It's no secret that music labels are frantic to find the next Britney and Christina. Thing is they seem to keep signing younger and younger girls in hopes of molding them INTO the next pop diva as they mature.
While this is nothing new (hell Disney is BUILT on cultivating young stars) it is getting a bit disturbing. A woman exploring her sexuality in her music is one thing...but when you have someone under 16 doing that...it's kinda creepy. More so when they are marketed in the same way older female artists are. Some have argued that the "lolita" factor is very much exploited and pushed. The most famous of which was Britney's Catholic School girl look in her debut video.
Now...is the wrong morally? or is this a simple reality that was always there?
This topic came up while taking to some aunts and uncles since their girls are all in their early teens and they are finding it really hard to "draw a line" fashion and behaviour wise. It use to be as a kid we couldn't wait to do all the stuff adults do...now...by the time you hit 14 you CAN do all the stuff adults do. Hell Jr. High for me was where sex, drinking, and drugs started...thing is should this be an accepted norm? even it it is dominating pop culture to some degree?
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