred in over 4,000 porn movies, is far from a mother-in-law's dream...especially with his statements that underage girls watching porn "is not necessarily a bad thing". Are you kidding? Now, I have to admit I have very limited experience with watching porn movies (and frankly have no desire to see any more), but the whole industry to me, seems so degrading to women. Yes, I understand that women for the most part become the stars in this industry, but not for any other accomplishment than how they have sex. There is no plot to these movies, nor any romance, or anything else that goes in to a relationship. They are just distorted fantasies about having sex. Why on earth would we want our teenage girls to learn from these movies and think that this is how it should be? That sex in any imaginable way, with whomever, is OK? And why on earth would we want our teenage boys growing up, thinking this is what they can expect?
I am just shaking my head and hoping that my kids never buy in to this trend. As dumb, stupid and old fashioned as I will get; being their mother, when they become teenagers, I hope they will still continue to come to me with questions. And that they will listen when I tell them how they deserve to be treated, and what others should expect from them. As my one friend said; "it usually turns out better than we think it will". I really hope she is right!!
And where are the parents of these kids? Parents should know who's picture is hanging on their daughter's wall... not to mention what movies they are watching.
ReplyDeleteI agree, but I have to admit, even now, I sometimes find out after the fact what mine have downloaded, which games they are playing etc. And with most kids being more internet savvy than their parents, it is hard to keep up. But this is just another reason to really stay on top of them.
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