After experiencing all of the internet hoopla recently over the “scandalous” photos of Miley Cyrus, I really have to wonder.  Yeah, she’s a representative for Disney and yeah, she’s only fifteen years old.  What I can’t seem to wrap my pea brain around is what people are finding wrong with this portrait.  (Note that I did not say, “picture”)   It makes me wonder what one thinks when one looks at it .  It also makes me think that humanity has nothing better to do than to live vicariously through the lives of our celebrities.  Kind of sad really because this is a beautiful portrait and tastefully done. 

Throughout my travels in the world, I have found that the people in the United States are probably the most uptight when it comes to anything that can be considered sexual.  With that in mind, if this is simply a matter of a young pubescent woman who is experimenting with her femininity, then quite honestly, I think that she has made a very good choice.  I personally have seen worse right in our own schools; all the way down to grade school.  Yet, the LA Times refers to some of the photos of her on the internet as naughty and provocative and quote Disney executives as saying, “the combination of celebrity and the Internet can magnify teenage high jinks in embarrassing ways.”   Give me a break!  Being a teenager is the only requirement necessary to magnify hijinks.  (I’m sorry for being a teenager Dad!!)  :D

The truth of the matter, at least for me, is that this is a young woman who has been raised well, has values and a good head on her shoulder.   Leave her alone, she has nothing to apologize for.  

If you think the photograph of Miley is distasteful, you should get a load of this one!!

HT:  Sonja for leading me to this site.