Boobing Down
February 28th, 2008http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH5we3HYHUo
I can’t embed so the link will have to do……..
Really? REALLY? I’m all for the I’m ok, you’re ok, my boobs are ok thing. Hey! I think it’s great to have confidence in your body. But how & in what horrifice universe is it ok to brag about being a dumb tramp because you have great ta-tas? I do not get it.
I know this is meant to be a silly song. However, it has an effect once it’s put out into the world. Given enough songs like “My Boobs Are OK”, well people start to believe. They start to believe that it’s ok to be stupid if you have a hot rack. Or that you should ASPIRE to being stupid & having a hot rack. It makes me afraid for our daughters. And afraid for my son. Images & media like this effect our sons as well as our daughters. Like when people sexualize little girls. When you put a prepubesent girl in a shortie cheerleader skirt & put paw prints on the seat of her cheerleader drawers….. not only does it sexualize the little girl, but also the little boys.
Am I an old fart? I really am just so much more comfortable & accepting of “I’m OK, You’re OK” or “Our Bodies, Ourselves” than I am with “My Boobs Are OK”. Honestly I think I am so disgusted by what this video spews out into the universe that i can’t even be cohereant about it. I have been trying to write this post for 3 days & I just can’t seem to get anywhere. Maybe I should just go put a Barbie on the barbie.
February 29th, 2008 at 10:26 am
Gimme a B-O-O-B-S…GO BOOBS!
Yeah, this is a tragic red flag for society. I have started to recently think that this kind of thing goes even beyond sexualizing to something even more sinister: dehumanizing. These girls/women think they have nothing more valuable to offer the world than breasts. They are only identifying with their bodies and ignoring their souls. They aren’t thinking, they aren’t feeling; they are basing their identity on body parts and how others react to those body parts.
The flip side of the same coin is women who spend time mourning their “bad” features…weight gain/an ample behind/skinny legs/bad hair/etc. I am guilty of worrying about one or two of those things myself. It’s only going to change when people can stop equating themselves (and others) with their bodies, and THAT is something we can definitely try to teach our children.
March 1st, 2008 at 11:41 am
I would like to believe that this is just satire, but I think you ladies are on to something. I think it’s a great idea to point how how we are all more than our parts, but this seems to be a pretty lurid way to do it. I think the net effect is her sex appeal = her identity, not a satire upon it. I suppose I’m saying that if this is satire, it really fails–and how I hope it is really trying to *be* satire.
It makes me think of Julie Brown’s “‘Cause I’m a Blond,” which I would argue is a successful take on the “I’m more than my hot parts” argument. It’s ridiculous, but lacks the creepiness of “My Boobs Are OK.” It’s over the top without looking like it belongs in Maxim.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rNfZxgkH7k
March 1st, 2008 at 12:09 pm
I’m thinking that this is satire. It doesn’t really work but I think the intent was satirical.